From lmason at osrhe.edu Mon Oct 13 09:26:50 2008 From: lmason at osrhe.edu (Mason, Linda) Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:26:50 -0500 Subject: [Okhigheredgrants] Shusterman Scholarships for Non-Profit Organizations Message-ID: <8775EA78FE232744BC67431D563D6B4A169649@postman1.osrhe.edu> The Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation, has provided a generous grant and we are now able to offer scholarships to Oklahoma Nonprofits interested in our training programs & consulting services. Scholarships will be based on need and are on a first-come, first-serve basis so share with your non-profit partners NOW! Application available at http://www.oklahomacenterfornonprofits.org/forms/Updated%20Scholarship%2 0Guidelines.pdf . Linda Mason, Ed.D. Coordinator for Grant Writing and External Funding Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education 655 Research Parkway, Suite 200 Oklahoma City, OK 73104 405-225-9486 lmason at osrhe.edu IP: 164.58.250.178 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.onenet.net/pipermail/okhigheredgrants/attachments/20081013/fb347b38/attachment.html From lmason at osrhe.edu Tue Oct 14 12:34:27 2008 From: lmason at osrhe.edu (Mason, Linda) Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:34:27 -0500 Subject: [Okhigheredgrants] Grant Opps 10-14-08 Message-ID: <8775EA78FE232744BC67431D563D6B4A16968E@postman1.osrhe.edu> Grant Opportunities for Oklahoma Higher Education 10/14/08 This announcement is a provided by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, Grant Writing and External Funding Assistance once or twice weekly. Grant opportunities are screened for higher education eligibility, listed by deadline date and grouped alphabetically by topic. Add your email address to the listserve at http://lists.onenet.net/mailman/listinfo/okhigheredgrants if you wish to be added to the direct mailing list. Check out the Grant Opportunities for Oklahoma Colleges and Universities web site at http://www.okhighered.org/grant-opps/. Thank you! Linda Mason, Ed.D. Coordinator for Grants and External Funding Assistance Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education 655 Research Parkway, Suite 200 Oklahoma City, OK 73104 405-225-9486 800-858-1840 405-225-9230 Fax lmason at osrhe.edu TRAINING OPPORTUNITY Tuesday October 28, 2008 SEARCH AND SELECT WORKSHOP - 9 am to 12 noon BEGINNING GRANT WRITING WORKSHOP - 1 to 4 pm Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education - Regents Conference Room No registration fee, but please register by sending an email to lmason at osrhe.edu by October 24. The workshops are available via videoconference if you make arrangements made by October 24. WHAT'S HAPPENING? Wireless Broadband Education Competition A contest that will explore exciting educational uses for the next revolutionary technology: wireless broadband. Sponsored by National Educational Broadband Services Association and The Source for Learning Ten $100 Amazon gift certificates will be awarded. The top three winners will be given scholarships to present their submissions at the NEBSA Conference in February in Boca Rotan, Florida. For more information see www.wirelessbroadbandeducation.org . WHAT'S HAPPENING? Oklahoma Distance Education Association Meeting Members: no fee Non-members: $50 buys attendance and membership To register as an attendee, presenter and exhibitor, please go to http://www.odla.org. DID YOU KNOW? NSF ADOPTS TRANSFORMATIVE RESEARCH CRITERIA In fiscal year 2008 NSF adopted a change to the intellectual merit review criteria to include the evaluation of the "potentially transformative" nature of the proposed work. The term "transformative research" is being used to describe a range of endeavors which promise extraordinary outcomes, such as: revolutionizing entire disciplines; creating entirely new fields; or disrupting accepted theories and perspectives - in other words, those endeavors which have the potential to change the way we address challenges in science, engineering, and innovation. See http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/in130/in130.jsp. WHAT'S HAPPENING? Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? Bricktown Events CenterOklahoma City, OK 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. * October 24, 2008 Pre-Registration Deadline: October 12, 2008 Presented by Oklahoma EPSCoR & i2E, Inc. All Oklahoma college level entrepreneurs, university students and faculty members eager to learn how to become high-tech entrepreneurs are invited to attend this interactive workshop. Students interested in participating in the 2009 Donald W. Reynolds Governor's Cup Statewide Collegiate Business Plan Competition are encouraged to attend. Information regarding the competition will be discussed. There is no cost to participants, but registration is required. For more information and to register, see http://www.okepscor.org/Events/EntrepreneurWorkshop2008.html DID YOU KNOW? Despite the economic woes of an impending, enrollments have continued to climb during the past 4 official recessions in the US---rising from eight million in 1969-70 to 11.6 million in 1979-80. Current fund revenues for colleges almost tripled between 1970 and 1980, and tuition and fee revenue followed suit. In higher education, large-scale downturns in the economy have not necessarily been bad for business. When people can't find jobs, they enroll in college. Some officials - particularly those at community colleges and low-priced four-year institutions - expect that to happen this time as well. See the rest of the article for more considerations. - Source: "As Credit Crisis Chills Campuses, Worries Mount," Chronicle of Higher Education, October 10, 2008. AGRICULTURE ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE ARTS AND CULTURE Deadline Date - October 24, 2008 Grant Resource - National Endowment for the Arts Category - American Masterpieces: College and University Dance Programs Description - The National Endowment for the Arts is currently accepting applications for the American Masterpieces: Dance grant program, which is open to dance companies, presenters, festivals, and college and university dance programs. The deadline to apply is Oct. 24, 2008. The funding, which is awarded up to $15,000 for college and university grant programs, the money will support the restaging, performance, and documentation of significant dance choreography. The goal is to provide dance students with access to the legacy of American dance history. Size of Grant - $15,000 Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.arts.endow.gov/grants/apply/amdance.html Deadline Date - November 5, 2008 Grant Resource - National Endowment for the Humanities Category - Collaborative Research and Research Conference Grants Description - The National Endowment for the Humanities is accepting applications for the Collaborative Research Grants funding program. Projects include research that significantly adds to knowledge and understanding in the humanities; conferences on topics that are of major importance in the humanities and that will benefit ongoing research; archaeological projects that include the interpretation and communication of results (this includes materials analysis, laboratory work, and field reports); translations into English of works that provide insight into the history, literature, philosophy, and artistic achievements of other cultures; and research that