| Agency | Title | Synopsis | Deadline | Type/Number |
| American Diabetes Association (ADA) | Mentor-Based Postdoctoral Fellowship Program | The purpose of the program is to support the training of scientists in an environment most conducive to beginning a career in diabetes research. An award will be given to an established and active investigator in diabetes research for the annual stipend support of a postdoctoral fellow to work closely with the mentor. | 1/15/2010 | Fellowship - GSU-238 |
| American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) | AFAR Research Grants | The major goal of this program is to assist in the development of the careers of junior investigators committed to pursuing careers in the field of aging research. AFAR supports research projects concerned with understanding the basic mechanisms of aging. Projects investigating age-related diseases are also supported, especially if approached from the point of view of how basic aging processes may lead to these outcomes. Projects concerning mechanisms underlying common geriatric functional disorders are also encouraged, as long as these include connections to fundamental problems in the biology of aging. | 12/15/2009 | Grants - GSU-288 |
| DOD | DoD Breast Cancer Era of Hope Scholar Award | Supports individuals who have high potential for innovation in breast cancer research early in their careers. | 12/2/2009 | Co-operative agreement - W81XWH-09-BCRP-EOHS2 |
| DOD | DoD Breast Cancer Postdoctoral Fellowship Award | The FY09 Postdoctoral Fellowship Award supports exceptionally talented recent medical or other doctoral graduates in their pursuit of innovative, high-impact breast cancer research during their postdoctoral training and allows them to obtain the necessary experience for an independent career at the forefront of breast cancer research. Candidates for this award should exhibit a strong desire to pursue a career in breast cancer research. | 12/2/2009 | Cooperative Agreement - W81XWH-09-BCRP-POSTDOC2 |
| DOD | Enabling Stress Resistance | DARPA is soliciting innovative research proposals in the area of Enabling Stress Resistance. This effort seeks a comprehensive mapping of the mechanisms involved in physical, affective, social and cognitive stress under both acute and chronic conditions in relevant animal models with the aim of developing and implementing interventions for stress prevention. | 7/7/2010 | Co-operative agreement - DARPA-BAA-09-68 |
| DOE | Computational Biology and Bioinformatic Methods to Enable a Systems Biology Knowledgebase | The Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER) of the Office of Science (SC), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) advances world-class biological and environmental research and provides scientific facilities to support DOE missions in scientific discovery and innovation, energy security, and environmental responsibility. BER hereby announces its interest in receiving applications for potential funding of computational biology and bioinformatic methods and analytics to enable the planned Systems Biology Knowledgebase. The goal of systems biology is to understand living systems, a simple microbe or a complex ecosystem, so well that we can develop predictive, computational models of the systems that ¿behave¿ the same way as the living system. Such predictive models would enable scientists to accurately predict an organism¿s or a more complex system¿s behavior. | 1/29/2010 | Grant - DE-FOA-0000143 |
| Helen Hay Whitney Foundation | Postdoctoral Research Fellowships | The Helen Hay Whitney Foundation supports early postdoctoral research training in all basic biomedical sciences. To attain its ultimate goal of increasing the number of imaginative, well-trained and dedicated medical scientists, the foundation grants financial support of sufficient duration to help further the careers of young men and women engaged in biological or medical research. | 7/15/2010 | Fellowship - GSU-241 |
| HHA | NIH Clinical Trial Planning Grant Program (R34) | Invites applications under the NIH Clinical Trial Planning Grant Program, the purpose of which is to provide support for the development of a Phase III clinical trial. This includes the establishment of the research team, the development of tools for data management and oversight of the research, the definition of recruitment strategies, and the finalization of the protocol and other essential elements of the study included in a manual of operations/procedures. | 5/7/2012 | Grant - PA-09-186 |
| HHS | Genetic and Genomic Analysis of Xenopus (R01) | Solicits investigator-initiated applications designed to exploit and enhance the power of Xenopus as a vertebrate model for biomedical research. Applications are welcome proposing to develop new tools or genetic or genomic resources of high priority to the Xenopus research community to advance the detection and characterization of genes, pathways, and phenotypes of interest in development, organogenesis, and in cell biological processes such as cell division, signaling and migration. In addition, applications will be welcomed that utilize recently developed genetic and genomic tools or resources to advance these same goals particularly when these projects employ tools that have not previously been made use of in Xenopus research. | 9/30/2011 | Grant - PAR-09-240 |
| HHS | Genetic and Genomic Analysis of Xenopus (R21) | Solicits investigator-initiated applications designed to exploit the power of Xenopus as a vertebrate model for biomedical research. Applications are welcome proposing to develop new tools or genetic or genomic resources of high priority to the Xenopus research community to advance the detection and characterization of genes, pathways, and phenotypes of interest in development, organogenesis, and in cell biological processes such as cell division, signaling and migration. In addition, applications will be welcomed that in Xenopus utilize recently developed genetic and genomic tools or resources to advance these same goals particularly when these projects employ tools that have not previously been made use of in Xenopus research. | 9/30/2011 | Grant - PAR-09-241 |
| HHS | Genetic and Genomic Analysis of Xenopus (R03) | Solicits investigator-initiated applications designed to exploit and enhance the power of Xenopus as a vertebrate model for biomedical research. Applications are welcome proposing to develop new tools or genetic or genomic resources of high priority to the Xenopus research community to advance the detection and characterization of genes, pathways, and phenotypes of interest in development, organogenesis, and in cell biological processes such as cell division, signaling and migration. In addition, applications will be welcomed that utilize recently developed genetic and genomic tools or resources to advance these same goals particularly when these projects employ tools that have not previously been made use of in Xenopus research. | 9/30/2011 | Grant - PAR-09-242 |
| HHS | Bioengineering Research Grants (BRG)(R01) | Participating Institutes and Centers of the NIH invite applications for R01 awards to support Bioengineering Research Grants (BRGs) for basic and applied multi-disciplinary research that addresses important biological, bioengineering or medical research problems. | 1/7/2013 | Grants - PA-10-009 |
| http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-10-004.html | MBRS Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE) (R25) | The Minority Biomedical Research Support (MBRS) Program was created in response to a legislative mandate of increasing the participation of underrepresented (UR) minority faculty, investigators and students engaged in biomedical and behavioral research, and to broaden the opportunities for their participation in biomedical and behavioral research. To accomplish this goal, the Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE) program provides institutional grants to establish research education programs at minority-serving institutions that will increase the preparation and skills of UR students in the biomedical and behavioral sciences as they academically advance in the pursuit of the Ph.D. degree in these fields. | 1/25/2010 | Grants - PAR-10-004 |
| Innovative Technology Development for Cancer Research (R21) | Innovative Technology Development for Cancer Research (R21) | Solicits grant applications proposing technically innovative feasibility studies focused on early stage development of cancer-relevant technologies. If successful, these technologies would accelerate the research and understanding of basic cancer biology, cancer treatment and diagnosis, cancer prevention, cancer control and epidemiology, and/or cancer health disparities. | 1/23/2010 | Grant - RFA-CA-10-005 |
| Innovative Technology Development for Cancer Research (R21) | Innovative Technology Development for Cancer Research (R21) | Solicits grant applications proposing technically innovative feasibility studies focused on early stage development of cancer-relevant technologies. If successful, these technologies would accelerate the research and understanding of basic cancer biology, cancer treatment and diagnosis, cancer prevention, cancer control and epidemiology, and/or cancer health disparities. | 2/23/2010 | Grant - RFA-CA-10-005 |
| Innovative Technology Development for Cancer Research (R21) | Innovative Technology Development for Cancer Research (R21) | Solicits grant applications proposing technically innovative feasibility studies focused on early stage development of cancer-relevant technologies. If successful, these technologies would accelerate the research and understanding of basic cancer biology, cancer treatment and diagnosis, cancer prevention, cancer control and epidemiology, and/or cancer health disparities. | 4/27/2010 | Grant - RFA-CA-10-005 |
| Innovative Technology Development for Cancer Research (R21) | Innovative Technology Development for Cancer Research (R21) | Solicits grant applications proposing technically innovative feasibility studies focused on early stage development of cancer-relevant technologies. If successful, these technologies would accelerate the research and understanding of basic cancer biology, cancer treatment and diagnosis, cancer prevention, cancer control and epidemiology, and/or cancer health disparities. | 5/27/2010 | Grant - RFA-CA-10-005 |
| Innovative Technology Development for Cancer Research (R21) | Innovative Technology Development for Cancer Research (R21) | Solicits grant applications proposing technically innovative feasibility studies focused on early stage development of cancer-relevant technologies. If successful, these technologies would accelerate the research and understanding of basic cancer biology, cancer treatment and diagnosis, cancer prevention, cancer control and epidemiology, and/or cancer health disparities. | 8/30/2010 | Grant - RFA-CA-10-005 |
| Innovative Technology Development for Cancer Research (R21) | Innovative Technology Development for Cancer Research (R21) | Solicits grant applications proposing technically innovative feasibility studies focused on early stage development of cancer-relevant technologies. If successful, these technologies would accelerate the research and understanding of basic cancer biology, cancer treatment and diagnosis, cancer prevention, cancer control and epidemiology, and/or cancer health disparities. | 9/30/2010 | Grant - RFA-CA-10-005 |
| National Cancer Institute (NCI) | Validation and Advanced Development of Emerging Technologies in Biospecimen Science (R33) | Solicits grant applications proposing technically innovative feasibility studies focused on the advanced development and validation of cancer-relevant technologies that address the issues related to pre-analytical variations in the collection, processing, handling, and storage of biospecimens or its derivatives. The overall goal is to develop technologies capable of interrogating and/or maximizing the quality and utility of biospecimens or their derived samples for downstream molecular analyses. This FOA will support the development of tools, devices, instrumentation, and associated methods to assess sample quality, preserve/protect sample integrity, and establish verification criteria for quality assessment/quality control and handling under diverse conditions. | 1/23/2010 | Grant - RFA-CA-10-002 |
| National Cancer Institute (NCI) | Innovative and Early-Stage Development of Emerging Technologies in Biospecimen Science (R21) | Solicits grant applications proposing technically innovative feasibility studies focused on early stage development of cancer-relevant technologies that address the issues related to pre-analytical variations in the collection, processing, handling, and storage of biospecimens or its derivatives. The overall goal is to develop technologies capable of interrogating and/or maximizing the quality and utility of biospecimens or their derived samples for downstream molecular analyses. | 1/23/2010 | Grant - RFA-CA-10-001 |
| National Cancer Institute (NCI) | Innovative and Early-Stage Development of Emerging Technologies in Biospecimen Science (R21) | Solicits grant applications proposing technically innovative feasibility studies focused on early stage development of cancer-relevant technologies that address the issues related to pre-analytical variations in the collection, processing, handling, and storage of biospecimens or its derivatives. The overall goal is to develop technologies capable of interrogating and/or maximizing the quality and utility of biospecimens or their derived samples for downstream molecular analyses. | 2/23/2010 | Grant - RFA-CA-10-001 |
| National Cancer Institute (NCI) | Validation and Advanced Development of Emerging Technologies in Biospecimen Science (R33) | Solicits grant applications proposing technically innovative feasibility studies focused on the advanced development and validation of cancer-relevant technologies that address the issues related to pre-analytical variations in the collection, processing, handling, and storage of biospecimens or its derivatives. The overall goal is to develop technologies capable of interrogating and/or maximizing the quality and utility of biospecimens or their derived samples for downstream molecular analyses. This FOA will support the development of tools, devices, instrumentation, and associated methods to assess sample quality, preserve/protect sample integrity, and establish verification criteria for quality assessment/quality control and handling under diverse conditions. | 2/23/2010 | Grant - RFA-CA-10-002 |
| National Cancer Institute (NCI) | Validation and Advanced Development of Emerging Technologies in Biospecimen Science (R33) | Solicits grant applications proposing technically innovative feasibility studies focused on the advanced development and validation of cancer-relevant technologies that address the issues related to pre-analytical variations in the collection, processing, handling, and storage of biospecimens or its derivatives. The overall goal is to develop technologies capable of interrogating and/or maximizing the quality and utility of biospecimens or their derived samples for downstream molecular analyses. This FOA will support the development of tools, devices, instrumentation, and associated methods to assess sample quality, preserve/protect sample integrity, and establish verification criteria for quality assessment/quality control and handling under diverse conditions. | 4/27/2010 | Grant - RFA-CA-10-002 |
| National Cancer Institute (NCI) | Innovative and Early-Stage Development of Emerging Technologies in Biospecimen Science (R21) | Solicits grant applications proposing technically innovative feasibility studies focused on early stage development of cancer-relevant technologies that address the issues related to pre-analytical variations in the collection, processing, handling, and storage of biospecimens or its derivatives. The overall goal is to develop technologies capable of interrogating and/or maximizing the quality and utility of biospecimens or their derived samples for downstream molecular analyses. | 4/27/2010 | Grant - RFA-CA-10-001 |
| National Cancer Institute (NCI) | Innovative and Early-Stage Development of Emerging Technologies in Biospecimen Science (R21) | Solicits grant applications proposing technically innovative feasibility studies focused on early stage development of cancer-relevant technologies that address the issues related to pre-analytical variations in the collection, processing, handling, and storage of biospecimens or its derivatives. The overall goal is to develop technologies capable of interrogating and/or maximizing the quality and utility of biospecimens or their derived samples for downstream molecular analyses. | 5/27/2010 | Grant - RFA-CA-10-001 |
| National Cancer Institute (NCI) | Validation and Advanced Development of Emerging Technologies in Biospecimen Science (R33) | Solicits grant applications proposing technically innovative feasibility studies focused on the advanced development and validation of cancer-relevant technologies that address the issues related to pre-analytical variations in the collection, processing, handling, and storage of biospecimens or its derivatives. The overall goal is to develop technologies capable of interrogating and/or maximizing the quality and utility of biospecimens or their derived samples for downstream molecular analyses. This FOA will support the development of tools, devices, instrumentation, and associated methods to assess sample quality, preserve/protect sample integrity, and establish verification criteria for quality assessment/quality control and handling under diverse conditions. | 5/27/2010 | Grant - RFA-CA-10-002 |
