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FundinggOpportu unitiesNe ewsletterr Officeof Sponsored dProgramss ProposallDevelopm ment April17,2015 ent unit within the Office of SSponsored Proggrams publishees this notice o on a bi‐weeklyy basis. The Proposal Developme ortunities listed d, and would liike assistance w with a proposaal, please contaact If you are iinterested in any of the oppo Carol Brodie at 51328, [email protected] . Pleasse see the Propposal Developm ment website, w.unlv.edu/research/propossal‐development for a comp lete list of our office’s servicees. An archivee of http://www these newsletters can be e found at http p://www.unlv.e edu/research/aarchives ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ National Endowmen nt for the Arts – Art Worrks http://artss.gov/grants‐orrganizations/arrt‐works/grantt‐program‐desccription Art Works grants support the creation of art that mee ets the highestt standards of excellence, pu ublic engagemeent nt art, lifelong learning in the e arts, and the strengtheningg of communities through thee arts. with diversse and excellen Matching ggrants generally range from $ $10,000 to $10 00,000. Deadline: July 23, 2015 Society ffor American n Music ‐ Aw wards http://www w.american‐m music.org/award ds/AwardInforrmation.php The Society for American n Music is dedicated to the sttudy, teaching,, creation and dissemination of all musics in the mechanisms for awards, felloowships and suubvention. Deaadlines vary. Americas. They offer sevveral funding m National Endowmen nt for the Hu umanities ‐ H Humanities Collections and Referen nce Resourcces http://www w.neh.gov/graants/preservatiion/humanities‐collections‐aand‐reference‐‐resources The Humanities Collectio ons and Reference Resourcess (HCRR) prograam supports p projects that prrovide an essen ntial programming i n the humanitties. Thousandss of libraries, underpinning for scholarrship, education, and public p museums, and historical organizations across the country y maintain impo ortant collectio ons of books and archives, m manuscripts, photograph hs, sound recordings and moving images, a rchaeological aand ethnograp phic artifacts, aart d digital objectts. Funding from m this program m strengthens efforts to exteend the life of ssuch and material culture, and ontent widely accessible, oftten through thee use of digital technology. materials aand make theirr intellectual co Awards are e also made to o create various reference ressources that faacilitate use of cultural materrials, from worrks that provid de basic inform mation quickly tto tools that syynthesize and ccodify knowled dge of a subjecct for in‐depth investigatio on. HCRR offerrs two kinds off awards: 1) forr implementation and 2) for planning, asseessment, and p pilot efforts. Application ns may be subm mitted for projjects that addrress one or moore of the follow wing activities: arrranging and describing archival and manusscript collectioons; caataloging collecctions of printe ed works, phottographs, recoorded sound, m moving images,, art, and mateerial cu ulture; prroviding conse ervation treatm ment (includingg deacidificatioon) for collectio ons, leading to enhanced acccess; diigitizing collecttions; prreserving and iimproving acce ess to born‐diggital sources; de eveloping dataabases, virtual collections, or other electronnic resources tto codify inform mation on a subject orr to provide inttegrated accesss to selected h humanities maaterials; creating encyclopedias; preparing linguistic tools, such as historical and etymological dictionaries, corpora, and reference grammars (separate funding is available for endangered language projects in partnership with the National Science Foundation); developing tools for spatial analysis and representation of humanities data, such as atlases and geographic information systems (GIS); and designing digital tools to facilitate use of humanities resources. Deadline: July 21, 2015 National Endowment for the Humanities ‐ Digital Projects for the Public http://www.neh.gov/grants/public/digital‐projects‐the‐public Digital Projects for the Public grants support projects that significantly contribute to the public’s engagement with the humanities. Digital platforms—such as websites, mobile applications and tours, interactive touch screens and kiosks, games, and virtual environments—can reach diverse audiences and bring the humanities to life for the American people. The program offers three levels of support for digital projects: grants for Discovery projects (early‐stage planning work), Prototyping projects (proof‐of‐concept development work), and Production projects (end‐stage production and distribution work). While projects can take many forms, shapes, and sizes, your request should be for an exclusively digital project or for a digital component of a larger project. All Digital Projects for the Public projects should: deepen public understanding of significant humanities stories and ideas; incorporate sound humanities scholarship; involve humanities scholars in all phases of development and production; include appropriate digital media professionals; reach a broad public through a realistic plan for development, marketing, and distribution; create appealing digital formats for the general public; and demonstrate the capacity