uses the knowledge, methods, and perspectives of the humanities to enhance understanding of science, technology, medicine, and the social sciences. The deadline to apply is Nov. 5, 2008. If you have any questions, either call the Endowment at (202) 606-8200, or send an email to collaborative at neh.gov. Size of Grant - 1-3 year projects for $100,000/yr Cost Sharing or Match - Encouraged $1 to $1 but not required; 20% required Web - http://neh.gov/grants/guidelines/collaborative.html Deadline Date - February 3, 2009 Grant Resource - National Endowment for the Humanities Category - Challenge Grant in American History - We the People Description - NEH invites applications for We the People Challenge Grants in United States History, Institutions, and Culture. This grant opportunity, part of NEH's We the People program, is designed to help institutions and organizations secure long-term improvements in and support for humanities activities that examine American history through the lens of the nation's founding principles. Proposals must demonstrate how the challenge grant would strengthen the institution's ability to explore significant themes and events in American history, so as to advance knowledge of how the founding principles of the United States have shaped, and been shaped by, American history and culture for more than two hundred years. NEH welcomes proposals for programs that not only articulate the theories of governance and assertions of human rights that have embodied the founding principles, but also lead to deeper exploration of how these principles have been tested and interpreted since the Founding Era. NEH challenge grants are intended to help institutions and organizations secure long-term improvements in and support for their humanities programs and resources. Grants may be used to establish or enhance endowments or spend-down funds (that is, funds that are invested, with both the income and the principal being expended over a defined period of years) that generate expendable earnings to support ongoing program activities. Funds may also be used to support one-time capital expenditures (such as construction and renovation, purchase of equipment, and acquisitions) that bring long-term benefits to the institution and to the humanities more broadly. Because of the matching requirement, these NEH grants also strengthen the humanities by encouraging nonfederal sources of support. Applications are welcome from colleges and universities, museums, public libraries, research institutions, historical societies and historic sites, scholarly associations, state humanities councils, and other nonprofit entities. Programs that involve collaboration among multiple institutions are eligible as well, but one institution must serve as the lead agent and formal applicant of record. NEH particularly welcomes proposals for programming at America's historic places (historic sites, neighborhoods, communities, or larger geographical regions). Size of Grant - $1,000,000 Cost Sharing or Match - $3 to $1 for all colleges except HBCUs, Tribal Colleges, and Community Colleges which is $2 to $1 Web - http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/wtpchallenge.html CAMPUS CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND SERVICE LEARNING COMMUNITY COLLEGES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Deadline Date - November 14, 2008 Grant Resource - Environmental Protection Agency Category - Cleanup Planning The Environmental Protection Agency is accepting applications for the Brownfields Assessment Grants funding program, which is open to general purpose units of local government, Land Clearance Authorities, government entities that are created by state legislature, and regional councils or groups of general purpose units of local government. Brownfields are abandoned industrial and commercial facilities. The land often is polluted from previous industrial or commercial use. The goal of the Brownfields Assessment Grants program is to provide funds to inventory, characterize, asses, and to conduct planning (this includes cleanup planning) and community involvement that is related to brownfields sites. The grants may not be used to conduct cleanups. Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.epa.gov/oswer/docs/grants/epa-oswer-oblr-08-07.pdf Deadline Date - November 17, 2008 Grant Resource - US Department of Labor Category - Young Parents Demonstration Project Description - The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Employment and Training Administration (ETA) announces the availability of approximately $5 million to fund demonstration grants that target the employment and training needs of young parents. The Young Parents Demonstration program is to provide educational and occupational skills training leading to family economic self sufficiency to both mothers and fathers, and expectant mothers ages 16 to 24. Projects funded will be encouraged to serve young parents in high-risk categories, including those who are court-involved, in the child welfare or foster care system, homeless, or victims of child abuse. Size of Grant - 7 awards of $1,000,000 for 3 year projects Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.doleta.gov/grants/pdf/SGA_DFA_PY0808.pdf See ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, Grant Resource - US Department of Labor. CONFERENCES CRIMINAL JUSTICE; FORENSIC SCIENCE See FELLOWSHIPS, Grant Resource - US Department of Justice. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; BUSINESS Deadline Date - November 24, 2008 Grant Resource - US Department of Labor Category - Community Based Job Training Description - Community-Based Job Training Grants will be awarded through a competitive process to support workforce training for high-growth/high-demand industries through the national system of community and technical colleges. Funds will be awarded to individual community and technical colleges, community college districts, state community college systems, and One-Stop Career Centers to support or engage in a combination of capacity building and training activities for the purpose of building the capacity of community colleges to train individuals for careers in high-growth/high-demand industries in the local and/or regional economies. This Solicitation contains an exception for rural areas and other communities that are educationally underserved due to their lack of access to community or technical colleges. In awarding Community-Based Job Training Grants, every effort will be made to fairly distribute grants across rural and urban areas and across the different geographic regions of the United States. Size of Grant - 75 awards of $500,000 to $2,000,000 Cost Sharing or Match - Leveraged resources strongly encouraged Web - http://www.doleta.gov/grants/find_grants.cfm Deadline Date - January 15, 2009 Grant Resource - US Department of Labor Category - Youth Build - Job Training for At-risk Youth Description - YouthBuild Grants will be awarded through a competitive process. Grant funds will be used to provide disadvantaged youth with: The education and employment skills necessary to achieve economic self sufficiency in occupations in high demand and postsecondary education and training opportunities; opportunities for meaningful work and service to their communities; and opportunities to develop employment and leadership skills and a commitment to community development among youth in low-income