| National Cancer Institute (NCI) | Validation and Advanced Development of Emerging Technologies in Biospecimen Science (R33) | Solicits grant applications proposing technically innovative feasibility studies focused on the advanced development and validation of cancer-relevant technologies that address the issues related to pre-analytical variations in the collection, processing, handling, and storage of biospecimens or its derivatives. The overall goal is to develop technologies capable of interrogating and/or maximizing the quality and utility of biospecimens or their derived samples for downstream molecular analyses. This FOA will support the development of tools, devices, instrumentation, and associated methods to assess sample quality, preserve/protect sample integrity, and establish verification criteria for quality assessment/quality control and handling under diverse conditions. | 8/30/2010 | Grant - RFA-CA-10-002 |
| National Cancer Institute (NCI) | Innovative and Early-Stage Development of Emerging Technologies in Biospecimen Science (R21) | Solicits grant applications proposing technically innovative feasibility studies focused on early stage development of cancer-relevant technologies that address the issues related to pre-analytical variations in the collection, processing, handling, and storage of biospecimens or its derivatives. The overall goal is to develop technologies capable of interrogating and/or maximizing the quality and utility of biospecimens or their derived samples for downstream molecular analyses. | 8/30/2010 | Grant - RFA-CA-10-001 |
| National Cancer Institute (NCI) | Validation and Advanced Development of Emerging Technologies in Biospecimen Science (R33) | Solicits grant applications proposing technically innovative feasibility studies focused on the advanced development and validation of cancer-relevant technologies that address the issues related to pre-analytical variations in the collection, processing, handling, and storage of biospecimens or its derivatives. The overall goal is to develop technologies capable of interrogating and/or maximizing the quality and utility of biospecimens or their derived samples for downstream molecular analyses. This FOA will support the development of tools, devices, instrumentation, and associated methods to assess sample quality, preserve/protect sample integrity, and establish verification criteria for quality assessment/quality control and handling under diverse conditions. | 9/30/2010 | Grant - RFA-CA-10-002 |
| National Geographic Society | Research and Exploration Grant | All proposed projects must have both a geographical dimension and relevance to other scientific fields and be of broad scientific interest. | 1/1/2015 | Grant - GSU-043 |
| National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) | Targeted Library Synthesis and Screening at Novel Targets for Potential Drug Addiction Treatments and Research Tools (R21/R33) | Solicits research applications from institutions/organizations that propose to promote the discovery of novel medications through the use of targeted library synthesis and screening for drug addiction treatment, as well as the discovery of CNS-active research tools for medication target validation in animal models of drug addiction. | 12/4/2009 | Grants - RFA-DA-10-005 |
| National Institutes of Health (NIH) | Exceptional, Unconventional Research Enabling Knowledge Acceleration (EUREKA) (R01) | Solicits Research Project Grant (R01) applications from institutions/organizations proposing exceptionally innovative research on novel hypotheses or difficult problems, solutions to which would have an extremely high impact on biomedical or biobehavioral research that is germane to the mission of one or more of the participating NIH Institutes. This FOA is for support of new projects, not continuation of projects that have already been initiated. It does not support pilot projects, i.e., projects of limited scope that are designed primarily to generate data that will enable the PI to seek other funding. | 11/24/2009 | Grants - RFA-GM-10-009 |
| National Institutes of Health (NIH) | Biosignature Discovery for Personalized Treatment in Depression (U01) | Supports exploratory research to discover panels of promising biomarkers (i.e., biosignatures) that are predictive of treatment outcomes in major depressive disorder. | 12/14/2009 | Cooperative Agreement - RFA-MH-10-040 |
| National Institutes of Health (NIH) | Biosignature Discovery for Personalized Treatment in Depression (U01) | Supports exploratory research to discover panels of promising biomarkers (i.e., biosignatures) that are predictive of treatment outcomes in major depressive disorder. | 1/13/2010 | Cooperative Agreement - RFA-MH-10-040 |
| National Institutes of Health (NIH) | Validation and Advanced Development of Emerging Technologies for Cancer Research (R33) | Solicits grant applications proposing research projects on the advanced development of emerging molecular and cellular analysis technologies through technical/analytical validation in an appropriate cancer-relevant biological system. An “emerging technology” is defined as one that has passed the pilot developmental stage and shows promise, but has not yet been evaluated within the context of its intended use. If successful, these technologies would accelerate research in cancer biology, cancer treatment and diagnosis, cancer prevention, cancer control and epidemiology, and/or cancer health disparities. | 1/23/2010 | Grant - RFA-CA-10-004 |
| National Institutes of Health (NIH) | Validation and Advanced Development of Emerging Technologies for Cancer Research (R33) | Solicits grant applications proposing research projects on the advanced development of emerging molecular and cellular analysis technologies through technical/analytical validation in an appropriate cancer-relevant biological system. An “emerging technology” is defined as one that has passed the pilot developmental stage and shows promise, but has not yet been evaluated within the context of its intended use. If successful, these technologies would accelerate research in cancer biology, cancer treatment and diagnosis, cancer prevention, cancer control and epidemiology, and/or cancer health disparities. | 2/23/2010 | Grant - RFA-CA-10-004 |
| National Institutes of Health (NIH) | Validation and Advanced Development of Emerging Technologies for Cancer Research (R33) | Solicits grant applications proposing research projects on the advanced development of emerging molecular and cellular analysis technologies through technical/analytical validation in an appropriate cancer-relevant biological system. An “emerging technology” is defined as one that has passed the pilot developmental stage and shows promise, but has not yet been evaluated within the context of its intended use. If successful, these technologies would accelerate research in cancer biology, cancer treatment and diagnosis, cancer prevention, cancer control and epidemiology, and/or cancer health disparities. | 4/27/2010 | Grant - RFA-CA-10-004 |
| National Institutes of Health (NIH) | Validation and Advanced Development of Emerging Technologies for Cancer Research (R33) | Solicits grant applications proposing research projects on the advanced development of emerging molecular and cellular analysis technologies through technical/analytical validation in an appropriate cancer-relevant biological system. An “emerging technology” is defined as one that has passed the pilot developmental stage and shows promise, but has not yet been evaluated within the context of its intended use. If successful, these technologies would accelerate research in cancer biology, cancer treatment and diagnosis, cancer prevention, cancer control and epidemiology, and/or cancer health disparities. | 5/27/2010 | Grant - RFA-CA-10-004 |
| National Institutes of Health (NIH) | Validation and Advanced Development of Emerging Technologies for Cancer Research (R33) | Solicits grant applications proposing research projects on the advanced development of emerging molecular and cellular analysis technologies through technical/analytical validation in an appropriate cancer-relevant biological system. An “emerging technology” is defined as one that has passed the pilot developmental stage and shows promise, but has not yet been evaluated within the context of its intended use. If successful, these technologies would accelerate research in cancer biology, cancer treatment and diagnosis, cancer prevention, cancer control and epidemiology, and/or cancer health disparities. | 8/30/2010 | Grant - RFA-CA-10-004 |
| National Institutes of Health (NIH) | Validation and Advanced Development of Emerging Technologies for Cancer Research (R33) | Solicits grant applications proposing research projects on the advanced development of emerging molecular and cellular analysis technologies through technical/analytical validation in an appropriate cancer-relevant biological system. An “emerging technology” is defined as one that has passed the pilot developmental stage and shows promise, but has not yet been evaluated within the context of its intended use. If successful, these technologies would accelerate research in cancer biology, cancer treatment and diagnosis, cancer prevention, cancer control and epidemiology, and/or cancer health disparities. | 9/30/2010 | Grant - RFA-CA-10-004 |
| NIH | Beta Cell Biology Consortium (U01) | Invites applications to participate in a consortium of investigators, the Beta Cell Biology Consortium (BCBC). | 11/23/2009 | Co-operative agreement - RFA-DK-09-011 |
| NIH | Limited Competition: Coordinating Center For The Beta Cell Biology Consortium (U01) | The purpose of this Limited Competition is to solicit one application for the Beta Cell Biology (BCBC) Coordinating Center to maintain the ongoing administrative infrastructure for the BCBC. The BCBC Coordinating Center together with participating U01awardees from RFA-DK-09-011 will constitute the Beta Cell Biology Consortium whose aim is to generate necessary reagents and conduct research that will lead to the development of new cell-based therapies for diabetes. | 11/23/2009 | Competition - RFA-DK-09-504 |
| NIH | Dietary Supplement Research Centers: Botanicals (P50) | Invites new and renewal applications to support research centers which will (1) promote collaborative integrated interdisciplinary study of botanicals, particularly those found as ingredients in dietary supplements and (2) conduct research of high potential for being translated into practical benefits for human health. This initiative is intended to advance the spectrum of botanical research activities, ranging from plant identification and characterization to early phase clinical studies. | 12/3/2009 | Grant - RFA-OD-09-001 |
| NIH | Dynamics of Host-Associated Microbial Communities (R01 | Solicits applications that propose genetic, physiological, and ecological studies designed to reveal the basic principles and mechanisms that govern the symbiotic systems dynamics of microbial communities. | 12/15/2009 | Grant - RFA-GM-11-001 |
| NIH | Limited Competition: Coordinating Center For The Beta Cell Biology Consortium (U01) | The purpose of this Limited Competition is to solicit one application for the Beta Cell Biology (BCBC) Coordinating Center to maintain the ongoing administrative infrastructure for the BCBC. The BCBC Coordinating Center together with participating U01awardees from RFA-DK-09-011 will constitute the Beta Cell Biology Consortium whose aim is to generate necessary reagents and conduct research that will lead to the development of new cell-based therapies for diabetes. | 12/21/2009 | Competition - RFA-DK-09-504 |
| NIH | Developmental Pharmacology (R01) | To encourage multidisciplinary , investigator-initiated basic and translational research in developmental pharmacology with particular emphasis on the role of ontogeny on drug metabolizing enzymes, transporters, receptors and signaling pathways activity across
developmental periods from fetal life to adolescence. | 12/21/2009 | Grant - PAR-07-416 |
| NIH | Developmental Pharmacology (R03) | Grant applications for research related to developmental pharmacology. To encourage multidisciplinary, investigator-initiated basic and translational research in developmental pharmacology with particular emphasis on the role of ontogeny on drug metabolizing enzymes, transporters, receptors and signaling pathways activity across developmental periods from fetal life to adolescence. | 12/21/2009 | Grant - PAR-08-215 |
| NIH | Developmental Pharmacology (R21) | Grant applications for research related to developmental pharmacology. The goal of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to encourage multidisciplinary, investigator-initiated, basic and translational research in developmental pharmacology with particular emphasis on the role of ontogeny on drug metabolizing enzymes, transporters, receptors and signaling pathways activity across developmental periods from fetal life to adolescence. | 12/21/2009 | Grant - PAR-08-216 |
| NIH | Novel Approaches to Enhance Animal Stem Cell Research (R01) | Submission of applications for research to enhance animal stem cells as model biological systems. Innovative approaches to isolate, characterize and identify toti-potent and multi-potent stem cells from nonhuman biomedical research animal models, as well as to generate reagents and techniques to characterize and separate those stem cells from other cell types is encouraged. | 1/2/2010 | Modification 2 - PA-07-303 |
| NIH | Structural Biology of Membrane Proteins (R01) | Develop research and methods to enhance the rate of membrane protein structure determination and to determine specific membrane protein structures. | 1/7/2010 | Grant - PA-07-253 |
| NIH | Innovative Therapies and Clinical Studies for Screenable Disorders (R03) | Applications for research relevant to the basic understanding and development of therapeutic interventions for currently screened conditions and high priority genetic conditions for which screening could be possible in the near future. In this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), a high priority condition is a condition for which the development of an efficacious therapy would make the condition amenable to newborn screening. | 1/7/2010 | Modification 2 - PAR-06-341 |
| NIH | Innovative Therapies and Clinical Studies for Screenable Disorders (R21) | Applications for research relevant to the basic understanding and development of therapeutic interventions for currently screened conditions and high priority genetic conditions for which screening could be possible in the near future. In this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), a high priority condition is a condition for which the development of an efficacious therapy would make the condition amenable to newborn screening. | 1/7/2010 | Modification 2 - PAR-06-342 |
| NIH | Dynamics of Host-Associated Microbial Communities (R01 | Solicits applications that propose genetic, physiological, and ecological studies designed to reveal the basic principles and mechanisms that govern the symbiotic systems dynamics of microbial communities. | 1/15/2010 | Grant - RFA-GM-11-001 |
| NIH | Imaging - Science Track Award for Research Transition (I/START) [R03] | Applications to facilitate the entry of investigators to the area of neuroimaging, including both new investigators and established investigators seeking to adopt neuroimaging methodologies in their research programs. The R03 is intended to support small research projects that can be carried out in a short period of time with limited resources. | 1/16/2010 | Grant - PAR-09-073 |
| NIH | Psychopharmacology of Widely Available Psychoactive Natural Products (R01) | Grant applications that characterize the chemistry, psychopharmacology, and/or toxicology of acute and chronic exposure to psychoactive natural products, as well as the transition in the use of these products to licit or illicit drugs of abuse. | 2/5/2010 | Grant - PA-07-374 |
| NIH | Fragile X Pre-mutation and Ovarian Function (R01) | Basic, clinical or translational research on the effects of the Fragile X pre-mutation on ovarian function, with a focus on premature ovarian failure or early menopause, in women and/or animal models. | 2/5/2010 | Grant - PA-07-219 |
| NIH | Interdisciplinary Research on Implantation (R01) | Stimulate interdisciplinary approaches to study the mechanisms of blastocyst implantation, with an emphasis on immunological approaches. | 2/5/2010 | Grant - PA-07-445 |
| NIH | ELSI Regular Research Program (R01) | Propose to study the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of human genome research. | 2/5/2010 | Grant - PA-08-012 |
| NIH | Structural Analyses of the Ligand-Binding Properties of Taste and Smell Receptors (R01) | Encourages grant applications from institutions/organizations designed to foster innovative collaborative research to characterize the structural properties of taste and smell receptors. Additional emphasis is placed on the characterization of the interactions among odors, pheromones, and taste substances with their cognate receptors, and the identity of the critical ligand-receptor binding sites that determine sensitivity and selectivity. One aim of this FOA is to encourage collaborations among chemosensory molecular biologists and biochemists with expertise in the isolation and characterization of membrane proteins, and biophysicists familiar with crystallography, NMR and other analytical tools used in structural analyzes. | 2/5/2010 | Grant - PA-09-058 |