to sustain themselves. Deadline: June 10, 2015 Eurasia Foundation ‐ US‐Russia University Partnership Program (UPP) http://usrussiaupp.org/en/partnership‐funding Eurasia Foundation’s US‐Russia University Partnership Program (UPP) invites accredited higher education institutions from Russia and the United States to submit joint proposals for new bilateral partnerships to the Spring 2015 Linkage funding competition. UPP accepts proposals in any academic field that are jointly developed by at least one US and one Russian partner institution, with the goal of launching mutually‐beneficial partnership projects that promise strong and sustained cooperation between institutions beyond the funding period. Linkage applicants are not required to have participated in the preceding UPP Contact project funding competition. Projects that receive Linkage funding may vary in duration, but the funding period may not exceed twelve months. Different schools and/or departments of the same institution may submit applications for funding, but UPP will fund only one project per institution during each funding round. Proposals that are eligible for UPP funding include (but are not necessarily limited to) the following types of partnerships: International Dual/Double Degree Programs; International Joint Degree Programs; Collaborative Teaching / Joint Courses; Faculty Exchanges; Faculty‐led Study Tours; Joint Research Projects; and Resource‐ sharing Arrangements. The following types of partnerships are ineligible: Student Exchanges; International Service Learning; and Internship Programs. Proposals may cover any academic or professional subject matter, but projects should avoid topics that focus on political activity or other non‐academic goals. Deadlines: Applications accepted through May 18, 2015. There will be a second competition in autumn 2015. Department of Justice ‐ FY 2015 Graduate Research Fellowship Program for Criminal Justice Statistics http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view‐opportunity.html?oppId=275818 The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) is seeking applications under its Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF) Program. This program provides awards to accredited universities for doctoral research that uses criminal justice data or statistical series and focuses on crime, violence, and other criminal justice‐related topics. BJS invests in doctoral education by supporting universities that sponsor students who demonstrate the potential to complete doctoral degree programs successfully in disciplines relevant to the mission of BJS, and who are in the final stages of graduate study. The ultimate goal of this solicitation is to increase the pool of researchers using criminal justice statistical data generated by BJS, thereby contributing solutions that better prevent and control crime and help ensure the fair and impartial administration of criminal justice in the United States. Deadline: June 10, 2015 Russell Sage Foundation Seeks Letters of Inquiry for Future of Work Research http://www.russellsage.org/research/future‐work/funding_opportunity The foundation's program on the Future of Work supports research on the causes and consequences of changes in the quality of jobs for less‐ and moderately‐skilled workers in the United States. The foundation seeks research proposals related to the role of changes in employer practices; the nature of the labor market; and public policies with respect to the employment, earnings, and quality of jobs for American workers. Examples of the kinds of topics and questions that are of interest include but are not limited to changing economies, changing families, and policy responses (or lack thereof); economics of productivity and the role of managerial practices in improving job quality; causes and consequences of job polarization; and the effects of long‐term unemployment and strategies to prevent long‐term disadvantage. Priority will be given to analyses of original qualitative and quantitative data sources and novel uses of existing sources of data to address important questions related to the interplay of market and nonmarket forces in shaping the well‐being of workers, today and in the future. Analytical models should be specified and research questions and hypotheses should be clearly stated. Awards are available for research assistance, data acquisition, data analysis, and investigator time for conducting research and writing up results. Grants of up to $150,000 will be awarded to qualified organizations. Deadline: June 1, 2015 Gates Foundation Issues Call for Application for Round 15 of Grand Challenges Initiative http://gcgh.grandchallenges.org/explorations/pages/introduction.aspx The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundationis accepting applications for Round 15 of its Grand Challenges Explorations initiative, an accelerated grant program that encourages bold approaches aimed at improving the lives of the world’s poorest people. Anyone ‐‐ students, scientists, entrepreneurs ‐‐ with a transformative idea is invited to apply. Initial grants of $100,000 are awarded twice a year. Successful projects have the opportunity to receive a follow‐on grant of up to $1 million. Topics for Grand Challenges Explorations Round 15 are: 1) addressing