communities. As part of their programming, YouthBuild grantees will tap the energies and talents of disadvantaged youth to increase the supply of permanent affordable housing for homeless individuals and low-income families and to help youth develop the leadership, learning, and high-demand occupational skills needed to succeed in today's global economy. DOL hopes to serve approximately 2,900 youth participants during the first year of the grant, with projects operating in approximately 90-100 communities across the country. Size of Grant - 100 awards of $700 to $1.1 million/yr for 3 year projects Cost Sharing or Match - 25% Web - http://www.doleta.gov/grants/pdf/SGA-DFA-PY-08-07_YouthBuild.pdf EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL CONSORTIA Deadline Date - October 12, 2008 Grant Resource - Best Buy Category - Teach Awards - K-12 Technology Programs Description - Through Best Buy Teach Awards we provide gift cards to schools so they can purchase technology for their students. The Best Buy Teach Award program recognizes creative uses of interactive technology in K-12 classrooms. Winning programs focus on kids using technology to learn standards-based curriculum, rather than on teaching students to use technology or educators using technology that children aren't able to use hands-on. The purpose of the Best Buy Teach Award program is to reward schools for the successful interactive programs they have launched using available technology. Please do not be discouraged from applying if your school does not have the most current equipment. Size of Grant - $5,000 - 15 awards of $10,000 for 9th grade programs Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.bestbuyinc.com/community_relations/teach_awards.htm Deadline Date - October 31, 2008 Grant Resource - Project Learning Tree Category - Student Environmental Projects Description - Project Learning Tree (PLT) is accepting applications for its GreenWorks! Grants. These grants provide funding to help PLT educators and their students engage in hands-on environmental projects in their communities. There are two grant categories for this program. The applications for both the large and the smaller grant awards are downloadable from the website. A list of state coordinators is available at the website as well. Size of Grant - $5,000 Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.plt.org/cms/pages/21_22_21.html Deadline Date - November 1, 2008 Grant Resource - National Gardening Association and Home Depot Category - Youth Garden Grants Description - The National Gardening Association (NGA) teamed up with Home Depot stores to offer Youth Garden Grants for schools or community organizations with child-centered garden programs. Judges will look for garden programs that demonstrate: an educational focus or curricular integration; environmental education or awareness; entrepreneurship; nutrition or plant-to-food links; and the social aspects of gardening, such as developing leaders or service learning. The winning programs will receive gift cards to the Home Depot and educational materials related to youth gardening from the NGA. Size of Grant - Gift cards for $1,000 Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.kidsgardening.com/YGG.asp See LIBRARIES, Grant Resource - Young Adult Library Services Association. FELLOWSHIPS Deadline Date - November 21, 2008 Grant Resource - US Department of Justice Category - Fellowship for Projects on Crime and Justice Description - One of the U.S. Department of Justice's branch - The Office of Justice Program's National Institute of Justice is accepting applications for the Graduate Research Fellowship program. This initiative, which has a deadline of Nov. 21, 2008, provides assistance to universities for dissertation research support to outstanding doctoral students who are undertaking independent projects that focus on such issues that are related to crime and justice. Original research may be proposed by any student from any academic discipline. Size of Grant - $20,000 Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/sl000836.pdf GEOGRAPHY; CARTOGRAPHY GERONTOLOGY; SENIOR ISSUES Deadline Date - December 31, 2008 Grant Resource - US Department of Health and Human Services Category - Delivery of Programs and Services for Older Persons Description - Agency on Aging is accepting applications for proposed projects that further the purposes of Title IV of the Older Americans Act, as amended, the AoA strategic plan, and the AoA mission. Title IV projects must: test new and innovative approaches to the design and delivery of programs and services for older persons; expand knowledge and understanding of the older population and the aging process; help meet the needs for trained personnel in the field of aging; and/or increase awareness of the need for individuals to assume responsibility for their own longevity. When developing its application, an applicant should strongly consider its data, measurement, collection, reporting, and evaluation methodologies as AoA is particularly interested in funding innovative performance models that can demonstrate successful outcomes and that may be replicated by other organizations. Program demonstrations that are based on evidence-based models that have been supported by research (preferably randomized control trials that are published in peer reviewed journals) are preferred. Size of Grant - 2 awards of Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.aoa.gov/doingbus/fundopp/announcements/2009/OpenSolicitationP A10-7.doc GLOBALIZATION; INTERNATIONAL STUDIES Deadline Date - November 2, 2008 Grant Resource - Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Category - World Health Description - The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced today that it is now accepting grant proposals for Round 2 of Grand Challenges Explorations, a five-year US$100 million initiative to encourage bold and unconventional research on new global health solutions. Proposals for six topics will be accepted. Round 2 follows on the heels of the initiative's first funding round, which closed in May of this year, and generated nearly 4,000 applications from scientists in more than 100 countries. Two new topics are being introduced in Round 2 along with the initial four topics from Round 1. One of the primary objectives of Grand Challenges Explorations is to involve scientists around the world who do not typically work in global health. This includes those with innovative ideas in Africa, Asia, and other parts of the developing world; people working in the private sector; and young investigators. The initiative uses an agile, accelerated grant making process. Applications are two pages, and preliminary data about the proposed research are not required. 1) Create new vaccines for diarrhea, HIV, malaria, pneumonia, and TB. 2) Create new tools to accelerate the eradication of malaria. 3) Create new ways to protect against infectious diseases, including alternatives to traditional vaccination. 4) Create new drugs and delivery systems to limit the emergence of resistance in the disease-causing agent. 5) Create new ways to prevent or cure HIV infection that fall outside current research on vaccines and other biomedical and behavior-change strategies. 