| NIH | Vulnerable Dendrites and Synapses in Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease (R01) | Applications for the study of factors regulating neuroplasticity with a particular emphasis on the age-dependent changes in the functions of dendrites, spines and synapses of key cell types in regions of brain especially vulnerable in Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and in models (in vitro and in vivo) of aging and of AD. Neuroplasticity refers to the changes in both structure and function of the brain that occur in response to experiential stimuli. This ability of the brain to reorganize itself is critical both in normal development and learning, and it is no less important in aging and neurodegenerative disorders. | 2/5/2010 | Grant - PA-09-061 |
| NIH | NINR Mentored Research Scientist Development Award for Underrepresented or Disadvantaged Investigators (K01) | Provide support and “protected time” (three, four, or five years) for an intensive, supervised career development experience in the biomedical, behavioral, or clinical sciences leading to research independence. | 2/12/2010 | Grant - PAR-09-074 |
| NIH | Midcareer Investigator Award in Mouse Pathobiology Research (K26) | Seeks to support established, outstanding pathobiologists by providing protected time for mouse pathobiology research and mentoring of beginning investigators, thus relieving them of time-consuming institutional service obligations and administration responsibilities. | 2/12/2010 | Grant - PAR-09-053 |
| NIH | NIDDK Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01) | Provide support and “protected time” (three, four, or five years) for an intensive, supervised career development experience in the biomedical, behavioral, or clinical sciences leading to research independence. The NIDDK invites K01 applications from advanced postdoctoral and/or newly independent research scientists (usually with a Ph.D. degree) in biomedical or behavioral sciences who are pursuing careers in research areas supported by the NIDDK. | 2/12/2010 | Grant - PAR-09-060 |
| NIH | Exploratory/Developmental Bioengineering Research Grants (EBRG) [R21] | Encourages innovation and high risk/impact bioengineering research in new areas. While minimal or no preliminary data are expected to be described in the application, applications should clearly indicate the significance of the proposed work and that the proposed research and/or development is scientifically sound, that the qualifications of the investigators are appropriate, and that resources available to the investigators are adequate. An EBRG application may propose hypothesis-driven, discovery-driven, developmental, or design-directed research. The research proposed under this program can explore approaches and concepts new to a particular substantive area; research and development of new technologies, techniques or methods; or initial research and development of data upon which significant future research may be built. | 2/16/2010 | Grants - PA-10-010 |
| NIH | Exploratory/Developmental Investigations on Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases (R21) | Innovative exploratory/developmental investigations in primary immunodeficiency diseases focusing on ex vivo studies with human specimens and on studies with current or new animal models including novel clinical strategies for detecting, identifying the molecular basis of, or developing innovative therapies for primary immunodeficiency diseases. | 2/16/2010 | Modification 2 - PAR-07-446 |
| NIH | Exploratory/Developmental Investigations on Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases (R03) | Small grants in primary immunodeficiency diseases focusing on ex vivo studies with human specimens and on studies with current or new animal models, including novel clinical strategies for detecting, identifying the molecular basis of, or developing innovative therapies for primary immunodeficiency diseases. | 2/16/2010 | Modification 2 - PAR-07-447 |
| NIH | Psychopharmacology Of Widely Available Psychoactive Natural Products (R03) | Research grant applications that characterize the chemistry, psychopharmacology, and/or toxicology of acute and chronic exposure to psychoactive natural products, as well as the transition in the use of these products to licit or illicit drugs of abuse. | 2/16/2010 | Grant - PA-07-375 |
| NIH | ELSI Small Research Grant Program (R03) | Propose to study the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of human genome research. | 2/16/2010 | Grant - PA-08-013 |
| NIH | Developmental Psychopharmacology (R21) | Examine the neurobiological impact of psychotherapeutic medications upon the immature brain, with particular emphasis upon mapping the precise developmental profile of physiological response to psychotropic agents used in the treatment of mental disorders in children. | 2/16/2010 | Grant - PA-07-222 |
| NIH | Biobehavioral Methods to Improve Outcomes Research (R01) | Research Project Grant (R01) applications from institutions/organizations that propose to foster biobehavioral research and develop innovative research designs, methods of measurement, and data analysis techniques. Designs and methods that examine the impact of biologic and behavioral variables on individuals' health outcomes and quality of life are encouraged. | 3/5/2010 | Grant - PA-09-125 |
| NIH | Biobehavioral Methods to Improve Outcomes Research (R21) | Research Project Grant (R21) applications from institutions/organizations that propose to foster biobehavioral research and develop innovative research designs, methods of measurement, and data analysis techniques. Designs and methods that examine the impact of biologic and behavioral variables on individuals' health outcomes and quality of life are encouraged. | 3/16/2010 | Grant - PA-09-126 |
| NIH | Fragile X Pre-mutation and Ovarian Function (R03) | Basic, clinical or translational research on the effects of the Fragile X pre-mutation on ovarian function, with a focus on premature ovarian failure or early menopause, in women and/or animal models. | 3/16/2010 | Modification 2 - PA-07-220 |
| NIH | Molecular Imaging Probes | The purpose of this initiative is to encourage the development of novel molecular imaging approaches that can detect and image specific molecular activities in vivo, and have the potential for clinical applications. | 4/21/2010 | Grant - PAR-09-016 |
| NIH | Developmental Pharmacology (R03) | Grant applications for research related to developmental pharmacology. To encourage multidisciplinary, investigator-initiated basic and translational research in developmental pharmacology with particular emphasis on the role of ontogeny on drug metabolizing enzymes, transporters, receptors and signaling pathways activity across developmental periods from fetal life to adolescence. | 4/23/2010 | Grant - PAR-08-215 |
| NIH | Developmental Pharmacology (R01) | To encourage multidisciplinary , investigator-initiated basic and translational research in developmental pharmacology with particular emphasis on the role of ontogeny on drug metabolizing enzymes, transporters, receptors and signaling pathways activity across
developmental periods from fetal life to adolescence. | 4/23/2010 | Grant - PAR-07-416 |
| NIH | Developmental Pharmacology (R21) | Grant applications for research related to developmental pharmacology. The goal of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to encourage multidisciplinary, investigator-initiated, basic and translational research in developmental pharmacology with particular emphasis on the role of ontogeny on drug metabolizing enzymes, transporters, receptors and signaling pathways activity across developmental periods from fetal life to adolescence. | 4/23/2010 | Grant - PAR-08-216 |
| NIH | Imaging - Science Track Award for Research Transition (I/START) [R03] | Applications to facilitate the entry of investigators to the area of neuroimaging, including both new investigators and established investigators seeking to adopt neuroimaging methodologies in their research programs. The R03 is intended to support small research projects that can be carried out in a short period of time with limited resources. | 5/16/2010 | Grant - PAR-09-073 |
| NIH | Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Predoctoral Training Program in Systems Biology of Developmental Biology & Birth Defects (T32) | Research training in systems biology of developmental biology and/or structural birth defects research. | 5/25/2010 | Grant - PAR-08-054 |
| NIH | Improving Intervention Possibilities for Communication Disorders (R21/R33) | Supports the development of new efficacious interventions for communication disorders. The goal of the present FOA is to identify and develop new methodologies and insights into the basic biology of the communication sciences that will have the future potential for clinical and translational application but which are still at the preliminary exploratory stage. | 5/28/2010 | Grant - PAR- 09-056 |
| NIH | Psychopharmacology of Widely Available Psychoactive Natural Products (R01) | Grant applications that characterize the chemistry, psychopharmacology, and/or toxicology of acute and chronic exposure to psychoactive natural products, as well as the transition in the use of these products to licit or illicit drugs of abuse. | 6/5/2010 | Grant - PA-07-374 |
| NIH | Vulnerable Dendrites and Synapses in Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease (R01) | Applications for the study of factors regulating neuroplasticity with a particular emphasis on the age-dependent changes in the functions of dendrites, spines and synapses of key cell types in regions of brain especially vulnerable in Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and in models (in vitro and in vivo) of aging and of AD. Neuroplasticity refers to the changes in both structure and function of the brain that occur in response to experiential stimuli. This ability of the brain to reorganize itself is critical both in normal development and learning, and it is no less important in aging and neurodegenerative disorders. | 6/5/2010 | Grant - PA-09-061 |
| NIH | Interdisciplinary Research on Implantation (R01) | Stimulate interdisciplinary approaches to study the mechanisms of blastocyst implantation, with an emphasis on immunological approaches. | 6/5/2010 | Grant - PA-07-445 |
| NIH | Structural Analyses of the Ligand-Binding Properties of Taste and Smell Receptors (R01) | Encourages grant applications from institutions/organizations designed to foster innovative collaborative research to characterize the structural properties of taste and smell receptors. Additional emphasis is placed on the characterization of the interactions among odors, pheromones, and taste substances with their cognate receptors, and the identity of the critical ligand-receptor binding sites that determine sensitivity and selectivity. One aim of this FOA is to encourage collaborations among chemosensory molecular biologists and biochemists with expertise in the isolation and characterization of membrane proteins, and biophysicists familiar with crystallography, NMR and other analytical tools used in structural analyzes. | 6/5/2010 | Grant - PA-09-058 |
| NIH | ELSI Regular Research Program (R01) | Propose to study the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of human genome research. | 6/5/2010 | Grant - PA-08-012 |
| NIH | NIDDK Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01) | Provide support and “protected time” (three, four, or five years) for an intensive, supervised career development experience in the biomedical, behavioral, or clinical sciences leading to research independence. The NIDDK invites K01 applications from advanced postdoctoral and/or newly independent research scientists (usually with a Ph.D. degree) in biomedical or behavioral sciences who are pursuing careers in research areas supported by the NIDDK. | 6/12/2010 | Grant - PAR-09-060 |
| NIH | Midcareer Investigator Award in Mouse Pathobiology Research (K26) | Seeks to support established, outstanding pathobiologists by providing protected time for mouse pathobiology research and mentoring of beginning investigators, thus relieving them of time-consuming institutional service obligations and administration responsibilities. | 6/12/2010 | Grant - PAR-09-053 |
| NIH | NINR Mentored Research Scientist Development Award for Underrepresented or Disadvantaged Investigators (K01) | Provide support and “protected time” (three, four, or five years) for an intensive, supervised career development experience in the biomedical, behavioral, or clinical sciences leading to research independence. | 6/12/2010 | Grant - PAR-09-074 |
| NIH | Psychopharmacology Of Widely Available Psychoactive Natural Products (R03) | Research grant applications that characterize the chemistry, psychopharmacology, and/or toxicology of acute and chronic exposure to psychoactive natural products, as well as the transition in the use of these products to licit or illicit drugs of abuse. | 6/16/2010 | Grant - PA-07-375 |
| NIH | ELSI Small Research Grant Program (R03) | Propose to study the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of human genome research. | 6/16/2010 | Grant - PA-08-013 |
| NIH | Biobehavioral Methods to Improve Outcomes Research (R01) | Research Project Grant (R01) applications from institutions/organizations that propose to foster biobehavioral research and develop innovative research designs, methods of measurement, and data analysis techniques. Designs and methods that examine the impact of biologic and behavioral variables on individuals' health outcomes and quality of life are encouraged. | 7/5/2010 | Grant - PA-09-125 |
| NIH | Biobehavioral Methods to Improve Outcomes Research (R21) | Research Project Grant (R21) applications from institutions/organizations that propose to foster biobehavioral research and develop innovative research designs, methods of measurement, and data analysis techniques. Designs and methods that examine the impact of biologic and behavioral variables on individuals' health outcomes and quality of life are encouraged. | 7/16/2010 | Grant - PA-09-126 |
| NIH | FDA FERN Microbiological Cooperative Agreement Program (U18) | This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Food Emergency Response Laboratory Network (FERN) Microbiological Cooperative Agreement Program Grant mechanism (U18) is to solicit applications from institutions/ organizations for inclusion into its Microbiology Cooperative Agreement Program. The FERN cooperative agreements are intended to target state, local, and tribal FERN labs to provide increased sample analyses in the event of food outbreaks or other large-scale food emergency events requiring surge capacity testing of implicated food samples. | 7/29/2010 | Co-operative agreement - PAR-09-215 |
| NIH | Biomedical Research on the International Space Station (BioMed-ISS) (UH2/UH3) | The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) are cooperating to facilitate biomedical research in space for better understanding of human physiology and human health on Earth. The NIH uses this FOA to publicize the availability of the International Space Station (ISS) as a National Laboratory, and to announce the NIH BioMed-ISS program encouraging investigator-initiated applications for biomedical research that will use the unique microgravity and radiation environment and resources of the ISS to test innovative hypotheses for the potential benefit of human health on Earth. Applications to this FOA should propose innovative biomedical research on the molecular or cellular level that is directly relevant to the NIH mission and can be carried out on the ISS. | 8/31/2010 | Co-operative agreement - PAR- 09-120 |
| NIH | Imaging - Science Track Award for Research Transition (I/START) [R03] | Applications to facilitate the entry of investigators to the area of neuroimaging, including both new investigators and established investigators seeking to adopt neuroimaging methodologies in their research programs. The R03 is intended to support small research projects that can be carried out in a short period of time with limited resources. | 9/15/2010 | Grant - PAR-09-073 |
| NIH | Enhancing Zebrafish Research with Research Tools and Techniques (R01) | Applications designed to exploit the power of the zebrafish as a vertebrate model for biomedical and behavioral research. Applications proposing to develop new research tools or techniques that are of high priority to the zebrafish community and that will advance the detection and characterization of genes, pathways, and phenotypes of interest in development and aging, organ formation, neural processes, behavior, sensory processing, physiological processes, and disease processes are welcome. | 9/17/2010 | Grant - PAR-08-139 |
| NIH | Genetic Screens to Enhance Zebrafish Research (R01) | Applications proposing to develop new genetic screens of high priority to the zebrafish community that will advance the detection and characterization of genes, pathways, and phenotypes of interest in development and aging, organ formation, neural processes, behavior, sensory processes, physiological processes, and disease processes are welcome. | 9/24/2010 | Grant - PAR-08-138 |
