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Request for Applications: Africa-U.S. Higher Education Initiative Planning Grants |
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United States Agency for International Development (USAID) |
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Request for Applications: Africa-U.S. Higher Education Initiative Planning Grants
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United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Description
Higher Education for Development (HED) anticipates making 20 awards of up to $50,000 for a 5-month period, contingent on the approval of funding by the USAID. These awards are intended to support planning for long-term partnerships to strengthen the capacity of African higher education institutions in the areas of (1) agriculture, environment and natural resources, (2) health, (3) science and technology, (4) engineering, (5) education and teacher training/preparation, and (6) business, management and economics and to increase the engagement of U.S. higher education institutions in Africa.
Each planning grant application is expected to:
A) State partnership objectives.
B) Identify a major development problem and underlying processes and factors that have produced the problem.
C) Outline how planning grant funds will be used to assess current level of capacity of partner institutions to respond to the problem and determine priorities for future capacity development and institutional change.
D) Provide an overview of proposed partnership, focusing on qualifications and experience of the partners, commitment of partners to effective collaboration and principles of good governance, factors outside the institution that will help or hinder partnership implementation, and potential for significant positive impact.
E) Describe partnership’s potential for innovation and change.
F) Outline a management plan.
G) Propose a budget for using planning funds.
Please note that applications should be accompanied by a required application title page and required appendices (budget detail form, work plan, and resumes of key partnership personnel). Letters of support may be appended.
More Information
http://www.hedprogram.org/tabid/66/itemid/182/AfricaUS-Higher-Education-Initiative-Planning-G.aspx
Submission Limits
Applications must, at a minimum, come from a pair of degree-granting higher education institutions –one in the United States and one in a USAID-eligible Sub-Saharan African country.
Applications must be submitted by a U.S. higher education institution that will be the contractually responsible entity for the award. Consistent with USAID procedure, this institution will be responsible for all fiscal matters related to the award, including contracting and reporting to USAID. In addition to the two lead/principal partner institutions, other partners may participate in the proposal and subsequent planning grant activities. These partners may be additional U.S. and African higher education institutions, government entities, NGOs, private sector entities, or regional and international organizations that help to strengthen the planning activities in the Planning Grant.
Each U.S. institution may submit as many as 2 applications for which it intends to be contractually responsible. African higher education institutions may be the principal partner on 3 applications. No limit is imposed on the number of applications if an institution participates as a secondary partner.
A contractually responsible U.S. institution may receive only one award.
Cost Sharing:
Minimum suggested total cost share from all U.S. partners is 25 percent of award amount. Reported cost share must be auditable. Nonauditable contributions may not be used to meet the minimum, but can be indicated separately and attached to budget form.
Higher education institutions are encouraged to use support from private sector in addition to cost sharing provided by their institutions. Applicants should itemize all cost sharing and in-kind contributions.
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
Dec 8, 2008 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
Dec 9, 2008 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
Jan 5, 2009 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Jan 12, 2009 |
| Agency Notice of Intent/Pre-proposal |
N/A |
| Agency Proposal |
Feb 1, 2009
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Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity (IMSD) (R25) |
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Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) |
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Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity (IMSD) (R25)
Agencies
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
Description
The Minority Biomedical Research Support (MBRS) Program was created in response to a legislative mandate to “increase the numbers of underrepresented minority faculty, investigators and students engaged in biomedical and behavioral research, and to broaden the opportunities for underrepresented minority faculty and students for participation in biomedical and behavioral research.” To accomplish this goal, the Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity (IMSD) program provides, at research institutions, institutional grants for students from groups underrepresented in biomedical and behavioral research with well integrated developmental activities that will increase their preparation and skills as they advance academically in the pursuit and successful completion of the Ph.D. degree.
More Information
http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-553.html
Submission Limits
An applicant institution may not submit more than application, and hold only one IMSD Grant.
Cost Sharing:
No
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
Dec 4, 2008 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
Dec 5, 2008 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
Jan 6, 2009 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Jan 16, 2009 |
| Agency Notice of Intent/Pre-proposal |
N/A |
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Feb 23, 2009
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Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program |
Teacher-Scholar Awards |
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Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation |
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Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program
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Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation
Description
The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation established the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program to strengthen the teaching and research careers of talented young faculty in the chemical sciences. Based on institutional nominations, the program was designed to provide discretionary funding to faculty in the chemical sciences at early stages in their careers. Criteria for selection included a commitment to education and an independent body of scholarship that signaled the promise of continuing outstanding contributions to both research and teaching. The Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program is focused primarily on individual research attainment and promise, but evidence of excellence in teaching is also expected.