6) Explore the basis for latency in TB, with the goal of discovering new ways to identify and eliminate latent infection. Size of Grant - $100,000 each with possibility of another $1 million Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.gcgh.org/explorations Deadline Date - October 21, 2008 Letter of Intent; November 20, 2008 Application Grant Resource - National Science Foundation Category - International Cooperative Biodiversity Groups Description - The National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the U.S. Department of Energy (hereafter "the Government" or "the Participating Agencies") invite applications for the establishment or continuation of "International Cooperative Biodiversity Groups" to address the interdependence of biodiversity exploration for potential applications in health and energy, with investments in research capacity that support sustainable use of these resources, the knowledge to conserve them and equitable partnership frameworks among research and development organizations in the U.S. and low and middle income countries. This competition of the International Cooperative Biodiversity Groups (ICBG) program, continues several new emphases that began with the previous RFA, including an emphasis on microbial and marine organisms, some changes in target health areas, greater involvement of funded consortia with government contract resources, greater use of molecular and genomic tools, and the opportunity to integrate energy- related discovery research into projects. Encouraged are research and training focused on plant biodiversity which may inform us regarding composition, safety and efficacy of botanicals that may be used or marketed as dietary supplements, or novel scientific analyses of plants used traditionally as medicines. Size of Grant - 3 awards for 5 year projects at $600,000/yr Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503183&govDel=USNSF_25 HEALTH FIELDS; PHYSICAL EDUCATION, OPTOMETRY Deadline Date - Open Grant Resource - INBRE (Idea Network for Biomedical Research Excellence Category - Faculty Summer Externships Description - Faculty at Oklahoma INBRE community colleges can apply for Biomedical Research Externships to support a summer project in a lab at one of Oklahoma's research-intensive institutions: the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, the University of Oklahoma Norman campus, Oklahoma State University, or the University of Tulsa. Faculty members at the following community colleges are eligible to be sponsored by a research lab: Oklahoma City Community College, Tulsa Community College, Redlands Community College, and Comanche Nation College. The funds may be used for both summer salary support and lab supplies for the lab sponsor. Size of Grant - $8,000 Cost Sharing or Match - Web - http://okinbre.org/Faculty%20and%20Student%20Programs.htm Deadline Date - Open Grant Resource - INBRE (Idea Network for Biomedical Research Excellence Category - Research Opportunity Awards Description - Faculty at regional Oklahoma universities can apply for Research Opportunity awards to support a summer project in a lab at one of Oklahoma's research-intensive institutions: the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, the University of Oklahoma Norman campus, Oklahoma State University, or the University of Tulsa. The funds may be used for both summer salary support and lab supplies for the lab sponsor. Size of Grant - $10,000 Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://okinbre.org/Faculty%20and%20Student%20Programs.htm Deadline Date - November 4, 2008 Letter of Intent; December 4, 2008 Application Grant Resource - US Department of Health and Human Services Category - E-coli Data Resource for K-12 Schools Description - The current FOA solicits Cooperative Agreement (U24) applications for the development of a central knowledge and data resource (henceforth referred to as the K-12 Resource) for Escherichia coli strain K-12, related strains, their phage, and mobile genetic elements (henceforth referred to as the K-12 Group). The K-12 Resource will organize and increase the utility of sequence, sequence annotation, high throughput data, data mining algorithms, mathematical models, structural and functional data, and legacy information related to the biology of the K-12 Group, while identifying and filling any gaps in informatics activities needed by the research community. The K-12 Resource will provide access to existing sources, as well as internally generated data and information. The K-12 Resource will be responsive to the needs of both experimental and computational researchers while also providing the community with a K-12 centric forum for news and announcements. Size of Grant - 1 award for $1 million Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-GM-09-010.html Deadline Date - February 18, 2009 Grant Resource - US Department of Health and Human Services Category - Neuroimaging in Obesity Research Description - This FOA issued by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, of the National Institutes of Health, solicits Research Project Grant (R01) applications from institutions/ organizations that propose to use neuroimaging approaches in obesity research in human subjects and animal models. Many areas of the brain interact or communicate with other organs to control eating behavior, physical activity and energy metabolism, and functional neuroimaging holds enormous promise for expanding our understanding of how food intake and energy expenditure are mismatched in a setting of abundantly available nutrients, leading to excessive fat storage. Size of Grant - 15 awards for 5 yr projects at $500,000/yr Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DK-08-009.html Deadline Date - March 16, 2009 Letter of Intent; April 16, 2009 Application Grant Resource - US Department of Health and Human Services Category - Group Research in Nursing Research Description - The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) invites applications for Program Projects in Symptom Management Research and Program Projects in Health Promotion/Disease Prevention Research (P01). This program project grant mechanism is designed to support research in which the funding of several interdependent projects as a group offers significant scientific advantages over support of these same projects as individual regular research grants. This FOA supports applications to develop interdisciplinary biobehavioral nursing research methods in Symptom Management Research OR Health Promotion/Disease Prevention Research. Size of Grant - $700,000/yr for 5 year projects Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-NR-09-003.html LABORATORIES; EQUIPMENT LIBRARIES Deadline Date - December 1, 2008 Grant Resource - Young Adult Library Services Association Category - Young Adult Reading or Literature Program Award Description - The Young Adult Library Services Association is accepting applications for the MAE Award for a Young Adult Reading or Literature Program. Sponsored by the Margaret A. Edwards Trust, the MAE Award for Young Adult Reading or Literature Program is open to members of the Young Adult Library Services Association. This award was created to honor a member or members of the Young Adult Library Services Association who has developed an outstanding reading or literature program for young adults. This money will support the winning member's attendance at the upcoming American Library Association Annual Conference. The applicant must directly work with young adults and be a personal member of the Young Adult Library Services Association. Size of Grant - $1,000 to attend American Library Association Annual Conference Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/awardsandgrants/ReadingAward.pdf MATH; ENGINEERING MINORITY STUDENTS NANOSCIENCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY PUBLISHING RURAL DEVELOPMENT SCIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY Deadline Date - November 2, 2008 Grant Resource - US Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service Category - Webless Migratory Game Bird Research Description - The primary purpose of the WMGBR Program is to promote scientifically meaningful and useful webless migratory game bird research. Our goal is to fund the highest priority and best designed studies. This does not imply that well-designed, but more descriptive studies are not welcome for species of webless game birds, where relatively little is known, to provide the foundation for improved management and further research. Proposed projects require at least one-third of the total project cost be paid with non-federal dollars. Size of Grant - 6 awards of $100,000 Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId =43016 Deadline Date - January 12, 2009 Grant Resource - Nuclear Regulatory Commission Category - Nuclear Education Description - The NRC Nuclear Education Grant Program's primary purpose is supporting and developing the educational infrastructure necessary to allow the Nation to safely move its nuclear energy initiatives forward. The program promotes and strengthens teaching programs in nuclear safety, nuclear security, nuclear environmental protection, and other fields that the Commission determines to be critical to the NRC's regulatory mission by enhancing curricula and increasing faculty teaching competencies at higher education institutions. Projects may develop, revise, implement, or improve nuclear education infrastructure, teaching competencies, subject matter expertise, and skills in serving students in significant nuclear programs. Projects should identify innovative instructional approaches or techniques to enhance student learning, including distance education and experiential learning. Emphasis may be on developing stand-alone modules or entire courses of study, curricula, individual courses, and teaching materials. Projects may include limited acquisitions of equipment directly associated with implementing new curricula or programs. Curriculum development projects may create teaching resources such as course materials and teaching guides on specific nuclear topics. Materials may use print or electronic formats, however NRC cannot fund preparing or publishing traditional textbooks. Projects must have an academic focus within the areas of nuclear safety, nuclear security, nuclear environmental protection, or the other fields the Commission determines to be critical to the NRC's regulatory mission. Size of Grant - $4.7 million total Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId =43025 See COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, Grant Resource - Environmental Protection Agency, Cleanup Planning. SOCIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY TEACHER PREPARATION; FACULTY DEVELOPMENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS; TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY CONSORTIA TERRORISM; BIOTERRORISM TRANSPORTATION UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION Linda Mason, Ed.D. Coordinator for Grant Writing and External Funding Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education 655 Research Parkway, Suite 200 Oklahoma City, OK 73104 405-225-9486 lmason at osrhe.edu IP: 164.58.250.178 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.onenet.net/pipermail/okhigheredgrants/attachments/20081014/6ebaf434/attachment-0001.html From lmason at osrhe.edu Fri Oct 17 15:22:13 2008 From: lmason at osrhe.edu (Mason, Linda) Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:22:13 -0500 Subject: [Okhigheredgrants] Teacher Education Scholarships Available Message-ID: <8775EA78FE232744BC67431D563D6B4A1696DB@postman1.osrhe.edu> Education By Staff Reports, The Tulsa World 10/17/08 Teacher development scholarships available Tulsa County public school teachers can apply for professional development scholarships from the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence. The Teacher Scholarships for Professional Development program provides funds for Tulsa-area teachers to attend regional, national and international workshops and covers the cost of tuition, transportation, lodging and the expense of substitute teachers. Scholarships will be awarded in December for conferences and workshops in 2009. Applicants must have been employed as an elementary or secondary teacher in a public school for at least two years, and applications must have a letter of support from the teacher's principal or superintendent. Applications are available on the foundation's Web site at www.ofe.org or by calling (405) 236-0006. They must be postmarked by Nov. 14. Linda Mason, Ed.D. Coordinator for Grant Writing and External Funding Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education 655 Research Parkway, Suite 200 Oklahoma City, OK 73104 405-225-9486 lmason at osrhe.edu IP: 164.58.250.178 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.onenet.net/pipermail/okhigheredgrants/attachments/20081017/f3871742/attachment.html From lmason at osrhe.edu Thu Oct 23 12:24:41 2008 From: lmason at osrhe.edu (Mason, Linda) Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:24:41 -0500 Subject: [Okhigheredgrants] Oklahoma Grant Administrators Meeting Message-ID: <8775EA78FE232744BC67431D563D6B4A169746@postman1.osrhe.edu> The Oklahoma Grant Administrators Meeting, sponsored by the Regents, will be held from 9 to 11 am, Room B-138 at Northeastern Oklahoma State University - Broken Arrow, on the Oklahoma Research Day, November 14. That will give you time to browse the posters before and after the meeting. We will have an abbreviated meeting, but still provide opportunity to share on issues and gather statewide status data. This is a time for higher education grant administrators to meet, share concepts, resources, and issues, and make plans for collaborative activities. Statewide information about the status of Oklahoma higher education grantsmanship is provided, and we will have a discussion focused on grantsmanship at the community college tier and at the university tier. Please RSVP to me at lmason at osrhe.edu by November 7 if you intend to attend. Those who traditionally attend are Directors/Coordinators of Sponsored Programs offices, directors or administrators of grant programs, or administrators responsible for grantsmanship at their institution. The agenda is: 9:00 Introduction and Welcome 9:05 Mission of Grantsmanship in Oklahoma - Dr. Linda Mason State of the State Address: Oklahoma's Ranking in the Nation, Oklahoma Institutions' Grantsmanship and State Grant Resources 9:30 One State Resource: EPSCoR - Dr. Jim Wicksted, Associate Director, Oklahoma EPSCoR 9:50 Q&A 10:00 Round Robin Introductions 10:10 Tier-Based Discussions Community Colleges - Dr. Penny Coggins, Vice President of Grant Development and Applied Research, Redlands Community College, Facilitator Universities - C. J. Vires, Associate Vice President for Sponsored Programs and Research, Facilitator 10:45 Tier-Based Reports and Suggestions 11:00 Adjourn Please plan to join us. Linda Mason, Ed.D. Coordinator for Grant