| NIH | Biomedical Research on the International Space Station (BioMed-ISS) (UH2/UH3) | The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) are cooperating to facilitate biomedical research in space for better understanding of human physiology and human health on Earth. The NIH uses this FOA to publicize the availability of the International Space Station (ISS) as a National Laboratory, and to announce the NIH BioMed-ISS program encouraging investigator-initiated applications for biomedical research that will use the unique microgravity and radiation environment and resources of the ISS to test innovative hypotheses for the potential benefit of human health on Earth. Applications to this FOA should propose innovative biomedical research on the molecular or cellular level that is directly relevant to the NIH mission and can be carried out on the ISS. | 9/30/2010 | Co-operative agreement - PAR- 09-120 |
| NIH | Vulnerable Dendrites and Synapses in Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease (R01) | Applications for the study of factors regulating neuroplasticity with a particular emphasis on the age-dependent changes in the functions of dendrites, spines and synapses of key cell types in regions of brain especially vulnerable in Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and in models (in vitro and in vivo) of aging and of AD. Neuroplasticity refers to the changes in both structure and function of the brain that occur in response to experiential stimuli. This ability of the brain to reorganize itself is critical both in normal development and learning, and it is no less important in aging and neurodegenerative disorders. | 10/5/2010 | Grant - PA-09-061 |
| NIH | Structural Analyses of the Ligand-Binding Properties of Taste and Smell Receptors (R01) | Encourages grant applications from institutions/organizations designed to foster innovative collaborative research to characterize the structural properties of taste and smell receptors. Additional emphasis is placed on the characterization of the interactions among odors, pheromones, and taste substances with their cognate receptors, and the identity of the critical ligand-receptor binding sites that determine sensitivity and selectivity. One aim of this FOA is to encourage collaborations among chemosensory molecular biologists and biochemists with expertise in the isolation and characterization of membrane proteins, and biophysicists familiar with crystallography, NMR and other analytical tools used in structural analyzes. | 10/5/2010 | Grant - PA-09-058 |
| NIH | Midcareer Investigator Award in Mouse Pathobiology Research (K26) | Seeks to support established, outstanding pathobiologists by providing protected time for mouse pathobiology research and mentoring of beginning investigators, thus relieving them of time-consuming institutional service obligations and administration responsibilities. | 10/12/2010 | Grant - PAR-09-053 |
| NIH | NIDDK Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01) | Provide support and “protected time” (three, four, or five years) for an intensive, supervised career development experience in the biomedical, behavioral, or clinical sciences leading to research independence. The NIDDK invites K01 applications from advanced postdoctoral and/or newly independent research scientists (usually with a Ph.D. degree) in biomedical or behavioral sciences who are pursuing careers in research areas supported by the NIDDK. | 10/12/2010 | Grant - PAR-09-060 |
| NIH | NINR Mentored Research Scientist Development Award for Underrepresented or Disadvantaged Investigators (K01) | Provide support and “protected time” (three, four, or five years) for an intensive, supervised career development experience in the biomedical, behavioral, or clinical sciences leading to research independence. | 10/12/2010 | Grant - PAR-09-074 |
| NIH | Biobehavioral Methods to Improve Outcomes Research (R01) | Research Project Grant (R01) applications from institutions/organizations that propose to foster biobehavioral research and develop innovative research designs, methods of measurement, and data analysis techniques. Designs and methods that examine the impact of biologic and behavioral variables on individuals' health outcomes and quality of life are encouraged. | 11/5/2010 | Grant - PA-09-125 |
| NIH | Biobehavioral Methods to Improve Outcomes Research (R21) | Research Project Grant (R21) applications from institutions/organizations that propose to foster biobehavioral research and develop innovative research designs, methods of measurement, and data analysis techniques. Designs and methods that examine the impact of biologic and behavioral variables on individuals' health outcomes and quality of life are encouraged. | 11/16/2010 | Grant - PA-09-126 |
| NIH | Molecular Imaging Probes | The purpose of this initiative is to encourage the development of novel molecular imaging approaches that can detect and image specific molecular activities in vivo, and have the potential for clinical applications. | 12/21/2010 | Grant - PAR-09-016 |
| NIH | Human Pluripotent Stem Cell (hPSC) Research Using Non-Embryonic Sources (R01) | Research on the isolation, derivation, production, and testing of stem cells that are capable of producing all or almost all of the cell types of the developing body and may result in improved understanding of or treatments for diseases and other adverse health conditions, but are derived without creating a human embryo for research purposes or destroying, discarding, or subjecting to harm a human embryo. | 1/7/2011 | Grant - PA-08-043 |
| NIH | Human Pluripotent Stem Cell (hPSC) Research Using Non-Embryonic Sources (R21) | Research on the isolation, derivation, production, and testing of stem cells that are capable of producing all or almost all of the cell types of the developing body and may result in improved understanding of or treatments for diseases and other adverse health conditions, but are derived without creating a human embryo for research purposes or destroying, discarding, or subjecting to harm a human embryo. | 1/7/2011 | Grant - PA-08-044 |
| NIH | Role of Adipose Tissue as an Endocrine Organ in Reproduction and Infertility (R01) | Understand the role of adipose tissue in the normal physiological regulation of reproduction, to discern its possible role in the etiology of diseases and disorders that impact human fertility, and to probe its potential importance in different racial/ethnic prevalence rates of certain reproductive disorders. | 1/7/2011 | Grant - PA-08-059 |
| NIH | Role of Adipose Tissue as an Endocrine Organ in Reproduction and Infertility (R21) | Understand the role of adipose tissue in the normal physiological regulation of reproduction, to discern its possible role in the etiology of diseases and disorders that impact human fertility, and to probe its potential importance in different racial/ethnic prevalence rates of certain reproductive disorders. | 1/7/2011 | Grant - PA-08-060 |
| NIH | Genetic Susceptibility and Variability of Human Structural Birth Defects (R01) | Innovative investigator-initiated applications designed to study fundamental developmental processes using animal models in conjunction with translational/clinical approaches with the goal of advancing our understanding of the etiology of structural birth defects. | 1/8/2011 | Grant - PA-08-011 |
| NIH | Imaging - Science Track Award for Research Transition (I/START) [R03] | Applications to facilitate the entry of investigators to the area of neuroimaging, including both new investigators and established investigators seeking to adopt neuroimaging methodologies in their research programs. The R03 is intended to support small research projects that can be carried out in a short period of time with limited resources. | 1/16/2011 | Grant - PAR-09-073 |
| NIH | Structural Analyses of the Ligand-Binding Properties of Taste and Smell Receptors (R01) | Encourages grant applications from institutions/organizations designed to foster innovative collaborative research to characterize the structural properties of taste and smell receptors. Additional emphasis is placed on the characterization of the interactions among odors, pheromones, and taste substances with their cognate receptors, and the identity of the critical ligand-receptor binding sites that determine sensitivity and selectivity. One aim of this FOA is to encourage collaborations among chemosensory molecular biologists and biochemists with expertise in the isolation and characterization of membrane proteins, and biophysicists familiar with crystallography, NMR and other analytical tools used in structural analyzes. | 2/5/2011 | Grant - PA-09-058 |
| NIH | Vulnerable Dendrites and Synapses in Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease (R01) | Applications for the study of factors regulating neuroplasticity with a particular emphasis on the age-dependent changes in the functions of dendrites, spines and synapses of key cell types in regions of brain especially vulnerable in Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and in models (in vitro and in vivo) of aging and of AD. Neuroplasticity refers to the changes in both structure and function of the brain that occur in response to experiential stimuli. This ability of the brain to reorganize itself is critical both in normal development and learning, and it is no less important in aging and neurodegenerative disorders. | 2/5/2011 | Grant - PA-09-061 |
| NIH | NINR Mentored Research Scientist Development Award for Underrepresented or Disadvantaged Investigators (K01) | Provide support and “protected time” (three, four, or five years) for an intensive, supervised career development experience in the biomedical, behavioral, or clinical sciences leading to research independence. | 2/12/2011 | Grant - PAR-09-074 |
| NIH | NIDDK Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01) | Provide support and “protected time” (three, four, or five years) for an intensive, supervised career development experience in the biomedical, behavioral, or clinical sciences leading to research independence. The NIDDK invites K01 applications from advanced postdoctoral and/or newly independent research scientists (usually with a Ph.D. degree) in biomedical or behavioral sciences who are pursuing careers in research areas supported by the NIDDK. | 2/12/2011 | Grant - PAR-09-060 |
| NIH | Midcareer Investigator Award in Mouse Pathobiology Research (K26) | Seeks to support established, outstanding pathobiologists by providing protected time for mouse pathobiology research and mentoring of beginning investigators, thus relieving them of time-consuming institutional service obligations and administration responsibilities. | 2/12/2011 | Grant - PAR-09-053 |
| NIH | Biobehavioral Methods to Improve Outcomes Research (R01) | Research Project Grant (R01) applications from institutions/organizations that propose to foster biobehavioral research and develop innovative research designs, methods of measurement, and data analysis techniques. Designs and methods that examine the impact of biologic and behavioral variables on individuals' health outcomes and quality of life are encouraged. | 3/5/2011 | Grant - PA-09-125 |
| NIH | Biobehavioral Methods to Improve Outcomes Research (R21) | Research Project Grant (R21) applications from institutions/organizations that propose to foster biobehavioral research and develop innovative research designs, methods of measurement, and data analysis techniques. Designs and methods that examine the impact of biologic and behavioral variables on individuals' health outcomes and quality of life are encouraged. | 3/16/2011 | Grant - PA-09-126 |
| NIH | Molecular Imaging Probes | The purpose of this initiative is to encourage the development of novel molecular imaging approaches that can detect and image specific molecular activities in vivo, and have the potential for clinical applications. | 4/20/2011 | Grant - PAR-09-016 |
| NIH | In Utero Exposure to Bioactive Food Components and Mammary Cancer Risk (R01) | Innovative preclinical research applications that will enhance the understanding of the relationship between exposure(s) to bioactive food components and/or environmental chemicals in utero, hormonal and growth-factor response, gene expression or epigenetic changes, and subsequent mammary cancer risk in preclinical models. | 5/7/2011 | Grant - PA-08-140 |
| NIH | In Utero Exposure to Bioactive Food Components and Mammary Cancer Risk (R21) | Innovative preclinical research applications that will enhance the understanding of the relationship between exposure(s) to bioactive food components and/or environmental chemicals in utero, hormonal and growth-factor response, gene expression or epigenetic changes, and subsequent mammary cancer risk in preclinical models. | 5/7/2011 | Grant - PA-08-141 |
| NIH | Imaging - Science Track Award for Research Transition (I/START) [R03] | Applications to facilitate the entry of investigators to the area of neuroimaging, including both new investigators and established investigators seeking to adopt neuroimaging methodologies in their research programs. The R03 is intended to support small research projects that can be carried out in a short period of time with limited resources. | 5/16/2011 | Grant - PAR-09-073 |
| NIH | Structural Analyses of the Ligand-Binding Properties of Taste and Smell Receptors (R01) | Encourages grant applications from institutions/organizations designed to foster innovative collaborative research to characterize the structural properties of taste and smell receptors. Additional emphasis is placed on the characterization of the interactions among odors, pheromones, and taste substances with their cognate receptors, and the identity of the critical ligand-receptor binding sites that determine sensitivity and selectivity. One aim of this FOA is to encourage collaborations among chemosensory molecular biologists and biochemists with expertise in the isolation and characterization of membrane proteins, and biophysicists familiar with crystallography, NMR and other analytical tools used in structural analyzes. | 6/5/2011 | Grant - PA-09-058 |
| NIH | Adverse Outcomes of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (R01) | Study the ways in which Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) may affect eggs, sperm and preimplantation embryos that could, in turn, lead to adverse outcomes during fetal development, the perinatal period, childhood, adulthood or even subsequent generations. | 6/5/2011 | Grant - PA-08-104 |
| NIH | Vulnerable Dendrites and Synapses in Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease (R01) | Applications for the study of factors regulating neuroplasticity with a particular emphasis on the age-dependent changes in the functions of dendrites, spines and synapses of key cell types in regions of brain especially vulnerable in Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and in models (in vitro and in vivo) of aging and of AD. Neuroplasticity refers to the changes in both structure and function of the brain that occur in response to experiential stimuli. This ability of the brain to reorganize itself is critical both in normal development and learning, and it is no less important in aging and neurodegenerative disorders. | 6/5/2011 | Grant - PA-09-061 |
| NIH | NINR Mentored Research Scientist Development Award for Underrepresented or Disadvantaged Investigators (K01) | Provide support and “protected time” (three, four, or five years) for an intensive, supervised career development experience in the biomedical, behavioral, or clinical sciences leading to research independence. | 6/12/2011 | Grant - PAR-09-074 |
| NIH | Midcareer Investigator Award in Mouse Pathobiology Research (K26) | Seeks to support established, outstanding pathobiologists by providing protected time for mouse pathobiology research and mentoring of beginning investigators, thus relieving them of time-consuming institutional service obligations and administration responsibilities. | 6/12/2011 | Grant - PAR-09-053 |
| NIH | NIDDK Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01) | Provide support and “protected time” (three, four, or five years) for an intensive, supervised career development experience in the biomedical, behavioral, or clinical sciences leading to research independence. The NIDDK invites K01 applications from advanced postdoctoral and/or newly independent research scientists (usually with a Ph.D. degree) in biomedical or behavioral sciences who are pursuing careers in research areas supported by the NIDDK. | 6/12/2011 | Grant - PAR-09-060 |
| NIH | Biobehavioral Methods to Improve Outcomes Research (R01) | Research Project Grant (R01) applications from institutions/organizations that propose to foster biobehavioral research and develop innovative research designs, methods of measurement, and data analysis techniques. Designs and methods that examine the impact of biologic and behavioral variables on individuals' health outcomes and quality of life are encouraged. | 7/5/2011 | Grant - PA-09-125 |
| NIH | Biobehavioral Methods to Improve Outcomes Research (R21) | Research Project Grant (R21) applications from institutions/organizations that propose to foster biobehavioral research and develop innovative research designs, methods of measurement, and data analysis techniques. Designs and methods that examine the impact of biologic and behavioral variables on individuals' health outcomes and quality of life are encouraged. | 7/16/2011 | Grant - PA-09-126 |