newborn and infant gut health through bacteriophage‐mediated microbiome engineering; 2) exploring new ways to measure delivery and use of digital financial services data; 3) surveillance tools, diagnostics, and an artificial diet to support new approaches to vector control; 4) new approaches for addressing outdoor/residual malaria transmission; 5) new ways to reduce childhood pneumonia deaths through delivery of timely effective treatment; and, 6) enabling merchant acceptance of mobile money payments. If you are interested in applying for this program, please contact Caleen Johnson, Director of Foundation Relations, at [email protected] , 702‐895‐2828. Deadline: May 13, 2015 Department of Education ‐ OSERS/OSEP: Educational Technology, Media, and Materials for Individuals with Disabilities: Research and Development Center to Advance the Use of New and Emerging Technologies to Ensure Accessibility http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view‐opportunity.html?oppId=275727 The purpose of the Educational Technology, Media, and Materials for Individuals with Disabilities Program \1\ is 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 for children with disabilities; (3) provide support for captioning and video description that is appropriate for use in the classroom; and (4) provide accessible educational materials to children with disabilities in a timely manner. This program was formerly called ``Technology and Media Services for Individuals with Disabilities.'' The Department has changed the name to Educational Technology, Media, and Materials for Individuals with Disabilities Program and updated the purposes of the program to more clearly convey that the program includes accessible educational materials. Deadline: May 26, 2015 National Science Foundation – Building Community and Capacity in Data Intensive Research in Education http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2015/nsf15563/nsf15563.htm As part of NSF's Cyberinfrastructure Framework for 21st Century Science and Engineering (CIF21) activity, the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) seeks to enable research communities to develop visions, teams, and capabilities dedicated to creating new, large‐scale, next‐generation data resources and relevant analytic techniques to advance fundamental research for EHR areas of research. Successful proposals will outline activities that will have significant impacts across multiple fields by enabling new types of data‐intensive research. Investigators should think broadly and create a vision that extends intellectually across multiple disciplines and that includes—but is not necessarily limited to—EHR areas of research. Deadline: September 1, 2015 National Science Foundation ‐ Dear Colleague Letter: Stimulating Research Related to the Science of Broadening Participation http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2015/nsf15066/nsf15066.jsp Building on previous investments, the Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences (SBE) and the Directorate for Education & Human Resources (EHR) announce their interest in stimulating research related to the Science of Broadening Participation (SBP). The Science of Broadening Participation will employ the theories, methods, and analytic techniques of the social, behavioral, economic, and learning sciences to better understand the barriers that hinder and factors that enhance our ability to broaden participation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The results of these efforts will inform approaches to increase the access, involvement, and retention of underrepresented groups in STEM and to strengthen our national STEM capabilities and competitive advantage. Ultimately, the SBP research will provide scientific evidence that STEM educators, STEM employers, and policy makers need to make informed decisions and to design effective programs and interventions. SBP research proposals may focus on factors such as the following: Institutional and organizational factors (e.g., studies of organizational, structural or climate factors that impact STEM participation) Cultural, psychological, social, demographic and community factors (e.g., studies of how individual, behavioral, family, school or neighborhood factors affect STEM participation and achievement rates) Economic and policy‐related factors (e.g., studies of economic factors that impact STEM participation and the relationship between broader participation and social innovation) We anticipate that many of the fields represented within SBE and EHR can contribute to the Science of Broadening Participation. Some examples of potential research questions related to the SBP include but are not limited to: What are the underlying organizational, psychological and social issues affecting the different participation and graduation rates in STEM of women, men, persons with disabilities, and racial and ethnic minorities? Under which conditions do behavioral, economic, and socio‐legal factors influence recruitment and retention in STEM education at the individual, meso, and macro levels? What aspects of preK‐12, informal, and higher education learning environments or workplace culture moderate the factors impacting underrepresented minorities, women, and/or persons with disabilities? How