Writing and External Funding Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education 655 Research Parkway, Suite 200 Oklahoma City, OK 73104 405-225-9486 lmason at osrhe.edu IP: 164.58.250.178 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.onenet.net/pipermail/okhigheredgrants/attachments/20081023/bcb41363/attachment.html From lmason at osrhe.edu Fri Oct 24 11:22:23 2008 From: lmason at osrhe.edu (Mason, Linda) Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:22:23 -0500 Subject: [Okhigheredgrants] New Book : US Grants to Universities: Factors for Success in Obtaining Funding Message-ID: <8775EA78FE232744BC67431D563D6B4A16976C@postman1.osrhe.edu> A new book is available from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. It is United States Grants to Universities: Factors for Success in Obtaining Funding, VDM Verlag: Saarburcken, 2008. ISBN: 978-3-639-05827-7. The author is Dr. Sharon Cole, Grants Officer, Nevada Cancer Institute. She is the former Director of Sponsored Programs of Oklahoma City University and a previous mentor for the Summer Grant Writing Institute. Hope it is helpful to you. The purpose of the study was to examine a previous funding success model for its use across disciplines in order to identify the significant behaviors, networking activities, and demographic profile that contributed to the successful receipt of US grant awards. A comprehensive model of funding success was identified. This can be critical to new faculty seeking tenure and to institutions seeking funding to support research activities. The US government invests $15 billion annually in academic research. This causes fierce competition among research universities. The key in pursuing grant funding lies in discovering the motivators that attract faculty. The motivators include attending professional association meetings, ability to submit many proposals, working with a research or project team, working in a collaboration, being a professional association member and officer, and having a teaching load reduced to accommodate project management. It is important to provide support and reduce barriers to obtaining grant funds. Linda Mason, Ed.D. Coordinator for Grant Writing and External Funding Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education 655 Research Parkway, Suite 200 Oklahoma City, OK 73104 405-225-9486 lmason at osrhe.edu IP: 164.58.250.178 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.onenet.net/pipermail/okhigheredgrants/attachments/20081024/ea7ad73a/attachment.html From lmason at osrhe.edu Mon Oct 27 14:14:01 2008 From: lmason at osrhe.edu (Mason, Linda) Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:14:01 -0500 Subject: [Okhigheredgrants] Grant Opportunities for Oklahoma Higher Education 10-27-08 Message-ID: <8775EA78FE232744BC67431D563D6B4A16979F@postman1.osrhe.edu> Grant Opportunities for Oklahoma Higher Education 10/27/08 This announcement is a provided by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, Grant Writing and External Funding Assistance once or twice weekly. Grant opportunities are screened for higher education eligibility, listed by deadline date and grouped alphabetically by topic. Add your email address to the listserve at http://lists.onenet.net/mailman/listinfo/okhigheredgrants if you wish to be added to the direct mailing list. Check out the Grant Opportunities for Oklahoma Colleges and Universities web site at http://www.okhighered.org/grant-opps/. Thank you! Linda Mason, Ed.D. Coordinator for Grants and External Funding Assistance Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education 655 Research Parkway, Suite 200 Oklahoma City, OK 73104 405-225-9486 800-858-1840 405-225-9230 Fax lmason at osrhe.edu TRAINING OPPORTUNITY Tuesday, October 28, 2008 SEARCH AND SELECT WORKSHOP - 9 am to 12 noon BEGINNING GRANT WRITING WORKSHOP - 1 to 4 pm Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education - Regents Conference Room No registration fee, but please register by sending an email to lmason at osrhe.edu. WHAT'S HAPPENING? Oklahoma Research Day - NSU-Broken Arrow The 10th annual undergraduate research opportunitiy is sponsored by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, Oklahoma EPSCoR, NSF, INBRE-NIH and OCAST Deadline for abstracts is Oct. 8. For more information, call Tom Jackson, dean of graduate studies and research at NSU, at 918.444.2220 or visit http://researchday.nsuok.edu/Instructions/tabid/67Default.aspx. WHAT'S HAPPENING? NCURA 50th Annual Meeting: Unity Through Diversity November 2-5, 2008 Location: Washington Hilton, Washington, D.C. For more information, visit www.ncura.edu/content/calendar/2008.php. AGRICULTURE ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE ARTS AND CULTURE CAMPUS CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND SERVICE LEARNING COMMUNITY COLLEGES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Deadline Date - November 1, 2008 Grant Resource - LEGO Children's Fund Category - Children's Programs Description - The LEGO Children's Fund provides quarterly grants for programs that meet foundation goals and are supported by LEGO employees. The fund makes grants to eligible nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status that have specific needs in three focus areas: early childhood education; technology and communication projects that further learning opportunities; or athletic programs that focus on underserved youth. Size of Grant - $5,000 Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.legochildrensfund.org/Guidelines.html Deadline Date - December 22, 2008 Letter of Intent, January 21, 2009 Application Grant Resource - US Department of Health and Human Services Category - Research Grants for Preventing Violence and Violence-Related Injury Description - CDC's Procurement and Grants Office has published a funding opportunity announcement entitled, "Research Grants for Preventing Violence and Violence-Related Injury." The purposes of the NCIPC extramural research program are to: Build the scientific base for the prevention and control of fatal and nonfatal injuries and related disabilities. Encourage professionals from a wide spectrum of disciplines of epidemiology, behavioral and social sciences, medicine, biostatistics, public health, health economics, law, criminal justice, and engineering to perform research in order to prevent and control injuries more effectively. Encourage investigators to propose research that involves intervention development and testing as well as research on methods to enhance the adoption and maintenance of effective intervention strategies among individuals, organizations, or communities. Size of Grant - $400,000 Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/CE09-007.htm CONFERENCES CRIMINAL JUSTICE; FORENSIC SCIENCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; BUSINESS EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL CONSORTIA Deadline Date - October 12, 2008 Grant Resource - Best Buy Category - Teach Awards - K-12 Technology Programs Description - Through Best Buy Teach Awards we provide gift cards to schools so they can purchase technology for their students. The Best Buy Teach Award program recognizes creative uses of interactive technology in K-12 classrooms. Winning programs focus on kids using technology to learn standards-based curriculum, rather than on teaching students to use technology or educators using technology that children aren't able