| NIH | FDA FERN Microbiological Cooperative Agreement Program (U18) | This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Food Emergency Response Laboratory Network (FERN) Microbiological Cooperative Agreement Program Grant mechanism (U18) is to solicit applications from institutions/ organizations for inclusion into its Microbiology Cooperative Agreement Program. The FERN cooperative agreements are intended to target state, local, and tribal FERN labs to provide increased sample analyses in the event of food outbreaks or other large-scale food emergency events requiring surge capacity testing of implicated food samples. | 7/29/2011 | Co-operative agreement - PAR-09-215 |
| NIH | Molecular Imaging Probes | The purpose of this initiative is to encourage the development of novel molecular imaging approaches that can detect and image specific molecular activities in vivo, and have the potential for clinical applications. | 8/21/2011 | Grant - PAR-09-016 |
| NIH | Exploratory Collaborations with National Centers for Biomedical Computing (R21) | Engage researchers across the nation in building an excellent biomedical computing environment, using the computational tools and biological and behavioral application drivers of the funded NCBCs as foundation stones. “ | 9/7/2011 | Modification 1 - PAR-08-183 |
| NIH | Collaborations with National Centers for Biomedical Computing (R01) | Engage researchers across the nation in building an excellent biomedical computing environment, using the computational tools and biological and behavioral application drivers of the funded NCBCs as foundation stones. | 9/7/2011 | Grant - PAR-08-184 |
| NIH | Investigations on Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases (R01) | Innovative investigations in primary immunodeficiency diseases with a focus on ex vivo studies with human specimens and on studies with existing or new animal models. | 9/7/2011 | Grant - PAR-08-206 |
| NIH | Imaging - Science Track Award for Research Transition (I/START) [R03] | Applications to facilitate the entry of investigators to the area of neuroimaging, including both new investigators and established investigators seeking to adopt neuroimaging methodologies in their research programs. The R03 is intended to support small research projects that can be carried out in a short period of time with limited resources. | 9/16/2011 | Grant - PAR-09-073 |
| NIH | Vulnerable Dendrites and Synapses in Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease (R01) | Applications for the study of factors regulating neuroplasticity with a particular emphasis on the age-dependent changes in the functions of dendrites, spines and synapses of key cell types in regions of brain especially vulnerable in Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and in models (in vitro and in vivo) of aging and of AD. Neuroplasticity refers to the changes in both structure and function of the brain that occur in response to experiential stimuli. This ability of the brain to reorganize itself is critical both in normal development and learning, and it is no less important in aging and neurodegenerative disorders. | 10/5/2011 | Grant - PA-09-061 |
| NIH | Structural Analyses of the Ligand-Binding Properties of Taste and Smell Receptors (R01) | Encourages grant applications from institutions/organizations designed to foster innovative collaborative research to characterize the structural properties of taste and smell receptors. Additional emphasis is placed on the characterization of the interactions among odors, pheromones, and taste substances with their cognate receptors, and the identity of the critical ligand-receptor binding sites that determine sensitivity and selectivity. One aim of this FOA is to encourage collaborations among chemosensory molecular biologists and biochemists with expertise in the isolation and characterization of membrane proteins, and biophysicists familiar with crystallography, NMR and other analytical tools used in structural analyzes. | 10/5/2011 | Grant - PA-09-058 |
| NIH | NINR Mentored Research Scientist Development Award for Underrepresented or Disadvantaged Investigators (K01) | Provide support and “protected time” (three, four, or five years) for an intensive, supervised career development experience in the biomedical, behavioral, or clinical sciences leading to research independence. | 10/12/2011 | Grant - PAR-09-074 |
| NIH | NIDDK Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01) | Provide support and “protected time” (three, four, or five years) for an intensive, supervised career development experience in the biomedical, behavioral, or clinical sciences leading to research independence. The NIDDK invites K01 applications from advanced postdoctoral and/or newly independent research scientists (usually with a Ph.D. degree) in biomedical or behavioral sciences who are pursuing careers in research areas supported by the NIDDK. | 10/12/2011 | Grant - PAR-09-060 |
| NIH | Midcareer Investigator Award in Mouse Pathobiology Research (K26) | Seeks to support established, outstanding pathobiologists by providing protected time for mouse pathobiology research and mentoring of beginning investigators, thus relieving them of time-consuming institutional service obligations and administration responsibilities. | 10/12/2011 | Grant - PAR-09-053 |
| NIH | Biobehavioral Methods to Improve Outcomes Research (R01) | Research Project Grant (R01) applications from institutions/organizations that propose to foster biobehavioral research and develop innovative research designs, methods of measurement, and data analysis techniques. Designs and methods that examine the impact of biologic and behavioral variables on individuals' health outcomes and quality of life are encouraged. | 11/5/2011 | Grant - PA-09-125 |
| NIH | Biobehavioral Methods to Improve Outcomes Research (R21) | Research Project Grant (R21) applications from institutions/organizations that propose to foster biobehavioral research and develop innovative research designs, methods of measurement, and data analysis techniques. Designs and methods that examine the impact of biologic and behavioral variables on individuals' health outcomes and quality of life are encouraged. | 11/16/2011 | Grant - PA-09-126 |
| NIH | Molecular Imaging Probes | The purpose of this initiative is to encourage the development of novel molecular imaging approaches that can detect and image specific molecular activities in vivo, and have the potential for clinical applications. | 12/21/2011 | Grant - PAR-09-016 |
| NIH | Biosocial Approaches to Infertility Research (R21) | Exploratory/developmental collaborations between socio-behavioral and biomedical scientists in the area of infertility.Research supported through this FOA should aim either to develop methods or theories incorporating biomedical aspects of infertility into social and behavioral science research projects, or to generate methods or theories that allow biomedical researchers to address the broader social and behavioral concerns that they have about their patient populations. | 1/7/2012 | Grant - PA-09-032 |
| NIH | Countermeasures Against Chemical Threats (CounterACT) Exploratory/Developmental Projects in Translational Research (R21) | Requests applications for exploratory/developmental translational research on therapeutics for reducing mortality and morbidity caused by acute exposures to chemical threat agents. Chemical threats include traditional chemical warfare nerve agents such as sarin and VX, toxic industrial chemicals such as cyanide and chlorine, and toxic agricultural chemicals such as parathion and sodium fluoroacetate. | 2/1/2012 | Grant - PAR-10-019 |
| NIH | Biobehavioral Methods to Improve Outcomes Research (R01) | Research Project Grant (R01) applications from institutions/organizations that propose to foster biobehavioral research and develop innovative research designs, methods of measurement, and data analysis techniques. Designs and methods that examine the impact of biologic and behavioral variables on individuals' health outcomes and quality of life are encouraged. | 3/5/2012 | Grant - PA-09-125 |
| NIH | Biobehavioral Methods to Improve Outcomes Research (R21) | Research Project Grant (R21) applications from institutions/organizations that propose to foster biobehavioral research and develop innovative research designs, methods of measurement, and data analysis techniques. Designs and methods that examine the impact of biologic and behavioral variables on individuals' health outcomes and quality of life are encouraged. | 3/16/2012 | Grant - PA-09-126 |
| NIH | Research on Teen Dating Violence (R01) | Encourages investigator-initiated research grant applications from institutions/ organizations that propose to conduct behavioral and/or biomedical research aimed at better understanding the etiologies and precursors for, reducing risk for, and incidence of, teen dating violence (TDV). | 9/7/2012 | Grant - PA-09-169 |
| NIH | Innovations in Biomedical Computational Science and Technology (R01) | The NIH is interested in promoting research and developments in biomedical informatics and computational biology that will support rapid progress in areas of scientific opportunity in biomedical research. As defined here, biomedical informatics and computational biology includes database design, graphical interfaces, querying approaches, data retrieval, data visualization and manipulation, data integration through the development of integrated analytical tools, and tools for electronic collaboration, as well as computational and mathematical research including the development of structural, functional, integrative, and analytical computational models and simulations. | 9/7/2012 | Grant - PAR-09-218 |
| NIH | Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSA) for Individual Senior Fellows (F33) | Awards individual senior level research training fellowships to experienced scientists who wish to make major changes in the direction of their research careers or who wish to broaden their scientific background by acquiring new research capabilities as independent investigators in research fields relevant to the missions of participating NIH Institutes and Centers. | 9/7/2012 | Grant - PA-09-211 |
| NSF | Theory, Models and Computational Methods (TMC) | Supports the discovery and development of theoretical and computational methods to address a range of chemical challenges, with emphasis on emerging areas of chemical research. Proposals that focus on established methods should involve innovative approaches that substantially broaden their applicability. Methods of interest include, but are not limited to, those addressing electronic structure, quantum reaction dynamics, statistical mechanics, molecular dynamics, and simulation techniques for molecular or supramolecular systems. Areas of application span the full range of chemical systems from small molecules to macromolecules and degrees of aggregation from single molecules or small clusters to nanoscopic and even larger systems. While application areas may involve any chemical system, including biological systems or materials, the goal of the program is to support the development of new theoretical and computational methodologies that will be broadly applicable to a range of challenging problems. | 11/30/2009 | Grant - PD 09-6881 |
| NSF | Chemistry of Life Processes (CLP) | The Chemistry of Life Processes program deals with the investigation of novel chemistry in biological systems and the advancement of basic chemical research and transformative technologies through creative applications that address important aspects of life processes. Research of interest to the program includes fundamental chemistry-centered projects at the interface with biology. The program also welcomes projects that integrate experimental and theoretical approaches, as well as inter- and multi-disciplinary research efforts at the chemistry-biology interface. | 11/30/2009 | Grant - PD 09-6883 |
| NSF | Macromolecular, Supramolecular and Nanochemistry | The Macromolecular, Supramolecular and Nanochemistry (MSN) Program focuses on basic research in chemistry that addresses interactions leading to the assembly of macromolecular, supramolecular and nanoscopic species and other organized structures that show unique chemical and physical properties and reactivities. Research of interest to this program includes: the study of forces which are responsible for spatial organization in organic, inorganic or hybrid systems; novel synthesis relevant to the program topics; innovative surface functionalization chemistry; and the formation of clusters, aggregates, nanoparticles and large molecular architectures. Interactions that give rise to molecular self assembly, metal organic frameworks, template-directed syntheses, and chemically dynamic systems like molecular machines are also appropriate for this Program. Investigations may utilize experimental and/or computational methods to predict and/or understand the chemical structure, properties and reactivities of these unique structures.One objective of the MSN Program is to bridge the gap between molecular chemistries and material science and engineering. | 11/30/2009 | Grant - PD-09-6885 |
| NSF | Macromolecular, Supramolecular and Nanochemistry (MSN) | The Macromolecular, Supramolecular and Nanochemistry (MSN) Program focuses on basic research in chemistry that addresses interactions leading to the assembly of macromolecular, supramolecular and nanoscopic species and other organized structures that show unique chemical and physical properties and reactivities. Research of interest to this program includes: the study of forces which are responsible for spatial organization in organic, inorganic or hybrid systems; novel synthesis relevant to the program topics; innovative surface functionalization chemistry; and the formation of clusters, aggregates, nanoparticles and large molecular architectures. | 11/30/2009 | Grant - PD 09-6885 |
| NSF | Theory, Models and Computational Methods | Supports the discovery and development of theoretical and computational methods to address a range of chemical challenges, with emphasis on emerging areas of chemical research. Proposals that focus on established methods should involve innovative approaches that substantially broaden their applicability. Methods of interest include, but are not limited to, those addressing electronic structure, quantum reaction dynamics, statistical mechanics, molecular dynamics, and simulation techniques for molecular or supramolecular systems. Areas of application span the full range of chemical systems from small molecules to macromolecules and degrees of aggregation from single molecules or small clusters to nanoscopic and even larger systems. While application areas may involve any chemical system, including biological systems or materials, the goal of the program is to support the development of new theoretical and computational methodologies that will be broadly applicable to a range of challenging problems. We are particularly interested in fundamental areas of research that are difficult or impossible to address using current synthetic, experimental, and/or computational methodologies. | 11/30/2009 | Grant - PD-09-6881 |
| NSF | Environmental Chemical Sciences (ECS) | Supports basic research in chemistry that promotes the understanding of natural and anthropogenic chemical processes in our environment. Projects supported by this program enable fundamentally new avenues of basic research and transformative technologies. The program is particularly interested in studying molecular phenomena on surfaces and interfaces in order to understand the inherently complex and heterogeneous environment. Projects utilize advanced experimental, modeling and computational approaches, as well as developing new approaches. Topics include studies of environmental surfaces and interfaces under laboratory conditions, the fundamental properties of water and water solutions important in environmental processes, dissolution, composition, origin and behavior of molecular scale systems under a variety of naturally occurring environmental conditions, chemical reactivity of synthetic nanoparticles and their molecular level interactions with the environment, and application of theoretical models and computational approaches to discover and predict environmental phenomena at the molecular scale. | 11/30/2009 | Grant - PD-09-6882 |
| NSF | Ecology of Infectious Diseases | The Ecology of Infectious Diseases program solicitation supports the development of predictive models and the discovery of principles governing the transmission dynamics of infectious disease agents. | 12/9/2009 | Grant - NSF-08-601 |
| NSF | Ecology of Infectious Diseases (EID) | Supports the development of predictive models and the discovery of principles governing the transmission dynamics of infectious disease agents. To that end, research proposals should focus on understanding the ecological and socio-ecological determinants of transmission by vectors or abiotic agents, the population dynamics of reservoir species, the transmission to humans or other hosts, or the cultural, social, behavioral, and economic dimensions of disease communication. Research may be on zoonotic, vector-borne or enteric diseases of either terrestrial, freshwater, or marine systems and organisms, including diseases of non-human animals and plants, at any scale from specific pathogens to inclusive environmental systems. | 12/9/2009 | Award - NSF 08-601 |