More Information
http://www.dreyfus.org/awards/camille_dreyfus_teacher_award.shtml
Submission Limits
Institutions may submit only one nomination for the Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar program annually.
Cost Sharing:
No
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
Nov 20, 2008 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
Nov 21, 2008 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
Dec 5, 2008 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Dec 19, 2008 |
| Agency Notice of Intent/Pre-proposal |
N/A |
| Agency Proposal |
Feb 5, 2009
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Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards |
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Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) |
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Nominations are made by the institutional ORAU Councilors and are limited to two applications per member institution. Junior faculty members will submit their completed applications to their institution's ORAU councilor. The ORAU councilor will transmit the institutional submission to ORAU. The ORAU Councilor at Virginia Tech is Terry Herdman.
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Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards
Agencies
Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU)
Description
The Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards provide seed money for research by junior faculty at Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) member institutions. These awards are intended to enrich the research and professional growth of young faculty and result in new funding opportunities. The research project must be in one of the following six disciplines: engineering and applied science, life sciences, mathematics or computer sciences, physical sciences, policy, management, or education.
More Information
https://www.orau.org/consortium/programs/powe/powe-awards.htm
Submission Limits
Two applications per member institution.
Cost Sharing:
Yes, $5,000
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
Nov 13, 2008 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
Nov 14, 2008 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
Dec 11, 2008 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Dec 19, 2008 |
| Agency Notice of Intent/Pre-proposal |
N/A |
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Feb 6, 2009
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We the People Challenge Grants in United States History, Institutions, and Culture |
We the People |
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National Foundation for the Arts and the Humanities (NFAH) |
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We the People Challenge Grants in United States History, Institutions, and Culture
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National Foundation for the Arts and the Humanities (NFAH)
Description
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) invites applications for We the People Challenge Grants in United States History, Institutions, and Culture. This program is designed to help institutions and organizations secure long-term improvements in and support for humanities activities that explore significant themes and events in American history, thereby advancing knowledge of how the founding principles of the United States have shaped American history and culture for more than two hundred years. NEH particularly welcomes proposals for programming at America's historic places (historic sites, neighborhoods, communities, or larger geographical regions) as well as applications that address this theme through the use of digital technologies.
NEH Challenge Grants are capacity-building grants that may be used to establish or enhance endowments that generate expendable earnings for program activities. Funds may also be used to support long-term costs, such as construction and renovation, purchase of equipment, acquisitions, and conservation of collections.
More Information
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/wtpchallenge.html
Submission Limits
An institution may apply for only one We the People challenge grant in any year, and an institution may receive only one We the People challenge grant in any two-year period.
Cost Sharing:
Yes. The maximum federal portion of an NEH We the People Challenge Grant is $1,000,000. Successful applicants will be offered a matching grant. Recipients must raise three times the amount of federal funds offered.
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
Nov 13, 2008 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
Nov 14, 2008 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
Dec 4, 2008 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Dec 11, 2008 |
| Agency Notice of Intent/Pre-proposal |
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Major Research Instrumentation Program Instrument Development and Acquisition Solicitation |
MRI - NSF 09-502 |
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National Science Foundation (NSF) |
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The files for NSF 08-503 have been revised by NSF. The program now is NSF 09-502. Wording has changed slightly, please check the description for the changes.
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Major Research Instrumentation Program Instrument Development and Acquisition Solicitation
Agencies
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Description
The Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI) serves to increase access to shared scientific and engineering instruments for research and research training in our Nation's institutions of higher education, museums and science centers, and non-profit organizations. This program especially seeks to improve the quality and expand the scope of research and research training in science and engineering, by providing shared instrumentation that fosters the integration of research and education in research-intensive learning environments. Development and acquisition of research instrumentation for shared inter- and/or intra-organization use is encouraged, as are development efforts that leverage the strengths of private sector partners as appropriate for the goals of the MRI Program.