to use hands-on. The purpose of the Best Buy Teach Award program is to reward schools for the successful interactive programs they have launched using available technology. Please do not be discouraged from applying if your school does not have the most current equipment. Size of Grant - $5,000 - 15 awards of $10,000 for 9th grade programs Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.bestbuyinc.com/community_relations/teach_awards.htm FELLOWSHIPS Deadline Date - December 3, 2008 Grant Resource - Fulbright-Hays Fellowships Category - Research Abroad in Modern Foreign Languages and Area Studies Description - The Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship Program offers opportunities to faculty of Institutions of Higher Education to engage in research abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies. Size of Grant - 23 awards of $25,000 to $115,000 Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-25184.pdf GEOGRAPHY; CARTOGRAPHY Deadline Date - November 11, 2008 Letter of Intent; December 11, 2008 Application Grant Resource - National Science Foundation Category - Geosciences Description - The Directorate for Geosciences of the National Science Foundation supports research and education in the Atmospheric, Earth, and Ocean Sciences. The Opportunities for Enhancing Diversity in the Geosciences Program is designed to address the fact that certain groups are underrepresented in the geosciences relative to the proportions of those groups in the general population. The primary goal of the OEDG Program is to increase participation in the geosciences by African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans (American Indians and Alaskan Natives), Native Pacific Islanders (Polynesians or Micronesians), and persons with disabilities. A secondary goal of the program is to increase the perceived relevance of the geosciences among broad and diverse segments of the population. The OEDG Program supports activities that will increase the number of members of underrepresented groups who: Are involved in formal pre-college geoscience education programs; Pursue bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees in the geosciences; Enter geoscience careers; and Participate in informal geoscience education programs. Size of Grant - 42 awards: 30 Track 1 for $200,000; 5 Track 2 for $2 million; and 7 OEDG Planning Grant for $40,000 Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08605/nsf08605.htm?govDel=USNSF_25 GERONTOLOGY; SENIOR ISSUES Deadline Date - December 19, 2008 Grant Resource - US Department of Health and Human Services Category - Health Resources & Services Administration Comprehensive Geriatric Education Program Description - To train and educate nursing personnel in providing geriatric care by providing support for training of individuals, development and dissemination of curricula relating to the treatment of the health problems of elderly individuals; for training faculty members in geriatrics; or for continuing education to individuals who provide geriatric care. Funds may be used for salaries of personnel specifically employed for the project; consultant fees; supplies and equipment necessary to conduct the project; essential personnel travel expenses and other expenses related to the project. Restricted uses: Indirect costs are allowed for administrative costs incurred as a result of the project, limited to eight percent of direct costs. Trainee expenses are not allowed. Size of Grant - 19 awards totaling $2,883,200 Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - https://grants.hrsa.gov/webExternal/SFO.asp?ID=460F6C6E-E472-483B-8844-C 13823568A72 GLOBALIZATION; INTERNATIONAL STUDIES Deadline Date - November 2, 2008 Grant Resource - Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Category - World Health Description - The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced today that it is now accepting grant proposals for Round 2 of Grand Challenges Explorations, a five-year US$100 million initiative to encourage bold and unconventional research on new global health solutions. Proposals for six topics will be accepted. Round 2 follows on the heels of the initiative's first funding round, which closed in May of this year, and generated nearly 4,000 applications from scientists in more than 100 countries. Two new topics are being introduced in Round 2 along with the initial four topics from Round 1. One of the primary objectives of Grand Challenges Explorations is to involve scientists around the world who do not typically work in global health. This includes those with innovative ideas in Africa, Asia, and other parts of the developing world; people working in the private sector; and young investigators. The initiative uses an agile, accelerated grantmaking process. Applications are two pages, and preliminary data about the proposed research are not required. 1) Create new vaccines for diarrhea, HIV, malaria, pneumonia, and TB. 2) Create new tools to accelerate the eradication of malaria. 3) Create new ways to protect against infectious diseases, including alternatives to traditional vaccination. 4) Create new drugs and delivery systems to limit the emergence of resistance in the disease-causing agent. 5) Create new ways to prevent or cure HIV infection that fall outside current research on vaccines and other biomedical and behavior-change strategies. 6) Explore the basis for latency in TB, with the goal of discovering new ways to identify and eliminate latent infection. Size of Grant - $100,000 each with possibility of another $1 million Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.gcgh.org/explorations See FELLOWSHIPS: Grant Resource - Fulbright-Hays Fellowships for Research Abroad. HEALTH FIELDS; PHYSICAL EDUCATION, OPTOMETRY Deadline Date - November 20, 2008 Grant Resource - US Department of Defense Category - Breast Cancer Research Program Description - The BCRP Concept Award mechanism was first offered in FY99. Since that time, 8,561 Concept Award proposals have been received and 986 have been recommended for funding. The Concept Award supports the exploration of a highly innovative new concept or untested theory that addresses an important problem relevant to breast cancer. The Concept Award is not intended to support a logical progression of an already established research project but, instead, supports high-risk studies that have the potential to reveal entirely new avenues for investigation. Presentation of preliminary data is not allowed. However, a rationale for the work must be provided. Use of human subjects and human biological substances: Because these awards are designed for preliminary investigations, projects involving human subjects or specimens will not be supported unless they are exempt. Studies that do not qualify for exempt status will be administratively withdrawn and will not be funded. Additional information regarding exempt status may be found on the USAMRMC Human Research Protection Office website (https://mrmc.amedd.army.mil/rodorphrpo.asp). Size of Grant - 95 awards totaling $10,000,000 Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.grants.gov/search/downloadAtt.do;jsessionid=JFcCM116GcJhyHngL 3NYsyNyspTQVyQpBH4G3GRNLRX5LCr5py8T!1804673657?flag2006=true&attId=16016 Deadline Date - December 5, 2008 Grant Resource - US Department of Health and Human Services Category - Healthy Start Initiative-Eliminating Racial/Ethnic Disparities Description - Under