| NSF | Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers Program (I/UCRC) | Develops long-term partnerships among industry, academe, and government. The centers are catalyzed by a small investment from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and are primarily supported by industry center members, with NSF taking a supporting role in the development and evolution of the center. Each center is established to conduct research that is of interest to both the industry members and the center faculty. An I/UCRC not only contributes to the Nation's research infrastructure base and enhances the intellectual capacity of the engineering and science workforce through the integration of research and education, but also encourages and fosters international cooperation and collaborative projects. | 1/1/2010 | Grant - NSF 09-565 |
| NSF | Population and Evolutionary Processes | The Population and Evolutionary Processes Cluster supports research on population properties that lead to variation within and among populations and among species. | 1/9/2010 | Grant - NSF-04-1127 |
| NSF | Ecological Biology | The Ecological Biology Cluster supports research that advances the conceptual or theoretical understanding of species interactions and community dynamics in terrestrial, wetland and freshwater habitats. | 1/9/2010 | Grant - NSF-04-1128 |
| NSF | Evolutionary Processes | The Evolutionary Processes Cluster supports research on microevolutionary processes and their macroevolutionary consequences. Topics include mutation, gene flow, recombination, natural selection, genetic drift, assortative mating acting within species, speciation, and long-term features of evolution. These investigations attempt to explain causes and consequences of genetically-based change in the properties of groups of organisms (at the population level or higher) over the course of generations as well as large-scale patterns of evolutionary change, phylogeography, origin and maintenance of genetic variation, and molecular signatures of evolution at the population or species level. | 1/9/2010 | Grant - PD 09-1127 |
| NSF | Population and Community Ecology | The Population and Community Ecology Cluster supports research that advances the conceptual or theoretical understanding of population ecology, species interactions and community dynamics in terrestrial, wetland and freshwater habitats. We encourage projects that integrate theoretical, modeling, and empirical approaches, or that promote synthesis across spatial and temporal scales. The cluster seeks to fund projects that are transformative -- that is, those that will change the conceptual bases of population and community ecology and have broad implications for future research. Proposals that develop research questions within the context of existing theory, consider alternate mechanisms, and design critical tests to distinguish among mechanisms are particularly encouraged, together with those that use contemporary approaches to develop new paradigms. | 1/9/2010 | Grant - PD 09-1128 |
| NSF | Systematic Biology and Biodiversity Inventories
Division of Environmental Biology
Systematic Biology and Biodiversity Inventories | Supports research in taxonomy and systematics that contributes to: 1) using phylogenetic methods to understand the evolution of life in time and space, 2) discovery, description, and cataloguing global species diversity, and 3) organizing information from the above in efficiently retrievable forms that best meet the needs of science and society. | 1/9/2010 | Grant - PD 04-7374 |
| NSF | Ecosystem Science
Division of Environmental Biology | Supports investigations of whole-system ecological processes and relationships across a diversity of spatial and temporal (including paleo) scales in order to advance understanding of: 1) material and energy fluxes and transformations within and among ecosystems, 2) the relationships between structure, including complexity, and functioning of ecosystems, 3) ecosystem dynamics and trajectories of ecosystem development through time, and 4) linkages among ecosystems at different spatial and temporal scales.
Research on natural, managed and disturbed ecosystems is supported, including terrestrial, freshwater, wetland, coastal (including salt marsh and mangrove), and human-dominated environments. Proposals may focus on areas such as: biogeochemical cycling and element budgets from local to global scales; roles of microbes in ecosystem functioning; primary productivity; stoichiometric relationships; climate-ecosystem feedbacks; energy and radiatively-active gas fluxes; relationships between diversity and ecosystem function; ecosystem services; and landscape dynamics. | 1/9/2010 | Grant - PD 04-7381 |
| NSF | Evolutionary Processes | The Evolutionary Processes Cluster supports research on microevolutionary processes and their macroevolutionary consequences. Topics include mutation, gene flow, recombination, natural selection, genetic drift, assortative mating acting within species, speciation, and long-term features of evolution. These investigations attempt to explain causes and consequences of genetically-based change in the properties of groups of organisms (at the population level or higher) over the course of generations as well as large-scale patterns of evolutionary change, phylogeography, origin and maintenance of genetic variation, and molecular signatures of evolution at the population or species level. The cluster seeks to fund projects that are transformative -- that is, those that will change the conceptual bases of evolutionary biology and have broad implications for future research. Both empirical and theoretical approaches are encouraged. The Cluster is comprised of two programs, Evolutionary Genetics and Evolutionary Ecology (described below); proposals should be submitted to one of these programs. | 1/9/2010 | Grant - PD-09-1127 |
| NSF | Evolutionary Processes | The Evolutionary Processes Cluster supports research on microevolutionary processes and their macroevolutionary consequences. Topics include mutation, gene flow, recombination, natural selection, genetic drift, assortative mating acting within species, speciation, and long-term features of evolution. These investigations attempt to explain causes and consequences of genetically-based change in the properties of groups of organisms (at the population level or higher) over the course of generations as well as large-scale patterns of evolutionary change, phylogeography, origin and maintenance of genetic variation, and molecular signatures of evolution at the population or species level. The cluster seeks to fund projects that are transformative -- that is, those that will change the conceptual bases of evolutionary biology and have broad implications for future research. | 1/9/2010 | Grant - PD09-1127 |
| NSF | Population and Community Ecology | Supports research that advances the conceptual or theoretical understanding of population ecology, species interactions and community dynamics in terrestrial, wetland and freshwater habitats. We encourage projects that integrate theoretical, modeling, and empirical approaches, or that promote synthesis across spatial and temporal scales. The cluster seeks to fund projects that are transformative -- that is, those that will change the conceptual bases of population and community ecology and have broad implications for future research. | 1/9/2010 | Grant - PD-09-1128 |
| NSF | Ecosystem Science | Supports projects within two programs (see descriptions below): the Ecosystem Studies Program and the Long-Term Ecological Research Program (LTER). Other relevant funding opportunities are listed below and on DEB Home (see link on left). The Ecosystem Studies Program supports investigations of whole-system ecological processes and relationships across a diversity of spatial and temporal (including paleo) scales in order to advance understanding of: 1) material and energy fluxes and transformations within and among ecosystems, 2) the relationships between structure, including complexity, and functioning of ecosystems, 3) ecosystem dynamics and trajectories of ecosystem development through time, and 4) linkages among ecosystems at different spatial and temporal scales. | 1/9/2010 | Grant - PD-04-7381 |
| NSF | Research Initiation Grants to Broaden Participation in Biology | Currently, African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders are under-represented in biology. These grants are intended to increase the diversity of researchers who apply for and receive BIO funding to initiate research programs early in their careers. | 1/11/2010 | Grant - NSF-09-501 |
| NSF | 2010 Project | The Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) of the National Science Foundation (NSF) announces its intention to continue support of research to determine the functions of all genes in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana by the year 2010. | 1/12/2010 | Grant - NSF-09-514 |
| NSF | Developmental Systems | supports research aimed at understanding how interacting developmental processes give rise to the emergent properties of organisms. A systems level approach to understanding these processes, at the molecular, cellular, and organismal levels of organization, requires the use of molecular, genetic, biochemical, and physiological techniques as well as techniques from outside biology. The Developmental Systems Cluster is also particularly interested in understanding how emergent properties result in the development of complex phenotypes and lead to the evolution of developmental mechanisms. | 1/12/2010 | Grant - PD 07-1111 |
| NSF | Physiological and Structural Systems | The Physiological and Structural Systems Cluster supports research aimed at furthering the understanding of organisms as integrated units of biological organization. The Cluster considers proposals focused on interacting physiological and structural systems, their environmental and evolutionary contexts, and how these components are constrained by their integration into the whole organism. | 1/12/2010 | Award - PD 07-1141 |
| NSF | Genes and Genome Systems Cluster | Supports studies on the structure, function and evolution of genes and genomes in prokaryotes, eukaryotes, phages, and viruses. Areas of interest include the following: (i) mechanisms of genome maintenance including replication, repair and recombination; (ii) nuclear and extra-nuclear inheritance, horizontal gene transfer and other mechanisms leading to diversity and novel adaptive strategies in the biosphere; (iii) genetic and epigenetic mechanisms including chromatin modification and remodeling; (iv) mechanisms and regulation of gene expression including transcription, RNA processing, translation, turnover and RNA interference; (vi) structure, function and dynamics of nucleic acids and nucleic acid-protein complexes and machines; and (vii) molecular evolution and the origin of life. | 1/12/2010 | Grant - PD 04-1112 |
| NSF | Cellular Systems Cluster | Supports research, across all taxa, into the structure and organization of cells and the dynamics of cellular processes. Cell Biology is at a juncture where powerful new techniques in microscopy and biophysics (including live cell imaging, and the ability to study molecular function and behavior in the cell at high resolution, down to the single molecule level) are advancing rapidly. At the same time, modeling and computational approaches have developed to the point where they can, in concert with accurate and informative experimental datasets, generate predictive models that can be tested experimentally. | 1/12/2010 | Grant - PD 04-1114 |
| NSF | Biomolecular Systems Cluster | upports fundamental research in the areas of molecular biophysics, molecular biochemistry, and metabolic biochemistry. The cluster emphasizes the relationships between structure, function, and dynamics in studies of individual macromolecules, macromolecular complexes, and metabolic pathways. Research of interest to the cluster includes novel and creative projects addressing protein folding and dynamics, natively unfolded proteins, protein design, molecular recognition, enzymology, energy transformations in living systems, and the components, architecture and flux in metabolic pathways. The cluster encourages research projects integrating theoretical, computational, and experimental approaches to discover and define basic molecular mechanisms, as well as projects developing cutting-edge technologies in the context of biological questions relevant to the cluster. The cluster also encourages multi-disciplinary research at the interface of biology with physics, chemistry, mathematics, computer science, and engineering. | 1/12/2010 | Grant - PD 04-1144 |
| NSF | Genes and Genome Systems Cluster | Supports studies on genomes and genetic mechanisms in all organisms, whether prokaryote, eukaryote, phage, or virus. Proposals on the structure, maintenance, expression, transfer, and stability of genetic information in DNA, RNA, and proteins and how those processes are regulated are appropriate. Areas of interest include genome organization, molecular and cellular evolution, replication, recombination, repair, and vertical and lateral transmission of heritable information. Of equal interest are the processes that mediate and regulate gene expression, such as chromatin structure, epigenetic phenomena, transcription, RNA processing, editing and degradation, and translation. The use of innovative in vivo and/or in vitro approaches, including biochemical, physiological, genetic, genomic, and/or computational methods, is encouraged, as is research at the interfaces of biology, physics, chemistry, mathematics and computer science, and engineering. | 1/12/2010 | Grant - PD-04-1112 |
| NSF | Biomolecular Systems Cluster | he Biomolecular Systems Cluster emphasizes the structure, function, dynamics, interactions, and interconversions of biological molecules. The context for such studies can range from investigations of individual macromolecules to the large-scale integration of metabolic and energetic processes. Research supported by this cluster includes development of cutting-edge technologies integrating theoretical, computational, and experimental approaches to the study of biological molecules and their functional complexes; mechanistic studies of the regulation and catalysis of enzymes and RNA, and higher-order characterization of the biochemical processes by which all organisms acquire, transform, and utilize energy from substrates. This cluster emphasizes the importance of multi-disciplinary research carried out at the interfaces of biology, physics, chemistry, mathematics and computer science, and engineering. | 1/12/2010 | Grant - PD-04-1144 |
| NSF | Developmental Systems | The Developmental Systems Cluster supports research aimed at understanding how interacting developmental processes give rise to the emergent properties of organisms. A systems level approach to understanding these processes, at the molecular, cellular, and organismal levels of organization, requires the use of molecular, genetic, biochemical, and physiological techniques as well as techniques from outside biology | 1/12/2010 | Grant - PD-07-1111
PD-07-1111 |
| NSF | Physiological and Structural Systems | The Physiological and Structural Systems Cluster supports research aimed at furthering the understanding of organisms as integrated units of biological organization. The Cluster considers proposals focused on interacting physiological and structural systems, their environmental and evolutionary contexts, and how these components are constrained by their integration into the whole organism. | 1/12/2010 | Grant - PD-07-1141 |
| NSF | Behavioral Systems | Supports research on the development, function, mechanisms, and evolutionary history of behavior, with emphasis on a vertically integrated understanding of the behavioral phenotype in nature. To foster this integrative goal, the Cluster specifically encourages projects that seek to understand how combinations of neural, hormonal, physiological, and developmental mechanisms act synergistically as a system from which behavior emerges. | 1/12/2010 | Grant - PD 07-7472 |
| NSF | Mathematical Biology | The Mathematical Biology Program supports research in areas of applied and computational mathematics with relevance to the biological sciences. Successful proposals are mathematically innovative and address challenging problems of interest to members of the biological community. | 1/13/2010 | Grant - PD-09-7334 |
| NSF | Planetary Biodiversity Inventories (PBI) | To accelerate the discovery and study of the world’s biodiversity, proposals are invited from teams of investigators to conduct a worldwide, species-level systematic inventory of a major group of organisms. | 1/14/2010 | Grant - NSF-06-500 |
| NSF | Developmental and Learning Sciences (DLS) | Supports fundamental research that increases our understanding of cognitive, linguistic, social, cultural, and biological processes related to children's and adolescents' development and learning. Research supported by this program will add to our basic knowledge of how people learn and the underlying developmental processes that support learning, with the objective of leading to better educated children and adolescents who grow up to take productive roles as workers and as citizens.