To accomplish these goals, the MRI program assists with the acquisition or development of shared research instrumentation that is, in general, too costly and/or not appropriate for support through other NSF programs. For the purposes of the MRI Program, proposals must be for either acquisition or development. Instruments are expected to be operational for regular research use by the end of the award period. A key recommendation of a 2006 National Academies report on “Advanced Research Instrumentation and Facilities” (ARIF) was that the NSF should expand the MRI program so that it includes “mid-scale” instrumentation whose capital costs are greater than $2 million, but with costs that are not appropriate for NSF’s Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction account. The MRI program now accepts proposals requesting over $2 million in NSF support (to the maximum request of $4 million) for the acquisition of a single instrument. For proposals requesting $2 million or less, investigators may seek support for instrument development or for acquisition of a single instrument, a large system of instruments, or multiple instruments that share a common or specific research focus.
More Information
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08503/nsf08503.txt
Submission Limits
An institution may submit or be included as a partner or subawardee in no more than three proposals: at least one of three proposals submitted from an institution must be for instrument development.
Cost Sharing:
Yes, the MRI Program will require 30% cost-sharing on all proposals submitted by PhD granting institutions and non degree-granting institutions.
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
Oct 16, 2008 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
Oct 17, 2008 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
Nov 13, 2008 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Nov 21, 2008 |
| Agency Notice of Intent/Pre-proposal |
Dec 19, 2008 |
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Agribusiness Grant Program |
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Virginia Tobacco Commission (VTC) |
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All Tobacco Commission grant programs are considered to be “limited submissions” to VT researchers, subject to internal review prior to formal application to the Commission. Virginia Tech researchers wishing to apply for Tobacco Commission funds must first fill out the Commission’s pre-application form, and submit the completed form to Virginia Tech’s Office of the Vice President for Research. Documents should be sent as e-mail attachments to ltdsubs@vt.edu. The form, full information about the Commission’s various programs, together with funding guidelines and application instructions, can be found on the Commission's web site (http://www.tic.virginia.gov/).
The OVPR Tobacco Commission Limited Submission Policy can be found at http://www.research.vt.edu/limitsubs/tobacco.html. For further information or clarification, contact Bob Porter, Director, Proposal Development Team, at 1-6747 or reporter@vt.edu.
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Agribusiness Grant Program
Agencies
Virginia Tobacco Commission (VTC)
Description
In 1999, the Governor and the General Assembly created the Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission (the “Commission” or “TICRC”) to (i) provide payments to tobacco farmers as compensation for the adverse economic effects associated with declines in the federal quota system, and (ii) revitalize the economies of tobacco-dependent regions and communities. The Commission determines appropriate recipients for the moneys granted to the Commission by the Virginia General Assembly.
In February 2003, the Commission transformed its Tobacco Committee, which had responsibility for recommending indemnification guidelines, into a new standing committee for Agribusiness. The Agribusiness Committee continues to make indemnification recommendations but also considers requests for agribusiness project funding that previously had been eligible for the Commission’s Economic Development Grant Program. This allows the Commission to selectively make strategic investments in projects with measurable outcomes that will diversify the long-term agribusiness economy of Virginia’s tobacco region.
Priorities for use of Agribusiness grant funds will include, but not be limited to, the following activities:
• Assisting tobacco farmers in transitioning into alternative agricultural enterprises, including traditional and specialty crops and livestock, wood products, aquaculture, viticulture and other agricultural products
• Assisting farmers with improved production techniques that result in increased profitability
• Increasing net farm income
• Expanding market opportunities for agricultural products, either through expansion of existing products and markets, or identification of new products and markets
• Finding new ways to add value to agricultural products
• Pilot and demonstration programs that have the potential for transferability within Virginia’s tobacco region, within rural Virginia and in other tobacco states.
More Information
http://www.tic.virginia.gov/agribusiness.shtml
Submission Limits
There are no limits to the number of applications which can be forwarded to the Commission’s Grants Administration office for further consideration. However, all applications must be sent to the Office of the Vice President for Research as an e-mail attachment to utdsubs@vt.edu for initial screening.
Cost Sharing:
No
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
Oct 3, 2008 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
Oct 3, 2008 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
Oct 3, 2008 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Nov 3, 2008 |
| Agency Notice of Intent/Pre-proposal |
N/A |
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Nov 3, 2008
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Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for Service (SFS) |
NSF 08-600 |
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National Science Foundation (NSF) |
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In Scholarship Track proposals, proposers may request up to 15 percent of the total budget as partial reimbursement of indirect costs to address the management and administrative costs directly associated with operating the SFS scholarship program and may request up to 5 percent as partial reimbursement of direct or indirect costs of the total budget to address curriculum, laboratory, and faculty development in support of the SFS program. Full indirect costs may be charged in Capacity Building Track proposals.