do attitudes and stereotypes influence decisions to pursue STEM careers? What behavioral or economic processes result in outcomes that are associated with success in STEM? What theoretical approaches predict success in ensuring that young people from underrepresented groups do not lose interest in STEM during adolescence or other critical developmental transition periods? What are the impacts of a diverse STEM workforce on scientific productivity, innovation and the national economy? Scholars with research proposals that contribute to the Science of Broadening Participation should submit proposals to the most relevant programs of the SBE Directorate and designate the proposal as SBP by including "SBP:" at the beginning of the proposal title. Information concerning SBE programs may be found on the following web sites under each one's respective Program and Funding Opportunities section: Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (http://www.nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?div=BCS), Social and Economic Sciences (http://www.nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?div=SES) SBE Office of Multidisciplinary Activities (http://www.nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?div=SMA). Alternately, proposals may also be submitted to any of the EHR education research programs (http://www.nsf.gov/dir/index.jsp?org=EHR). In particular, scholars may wish to consider the Broadening Participation in STEM strand in the EHR Core Research (ECR) program (http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504924&org=EHR). The Division of Human Resource Development (HRD) also has a Broadening Participation Research in STEM strand in the following programs: CREST, HBCU‐UP, LSAMP, and TCUP. Please see the HRD homepage for links to the appropriate program solicitation: http://www.nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?div=HRD. Department of the Army ‐ U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ‐‐ Institute for Water Resources ‐‐ Water Resources Competitive Grants Program https://niwr.net/public/Migration/current‐and‐recent‐requests‐proposals The IWR is soliciting applied investigative proposals for specific areas related to water resources issues in the United States. These investigations will be conducted pursuant to provisions contained in the “Water Research” section of the Water Resources Research Act of 1984. The purpose of this grant is to stimulate investigation and analysis that develops and effectively communicates reasoned and practical alternatives to select challenges in National water resources policy. Through well‐communicated issue backgrounds and discussions of alternatives, decision makers can be better informed of the existence and extent of challenges facing the Nation’s water resources as well as alternatives to deal with these challenges. Deadline: July 17, 2015 Department of Defense ‐ Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) ‐‐ Lung Cancer Research Program ‐‐ Career Development Award http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view‐opportunity.html?oppId=275724 The Career Development Award supports early‐career, independent investigators to conduct impactful research under the mentorship of an experienced lung cancer researcher as an DoD FY15 Lung Cancer Career Development Award opportunity to obtain the funding, mentoring, and experience necessary for productive, independent careers at the forefront of lung cancer research. This award is intended to support impactful research projects with an emphasis on discovery. Submissions from and partnerships with investigators at military treatment facilities, military labs, and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers and research laboratories are strongly encouraged. Preliminary data are not required. However, logical reasoning and a sound scientific rationale for the proposed research must be demonstrated. Deadlines: • Pre‐Application: June 2, 2015 • Invitation to Submit an Application: July 2015 • Application: September 16, 2015 Department of Defense ‐ Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) ‐‐ Lung Cancer Research Program ‐‐ Idea Development Award http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view‐opportunity.html?oppId=275735 The Idea Development Award promotes new ideas that are still in the early stages of development and have the potential to yield impactful data and new avenues of investigation. This award supports conceptually innovative, high‐risk/high‐reward research that could lead to critical discoveries or major advancements that will accelerate progress toward eradicating deaths from lung cancer. Applications should include a well‐formulated, testable hypothesis based on strong scientific rationale. Submissions from and partnerships with investigators at military treatment facilities, military labs, and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers and research laboratories are strongly encouraged. The FY15 Idea Development Award mechanism encourages applications from independent investigators in the early stages of their careers (i.e., within 10 years of their first faculty appointment, or equivalent). The New Investigator category is designed to allow applicants early in their faculty appointments to compete for