Among the many research topics supported by DLS are: developmental cognitive neuroscience; development of higher-order cognitive processes; transfer of knowledge from one domain or situation to another; use of molecular genetics to study continuities and discontinuities in development; development of peer relations and family interactions; multiple influences on development, including the impact of family, school, community, social institutions, and the media; adolescents’ preparation for entry into the workforce; cross-cultural research on development and learning; and the role of cultural influences and demographic characteristics on development. | 1/15/2010 | Grant - PD08-1698 |
| NSF | Systematic Biology and Biodiversity Inventories | The Systematic Biology and Biodiversity Inventories Cluster supports research in taxonomy and systematics that contributes to: 1) using phylogenetic methods to understand the evolution of life in time and space, 2) discovery, description, and cataloguing global species diversity, and 3) organizing information from the above in efficiently retrievable forms that best meet the needs of science and society. | 1/19/2010 | Grant - PD-04-7374 |
| NSF | Plant Genome Research Program (PGRP) | The goal of the NPGI is to develop a basic knowledge of the structures and functions of plant genomes and translate this knowledge to a comprehensive understanding of all aspects of economically important plants and plant processes of potential economic value. By bridging basic research and plant performance in the field, the NPGI will accelerate basic discovery and innovation in economically important plants and enable enhanced management of agriculture, natural resources, and the environment to meet societal needs. | 1/26/2010 | Grant - NSF 09-611 |
| NSF | Interdisciplinary Training for Undergraduates in Biological and Mathematical Sciences | The goal of the Undergraduate Biology and Mathematics (UBM) activity is to enhance undergraduate education and training at the intersection of the biological and mathematical sciences and to better prepare undergraduate biology or mathematics students to pursue graduate study and careers in fields that integrate the mathematical and biological sciences. | 2/11/2010 | Grant - NSF-08-510 |
| NSF | Chemical Oceanography | Supports research into the chemical components, reaction mechanisms, and geochemical pathways within the ocean and at its interfaces with the solid earth and the atmosphere. Major emphases include: studies of material inputs to and outputs from marine waters; orthochemical and biological production and transformation of chemical compounds and phases within the marine system; and the determination of reaction rates and study of equilibria. The Program encourages research into the chemistry, distribution, and fate of inorganic and organic substances introduced into or produced within marine environments including those from estuarine waters to the deep sea. | 2/15/2010 | Grant - PD 98-1670 |
| NSF | Ocean Technology and Interdisciplinary Coordination | Supports a broad range of research and technology development activities. Unsolicited proposals are accepted for instrumentation development that has broad applicability to ocean science research projects and that enhance observational, experimental or analytical capabilities of the ocean science research community. Specific announcements for funding opportunities are made for additional projects involving Improvements in Facilities, Communications, and Equipment at Biological Field Stations and Marine Laboratories (FSML) and the National Ocean Partnership Program. | 2/15/2010 | Grant - PD 98-1680 |
| NSF | Undergraduate Research and Mentoring in the Biological Sciences (URM) | The goal of the Undergraduate Research and Mentoring in the Biological Sciences (URM) program is to increase the number and diversity of individuals pursuing graduate studies in all areas of biological research supported by the NSF Directorate for Biological Sciences. Support will be provided to academic institutions to establish innovative programs to engage undergraduates in a year-round research and mentoring activity. | 3/2/2010 | Award - NSF 06-591 |
| NSF | Environmental Implications of Emerging Technologies | The Environmental Implications of Emerging Technologies program provides support to develop and test the environmental effects of new technologies. Fundamental and basic research is sought to establish and understand outcomes as a result of the implementation of new technologies such as nanotechnology and biotechnology. The program also supports research on the development and refinement of sensors and sensor network technologies that can be used to measure a wide variety of physical, chemical, and biological properties of interest in characterizing, monitoring, and understanding environmental impacts. | 3/3/2010 | Award - PD 10-1179 |
| NSF | Process and Reaction Engineering | The Process and Reaction Engineering program funds research in: chemical and biochemical reaction engineering, process design and control, and reactive polymer processing. | 3/3/2010 | Award - PD 10-1403 |
| NSF | Particulate and Multiphase Processes | Supports fundamental and applied research on mechanisms and phenomena governing particulate and multiphase processes, including granular and granular-fluid flows, particle/bubble/droplet interactions, aerosol science and technology, suspensions, micro- and nano-structured fluids, self- and directed-assembly of nanostructures involving particulates, and related instrumentation and diagnostics. | 3/3/2010 | Award - PD 10-1415 |
| NSF | Chemical and Biological Separations (CBS) | Supports fundamental research on novel methods and materials for separation processes. These processes are central to the chemical, biochemical, materials, energy, and pharmaceutical industries. | 3/3/2010 | Award - PD 10-1417 |
| NSF | Fluid Dynamics | Supports fundamental research and education on mechanisms and phenomena governing fluid flow. | 3/3/2010 | Award - PD 10-1443 |
| NSF | Biotechnology, Biochemical, and Biomass Engineering (BBBE) | The Biotechnology, Biochemical, and Biomass Engineering (BBBE) program deals with fundamental problems involved in the processing and manufacturing of products of economic importance by effectively utilizing renewable resources of biological origin and bioinformatics originating from genomic and proteomic information. | 3/3/2010 | Award - PD 10-1491 |
| NSF | Biomedical Engineering (BME) | Supports fundamental, transformative, and discovery research applied to biological systems. | 3/3/2010 | Award - PD 10-5345 |
| NSF | Biosensing | Supports innovative, transformative, and insightful investigations of fundamental problems with broad long term impact and applications that require novel use of bio-inspired engineering principles and sophisticated devices to meet the engineering and technology needs of the nation. The program is targeting research in the area of the monitoring, identification, and/or quantification of biological phenomena and will support potential technological breakthroughs that exist at the intersection of engineering, life science, and information technology.
Projects submitted to the Program must advance both engineering and life sciences. Projects in the program may range from single investigator to multi-investigator collaborative research efforts. | 3/3/2010 | Grant - PD 10-7909 |
| NSF | Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers Program (I/UCRC) | Develops long-term partnerships among industry, academe, and government. The centers are catalyzed by a small investment from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and are primarily supported by industry center members, with NSF taking a supporting role in the development and evolution of the center. Each center is established to conduct research that is of interest to both the industry members and the center faculty. An I/UCRC not only contributes to the Nation's research infrastructure base and enhances the intellectual capacity of the engineering and science workforce through the integration of research and education, but also encourages and fosters international cooperation and collaborative projects. | 3/6/2010 | Grant - NSF 09-565 |
| NSF | NSF 09-554 | The goal of this program is to advance a field or create new directions in research or education. Innovative ideas for implementing novel networking strategies are especially encouraged. Groups of investigators will be supported to communicate and coordinate their research, training and educational activities across disciplinary, organizational, institutional, and geographical boundaries. | 7/5/2010 | Grant - NSF 09-554 |
| NSF | Research Coordination Networks in Biological Sciences (RCN) | The goal of this program is to advance a field or create new directions in research or education. Innovative ideas for implementing novel networking strategies are especially encouraged. Groups of investigators will be supported to communicate and coordinate their research, training and educational activities across disciplinary, organizational, institutional, and geographical boundaries. | 7/5/2010 | Award - 09-554 |
| NSF | Ecosystem Science
Division of Environmental Biology | Supports investigations of whole-system ecological processes and relationships across a diversity of spatial and temporal (including paleo) scales in order to advance understanding of: 1) material and energy fluxes and transformations within and among ecosystems, 2) the relationships between structure, including complexity, and functioning of ecosystems, 3) ecosystem dynamics and trajectories of ecosystem development through time, and 4) linkages among ecosystems at different spatial and temporal scales.