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Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for Service (SFS)
Agencies
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Description
The Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for Service (SFS) program seeks to increase the number of qualified students entering the fields of information assurance and computer security and to increase the capacity of the United States higher education enterprise to continue to produce professionals in these fields to meet the needs of our increasingly technological society. The SFS program is composed of two tracks:
• The Scholarship Track provides funding to colleges and universities to award scholarships to students in the information assurance and computer security fields. Scholarship recipients shall pursue academic programs in information assurance for the final two years of undergraduate study, or for two years of master's-level study, or for the final two years of Ph.D.-level study. These students will participate as a cohort during their two years of study and activities, including a summer internship in the Federal Government. A limited number of students may be placed in National Laboratories and Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs). This number shall be set by the program office each year. (See http://www.firstgov.gov/Agencies/federal.shtml for a list of Federal organizations, see http://www.science.doe.gov/National_Laboratories/ for a list of National Laboratories, see http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf05306/ for a list of FFRDCs.) The recipients of the scholarships will become part of the Federal Cyber Service of Information Technology Specialists whose responsibility is to ensure the protection of the United States Government's information infrastructure. Upon graduation, after their two-year scholarships, recipients will be required to work for two years in the Federal Government. A limited number of students may be placed in National Laboratories and Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs). This number shall be set by the program office each year.
• The Capacity Building Track provides funds to colleges and universities to improve the quality and increase the production of information assurance and computer security professionals. Professional development of information assurance faculty and development of academic programs can be funded under this track.
More Information
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08600/nsf08600.htm
Submission Limits
An organization may submit no more than one Scholarship Track proposal for this competition.
Cost Sharing:
No
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
Oct 1, 2008 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
Oct 2, 2008 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
Oct 17, 2008 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Oct 31, 2008 |
| Agency Notice of Intent/Pre-proposal |
N/A |
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Dec 2, 2008
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International Cooperative Biodiversity Groups |
ICBG - (U01) |
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Fogarty International Center (FIC) |
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International Cooperative Biodiversity Groups
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Fogarty International Center (FIC)
Description
The National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, and the U.S. Department of Energy invite applications for the establishment or continuation of International Cooperative Biodiversity Groups to address the interdependence of biodiversity exploration for potential applications in health and energy, with investments in research capacity that support sustainable use of these resources, the knowledge to conserve them, and equitable partnership frameworks among research and development organizations in the United States and low and middle income countries.
More Information
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-TW-08-010.html
Submission Limits
Only one proposal per institution will be reviewed. However, a single institution may submit an application as the lead institution and be a subcontractor (kAssociate Program) on another.
Cost Sharing:
No
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
Sep 24, 2008 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
Sep 25, 2008 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
Oct 8, 2008 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Oct 17, 2008 |
| Agency Notice of Intent/Pre-proposal |
Oct 21, 2008 |
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Nov 20, 2008
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Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) |
NSF 08-583 |
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National Science Foundation (NSF) |
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Partnerships for Innovation (PFI)
Agencies
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Description
The goals of the Partnerships for Innovation Program are to: 1) stimulate the transformation of knowledge created by the national research and education enterprise into innovations that create new wealth, build strong local, regional and national economies and improve the national well-being; 2) broaden the participation of all types of academic institutions and all citizens in NSF activities to more fully meet the broad workforce needs of the national innovation enterprise; and 3) catalyze or enhance enabling infrastructure necessary to foster and sustain innovation in the long-term. To develop a set of ideas for pursuing these goals, this competition will support 12-15 promising partnerships among academe, state/local/federal government and the private sector that will explore new approaches to support and sustain innovation.
More Information
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08583/nsf08583.htm
Submission Limits
At least one PFI graduated awardee must participate in the PFI proposal. A graduated PFI award is defined as a completed award for which a final report will have been submitted to NSF within four months of this solicitation's deadline date. A senior institutional administrator (dean or higher) at the lead institution must serve as Co-PI or PI. The senior administrator must have an active role that is explicitly described along with the specification of a time commitment on the project. No organization may be a partner in more than two Partnership proposals per competition. An eligible U.S. academic institution may submit only one Partnership proposal as a lead institution or participate as a subawardee on one proposal.
Cost Sharing:
No
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
Sep 11, 2008 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
Sep 12, 2008 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
Oct 2, 2008 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Oct 17, 2008 |
| Agency Notice of Intent/Pre-proposal |
Oct 31, 2008 |
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Dec 31, 2008
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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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