funding separately from established investigators. Applications from New Investigators and Established Investigators will be peer and programmatically reviewed separately. Principal Investigators (PIs) using the New Investigator category are strongly encouraged to strengthen their applications by collaborating with investigators experienced in lung cancer research and/or possessing other relevant expertise. Deadlines: • Pre‐Application: June 2, 2015 • Invitation to Submit an Application: July 2015 • Application: September 16, 2015 Obesity Society ‐ Obesity Society Awards http://www.obesity.org/about‐us/obesity‐society‐awards.htm The Obesity Society's awards program promotes, rewards, and encourages research in the field of obesity. Awards recognize specific research achievements and major contributions to the basic science, treatment and prevention of obesity. Deadline for Nominations: April 30, 2015 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ‐ Developing professional training programs to increase capacity for effective global health response to humanitarian emergencies http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view‐opportunity.html?oppId=275694 This FOA supports the implementation of programs and activities targeted at increasing the capacity of humanitarian partners to improve the health of populations affected by humanitarian emergencies and conflict settings. Its purpose is to increase the number of trained humanitarian professionals, through the development of didactic and experiential training programs in public health response. Projects should consider the development, implementation and evaluation of programs that are inexpensive, widely accessible, public health‐focused, and innovative in their approaches to maximize their potential impact. Deadline: June 5, 2015 National Institutes of Health ‐ Interdisciplinary Training in Bioinformatics and Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolic Disease (T32) http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa‐files/PAR‐15‐182.html The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to promote the development of an interdisciplinary workforce for conducting bioinformatics research in diabetes, obesity and related metabolic diseases that are relevant to the research mission of NIDDK. This FOA will support institutional training programs for predoctoral and postdoctoral level researchers with backgrounds in bioinformatics, mathematics and/or computational sciences with mentors from both computational and biological backgrounds. Deadlines: Letter of Intent: 30 days before the application due date Application: November 17, 2015 and November 17, 2016 American Heart Association Accepting Proposals for National Innovative Research Grants The American Heart Association is accepting proposals in support of innovative, high‐risk, high‐reward research projects that could ultimately lead to critical discoveries or major advancements that accelerate the field of cardiovascular and stroke research. Research deemed innovative may introduce a new paradigm, challenge an existing paradigm, look at existing problems from new perspectives, or exhibit other uniquely creative qualities. Research must be broadly related to cardiovascular function and disease and stroke, or to related clinical, basic science, bioengineering or biotechnology, and public health problems, including multidisciplinary efforts. To be eligible, applicants must hold an M.D., Ph.D., D.O., or equivalent doctoral degree. Eligibility is not restricted based on experience level or seniority (i.e., seniority will not be used as a criterion in evaluating an application's merit). At the time of award activation, grantees must have a faculty (or faculty equivalent) appointment. This award is not intended for postdoctoral fellows or others in research training positions. Through the program, two‐year grants of up to $150,000 will be awarded as pilot or seed funding that leads to successful competition for additional funding beyond the pilot period. Deadline: July 21, 2015 Fahs‐Beck Fund for Research and Experimentation Seeks Applications for Mental Health Research http://www.fahsbeckfund.org/ The Fund is seeking applications for behavioral or psychological research studies based in the United States or Canada. Through its Faculty/Post‐Doctoral Fellows program, the fund will award grants of up to $20,000 to support studies aimed at developing, refining, evaluating, and/or disseminating innovative interventions designed to prevent or ameliorate major social, psychological, behavioral, or public health problems affecting children, adults, couples, families, or communities. In addition, the fund will consider studies that have the potential for adding significantly to knowledge about such problems. Projects must focus on the United States or Canada or on a comparison between the U.S. or Canada and at least one other country. To be eligible, applicants must be a faculty member at an accredited college or university or an individual affiliated with an accredited human service organization that is considered tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. In addition, the principal investigator must have an earned doctorate in a relevant discipline and relevant experience. Deadline: November 1, 2015