Research on natural, managed and disturbed ecosystems is supported, including terrestrial, freshwater, wetland, coastal (including salt marsh and mangrove), and human-dominated environments. Proposals may focus on areas such as: biogeochemical cycling and element budgets from local to global scales; roles of microbes in ecosystem functioning; primary productivity; stoichiometric relationships; climate-ecosystem feedbacks; energy and radiatively-active gas fluxes; relationships between diversity and ecosystem function; ecosystem services; and landscape dynamics. | 7/9/2010 | Grant - PD 04-7381 |
| NSF | Systematic Biology and Biodiversity Inventories
Division of Environmental Biology
Systematic Biology and Biodiversity Inventories | Supports research in taxonomy and systematics that contributes to: 1) using phylogenetic methods to understand the evolution of life in time and space, 2) discovery, description, and cataloguing global species diversity, and 3) organizing information from the above in efficiently retrievable forms that best meet the needs of science and society. | 7/9/2010 | Grant - PD 04-7374 |
| NSF | Evolutionary Processes | The Evolutionary Processes Cluster supports research on microevolutionary processes and their macroevolutionary consequences. Topics include mutation, gene flow, recombination, natural selection, genetic drift, assortative mating acting within species, speciation, and long-term features of evolution. These investigations attempt to explain causes and consequences of genetically-based change in the properties of groups of organisms (at the population level or higher) over the course of generations as well as large-scale patterns of evolutionary change, phylogeography, origin and maintenance of genetic variation, and molecular signatures of evolution at the population or species level. The cluster seeks to fund projects that are transformative -- that is, those that will change the conceptual bases of evolutionary biology and have broad implications for future research. Both empirical and theoretical approaches are encouraged. The Cluster is comprised of two programs, Evolutionary Genetics and Evolutionary Ecology (described below); proposals should be submitted to one of these programs. | 7/9/2010 | Grant - PD-09-1127 |
| NSF | Developmental Systems | supports research aimed at understanding how interacting developmental processes give rise to the emergent properties of organisms. A systems level approach to understanding these processes, at the molecular, cellular, and organismal levels of organization, requires the use of molecular, genetic, biochemical, and physiological techniques as well as techniques from outside biology. The Developmental Systems Cluster is also particularly interested in understanding how emergent properties result in the development of complex phenotypes and lead to the evolution of developmental mechanisms. | 7/12/2010 | Grant - PD 07-1111 |
| NSF | Physiological and Structural Systems | The Physiological and Structural Systems Cluster supports research aimed at furthering the understanding of organisms as integrated units of biological organization. The Cluster considers proposals focused on interacting physiological and structural systems, their environmental and evolutionary contexts, and how these components are constrained by their integration into the whole organism. | 7/12/2010 | Award - PD 07-1141 |
| NSF | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation's most prestigious awards in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations. Such activities should build a firm foundation for a lifetime of leadership in integrating education and research. | 7/20/2010 | Grant - NSF-08-557 |
| NSF | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation's most prestigious awards in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations. Such activities should build a firm foundation for a lifetime of leadership in integrating education and research. | 7/21/2010 | Grant - NSF-08-557 |
| NSF | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation's most prestigious awards in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations. Such activities should build a firm foundation for a lifetime of leadership in integrating education and research. | 7/22/2010 | Grant - NSF-08-557 |
| NSF | Physics of Living Systems (PoLS) | The program “Physics of Living Systems” (PoLS) at the National Science Foundation evolved from the successful Biological Physics program, which supported projects that applied analytical and experimental tools of physics to the study of biological problems at the molecular level. PoLS is replacing the Biological Physics program and will target theoretical and experimental research exploring the most fundamental biological processes that living systems utilize to perform their functions in dynamic and diverse environments. PoLS will stimulate those investigations that have the potential to transform the study of living systems. | 7/31/2010 | Grant - PD08-7246 |
| NSF | Environmental Chemical Sciences (ECS) | Supports basic research in chemistry that promotes the understanding of natural and anthropogenic chemical processes in our environment. Projects supported by this program enable fundamentally new avenues of basic research and transformative technologies. The program is particularly interested in studying molecular phenomena on surfaces and interfaces in order to understand the inherently complex and heterogeneous environment. Projects utilize advanced experimental, modeling and computational approaches, as well as developing new approaches. Topics include studies of environmental surfaces and interfaces under laboratory conditions, the fundamental properties of water and water solutions important in environmental processes, dissolution, composition, origin and behavior of molecular scale systems under a variety of naturally occurring environmental conditions, chemical reactivity of synthetic nanoparticles and their molecular level interactions with the environment, and application of theoretical models and computational approaches to discover and predict environmental phenomena at the molecular scale. | 8/2/2010 | Grant - PD-09-6882 |
| NSF | Theory, Models and Computational Methods | Supports the discovery and development of theoretical and computational methods to address a range of chemical challenges, with emphasis on emerging areas of chemical research. Proposals that focus on established methods should involve innovative approaches that substantially broaden their applicability. Methods of interest include, but are not limited to, those addressing electronic structure, quantum reaction dynamics, statistical mechanics, molecular dynamics, and simulation techniques for molecular or supramolecular systems. Areas of application span the full range of chemical systems from small molecules to macromolecules and degrees of aggregation from single molecules or small clusters to nanoscopic and even larger systems. While application areas may involve any chemical system, including biological systems or materials, the goal of the program is to support the development of new theoretical and computational methodologies that will be broadly applicable to a range of challenging problems. We are particularly interested in fundamental areas of research that are difficult or impossible to address using current synthetic, experimental, and/or computational methodologies. | 8/2/2010 | Grant - PD-09-6881 |
| NSF | Macromolecular, Supramolecular and Nanochemistry (MSN) | The Macromolecular, Supramolecular and Nanochemistry (MSN) Program focuses on basic research in chemistry that addresses interactions leading to the assembly of macromolecular, supramolecular and nanoscopic species and other organized structures that show unique chemical and physical properties and reactivities. Research of interest to this program includes: the study of forces which are responsible for spatial organization in organic, inorganic or hybrid systems; novel synthesis relevant to the program topics; innovative surface functionalization chemistry; and the formation of clusters, aggregates, nanoparticles and large molecular architectures. | 8/2/2010 | Grant - PD 09-6885 |
| NSF | Macromolecular, Supramolecular and Nanochemistry | The Macromolecular, Supramolecular and Nanochemistry (MSN) Program focuses on basic research in chemistry that addresses interactions leading to the assembly of macromolecular, supramolecular and nanoscopic species and other organized structures that show unique chemical and physical properties and reactivities. Research of interest to this program includes: the study of forces which are responsible for spatial organization in organic, inorganic or hybrid systems; novel synthesis relevant to the program topics; innovative surface functionalization chemistry; and the formation of clusters, aggregates, nanoparticles and large molecular architectures. Interactions that give rise to molecular self assembly, metal organic frameworks, template-directed syntheses, and chemically dynamic systems like molecular machines are also appropriate for this Program. Investigations may utilize experimental and/or computational methods to predict and/or understand the chemical structure, properties and reactivities of these unique structures.One objective of the MSN Program is to bridge the gap between molecular chemistries and material science and engineering. | 8/2/2010 | Grant - PD-09-6885 |
| NSF | Chemistry of Life Processes (CLP) | The Chemistry of Life Processes program deals with the investigation of novel chemistry in biological systems and the advancement of basic chemical research and transformative technologies through creative applications that address important aspects of life processes. Research of interest to the program includes fundamental chemistry-centered projects at the interface with biology. The program also welcomes projects that integrate experimental and theoretical approaches, as well as inter- and multi-disciplinary research efforts at the chemistry-biology interface. | 8/2/2010 | Grant - PD 09-6883 |
| NSF | Theory, Models and Computational Methods (TMC) | Supports the discovery and development of theoretical and computational methods to address a range of chemical challenges, with emphasis on emerging areas of chemical research. Proposals that focus on established methods should involve innovative approaches that substantially broaden their applicability. Methods of interest include, but are not limited to, those addressing electronic structure, quantum reaction dynamics, statistical mechanics, molecular dynamics, and simulation techniques for molecular or supramolecular systems. Areas of application span the full range of chemical systems from small molecules to macromolecules and degrees of aggregation from single molecules or small clusters to nanoscopic and even larger systems. While application areas may involve any chemical system, including biological systems or materials, the goal of the program is to support the development of new theoretical and computational methodologies that will be broadly applicable to a range of challenging problems. | 8/2/2010 | Grant - PD 09-6881 |
| NSF | Biological Oceanography | Supports research in marine ecology broadly defined: relationships among aquatic organisms and their interactions with the environments of the oceans or Great Lakes. Projects submitted to the program for consideration are often interdisciplinary efforts that may include participation by other OCE Programs. | 8/15/2010 | Grant - PD 98-1650 |
| NSF | NSF/DOE Partnership in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering | The goal of this three year (FY09-FY11) program initiative is to enhance plasma research and education in this broad, multidisciplinary field by coordinating efforts and combining resources of the two agencies. The initiative will address fundamental issues in plasma science and engineering that can have impact in other areas or disciplines in which improved basic understanding of the plasma state is needed. | 10/8/2010 | Grant - 09-596 |
| NSF | Biomaterials (BMAT) | Supports fundamental research at the intersection of the physical, chemical, and biological sciences. Proposals focused on the preparation, characterization, structure-property relationships, and applications of biomaterials are encouraged. Emphasis is on novel design of biomaterials, including bioderived, bioinspired, biomimetic and biocompatible materials, discovery of new phenomena, and the combination of experiment with theory and/or simulation. | 10/31/2010 | Grant - PD 06-7623 |
| NSF | Biomaterials | The Biomaterials Program supports fundamental research at the intersection of the physical, chemical, and biological sciences. Proposals focused on the preparation, characterization, structure-property relationships, and applications of biomaterials are encouraged. Emphasis is on novel design of biomaterials, including bioderived, bioinspired, biomimetic and biocompatible materials, discovery of new phenomena, and the combination of experiment with theory and/or simulation. General areas of interest include, but are not restricted to, self- and directed molecular assemblies, surfaces and interfaces, membranes and vesicles, gels and networks, carriers and drug delivery systems, smart and self-healing systems, tissue culture scaffolds, mineralization, hybrids and composites, multi-functional biomaterials such as photonic and electronic biomaterials, biomaterials for energy harvesting, conversion and storage, and biomaterials for sensors and actuators. | 10/31/2010 | Grant - PD-06-7623 |
| NSF | Condensed Matter and Materials Theory | This program supports theoretical and computational materials research and education in the topical areas represented in DMR programs, including condensed matter physics, polymers, solid-state and materials chemistry, metals and nanostructures, electronic and photonic materials, ceramics, and biomaterials. The program supports fundamental research that advances conceptual, analytical, and computational techniques for materials research. A broad spectrum of research is supported using electronic structure methods, many-body theory, statistical mechanics, and Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics simulations, along with other techniques, many involving advanced scientific computing. Emphasis is on approaches that begin at the smallest appropriate length scale, such as electronic, atomic, molecular, nano-, micro-, and mesoscale, required to yield fundamental insight into material properties, processes, and behavior and to reveal new materials phenomena. Areas of recent interest include, but are not limited to: strongly correlated electron systems; low-dimensional systems; nonequilibrium phenomena, including pattern formation, microstructural evolution, and fracture; high-temperature superconductivity; nanostructured materials and mesoscale phenomena; quantum coherence and its control; and soft condensed matter, including systems of biological interest. | 10/31/2010 | Grant - PD-09-1765 |
| NSF | Theory, Models and Computational Methods | Supports the discovery and development of theoretical and computational methods to address a range of chemical challenges, with emphasis on emerging areas of chemical research. Proposals that focus on established methods should involve innovative approaches that substantially broaden their applicability. Methods of interest include, but are not limited to, those addressing electronic structure, quantum reaction dynamics, statistical mechanics, molecular dynamics, and simulation techniques for molecular or supramolecular systems. Areas of application span the full range of chemical systems from small molecules to macromolecules and degrees of aggregation from single molecules or small clusters to nanoscopic and even larger systems. While application areas may involve any chemical system, including biological systems or materials, the goal of the program is to support the development of new theoretical and computational methodologies that will be broadly applicable to a range of challenging problems. We are particularly interested in fundamental areas of research that are difficult or impossible to address using current synthetic, experimental, and/or computational methodologies. | 11/30/2010 | Grant - PD-09-6881 |
| NSF | Macromolecular, Supramolecular and Nanochemistry | The Macromolecular, Supramolecular and Nanochemistry (MSN) Program focuses on basic research in chemistry that addresses interactions leading to the assembly of macromolecular, supramolecular and nanoscopic species and other organized structures that show unique chemical and physical properties and reactivities. Research of interest to this program includes: the study of forces which are responsible for spatial organization in organic, inorganic or hybrid systems; novel synthesis relevant to the program topics; innovative surface functionalization chemistry; and the formation of clusters, aggregates, nanoparticles and large molecular architectures. Interactions that give rise to molecular self assembly, metal organic frameworks, template-directed syntheses, and chemically dynamic systems like molecular machines are also appropriate for this Program. Investigations may utilize experimental and/or computational methods to predict and/or understand the chemical structure, properties and reactivities of these unique structures.One objective of the MSN Program is to bridge the gap between molecular chemistries and material science and engineering. | 11/30/2010 | Grant - PD-09-6885 |
| NSF | Dynamical Systems | Examples of application areas include acoustics and vibration analysis, and noise and vibration control technologies.??Of interest are multi-scale, multi-physics, and large-scale interconnected and complex dynamical systems, nonlinear, hybrid, time-varying, multi-energy domain and distributed dynamic systems, as well as biological systems, and micro and nano-scale systems. | 12/15/2010 | Grant - PD-08-7478 |
| NSF | Mathematical Biology | The Mathematical Biology Program supports research in areas of applied and computational mathematics with relevance to the biological sciences. Successful proposals are mathematically innovative and address challenging problems of interest to members of the biological community. | 1/13/2011 | Grant - PD-09-7334 |
| NSF | Partnerships for Enhancing Expertise in Taxonomy
Partnerships for Enhancing Expertise in Taxonomy (PEET) | NSF will supportcompetitively reviewed projects that target groups of poorly known organisms for modern monographic research.Projects must train new taxonomists (two per project minimally) and must translate current expertise into electronicdatabases and other products with broad accessibility to the scientific community. | 3/7/2011 | Grant - NSF-07-519 |
| NSF | NSF/DOE Partnership in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering | The goal of this three year (FY09-FY11) program initiative is to enhance plasma research and education in this broad, multidisciplinary field by coordinating efforts and combining resources of the two agencies. The initiative will address fundamental issues in plasma science and engineering that can have impact in other areas or disciplines in which improved basic understanding of the plasma state is needed. | 10/7/2011 | Grant - 09-596 |
| NSF | Mathematical Biology | The Mathematical Biology Program supports research in areas of applied and computational mathematics with relevance to the biological sciences. Successful proposals are mathematically innovative and address challenging problems of interest to members of the biological community. | 1/13/2012 | Grant - PD-09-7334 |
| NSF | Exploratory Innovations in Biomedical Computational Science and Technology (R21) | Interested in promoting research and developments in biomedical informatics and computational biology that will support rapid progress in areas of scientific opportunity in biomedical research. As defined here, biomedical informatics and computational biology includes database design, graphical interfaces, querying approaches, data retrieval, data visualization and manipulation, data integration through the development of integrated analytical tools, and tools for electronic collaboration, as well as computational and mathematical research including the development of structural, functional, integrative, and analytical computational models and simulations. | 9/7/2012 | Grant - PAR-09-219 |
| NSF | NSF/DOE Partnership in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering | The goal of this three year (FY09-FY11) program initiative is to enhance plasma research and education in this broad, multidisciplinary field by coordinating efforts and combining resources of the two agencies. The initiative will address fundamental issues in plasma science and engineering that can have impact in other areas or disciplines in which improved basic understanding of the plasma state is needed. | 10/5/2012 | Grant - 09-596 |
| NSF | Mathematical Biology | The Mathematical Biology Program supports research in areas of applied and computational mathematics with relevance to the biological sciences. Successful proposals are mathematically innovative and address challenging problems of interest to members of the biological community. | 1/13/2013 | Grant - PD-09-7334 |
| RFA-AG-10-009 | Nathan Shock Centers Of Excellence in Basic Biology of Aging (P30) | Invites applications for support of Centers, known as Nathan Shock Centers of Excellence in Basic Biology of Aging. These Center grants will provide funding for research and training activities that belong within the areas supported by the Division of Aging Biology of the NIA. They are intended for institutions that can demonstrate a substantial current investment in and commitment to research on the basic biology of aging, but they are not intended to support the Principal Investigator’s research directly, nor clinical research or clinical trials. | 12/11/2009 | Grant - RFA-AG-10-009 |
| University of Cambridge | Research Fellowships | The college invites applications for election to a Research Fellowship each year, with subjects rotated on a four-year cycle. 2010/11: biological anthropology, biological sciences, medicine | 12/1/2009 | Fellowship - GSU-322 |