this program, grants will be awarded to address significant disparities in perinatal health indicators: Eliminating Disparities In Perinatal Health focuses on disparities among Hispanics, Americans Indians, African Americans, Alaska Natives,Asian\Pacific Islanders, Immigrant Populations, or differences occurring by education, income, disability, or living in rural-isolated areas by enhancing a community's service system. Communities must provide a scope of project services that will cover pregnancy and interconceptional phases for women and infants residing in the proposed project area. Services are to be given to both mother and infant for two years following delivery to promote longer interconceptional periods and prevent relapses of unhealthy risk behaviors. Size of Grant - 74 awards not to exceed $2,350,000 each Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - https://grants.hrsa.gov/webExternal/SFO.asp?ID=3A51DA09-3CE4-4215-ADFE-F A6CDC4975CE Deadline Date - December 14, 2008 Letter of Intent, January 14, 2009 Application Grant Resource - US Department of Health and Human Services Category - Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome Research Description - The sponsoring agencies jointly issue this Funding Opportunity Announcement to stimulate research grant applications focused on pharmacological treatments for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Medications along a continuum of development and testing (i.e., exploratory compounds ready for human testing, medications used in other areas of medicine and thought to be useful for a new indication, and psychiatric medications currently used off-label to treat PTSD) are appropriate as the focus of a research grant application in response to this FOA. The sponsoring agencies seek to advance PTSD pharmacotherapy research by providing resources to better understand feasibility, tolerability, acceptance, safety, possible efficacy and risk/benefit ratios pertaining to symptoms and symptom severity, side effects, and treatment gains in functioning associated with available and novel medications. The sponsoring agencies anticipate the results of such studies will help identify potential medications suitable for larger scale efficacy, effectiveness and services research studies. Size of Grant - 8 awards totaling $2 million Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-09-090.html Deadline Date - December 15, 2008 Grant Resource - US Department of Health and Human Services Category - Pre-Application for the 2009 NIH Director's New Innovator Award Description - The NIH Director's New Innovator Awards Program was created in 2007 to support a small number of new investigators of exceptional creativity who propose bold and highly innovative new research approaches that have the potential to produce a major impact on broad, important problems in biomedical and behavioral research. The research proposed need not be in a conventional biomedical or behavioral discipline but must be relevant to the mission of NIH. The New Innovator Awards complement ongoing efforts by NIH and its Institutes and Centers to fund new investigators through R01 grants, which continue to be the major source of NIH support for new investigators. The purpose of this FOA is to solicit pre-applications for the NIH Director's New Innovator Award. Pre-applications are a necessary first step in applying for a 2009 New Innovator Award. Pre-applications will be evaluated by a group of external reviewers. Those investigators whose submissions are judged to be the most outstanding will be notified of the opportunity to submit full applications. Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-09-013.html Deadline Date - December 22, 2008 Grant Resource - US Department of Health and Human Services Category - Cancer Disparities Research Partnership (CDRP) Description - This funding opportunity announcement issued by the National Cancer Institute is designed to extend the Cancer Disparities Research Partnership program into its second (and final) implementation stage. This limited competition FOA solicits applications for NIH U54 cooperative agreement awards from the five current recipients of the CDRP Cooperative Agreement Planning Grants. The CDRP U56 awardees represent community-based institutions serving a larger fraction of generally medically underserved, low-income, ethnic and minority populations than most other healthcare institutions. Still, community-based institutions have not been proportionately involved in NCI-sponsored research initiatives pertinent to these underserved populations. The U56-based CDRP program had built the necessary clinical research infrastructure to support the development of partnerships between the awardees and their associated mentor cancer centers, which are actively involved in accrual of patient populations into NCI-supported cancer clinical trials. The transition to the U54 status under this FOA is expected to enable the CDRP sites to maximize the access, accrual, and participation of their targeted minority/underserved populations into NCI-sponsored clinical trials in cancer control, prevention, and treatment. Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-CA-09-502.html Deadline Date - January 7, 2012 Grant Resource - US Department of Health and Human Services Category - Basic and Preclinical Research on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Description - This Funding Opportunity Announcement issued by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, the National Cancer Institute, and the Office of Dietary Supplements, National Institutes of Health, encourages complementary and alternative medicine and conventional researchers to carry out basic and/or preclinical research on CAM areas of special interest with an aim to understand the mechanisms of action of a CAM modality. Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-09-010.html LABORATORIES; EQUIPMENT Deadline Date - January 22, 2009 Grant Resource - National Science Foundation Category - Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI) Instrument Development and Acquisition Description - The Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI) serves to increase access to shared scientific and engineering instruments for research and research training in our Nation's institutions of higher education, museums and science centers, and non-profit organizations. This program especially seeks to improve the quality and expand the scope of research and research training in science and engineering, by providing shared instrumentation that fosters the integration of research and education in research-intensive learning environments. Development and acquisition of research instrumentation for shared inter- and/or intra-organization use is encouraged, as are development efforts that leverage the strengths of private sector partners as appropriate for the goals of the MRI Program. Size of Grant - 235 awards of $100,000 to $4 million for acquisition (3 yr projects) and $2 million for development (5 yr projects), including up to 8 "mid-scale" awards of $2 to $4 million Cost Sharing or Match - Ph.D. granting institutions of higher education and non-degree granting organizations are required to provide 30 percent cost-sharing; cost-sharing is not required on proposals from non-Ph.D. granting institutions of higher education. Web - http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09502/nsf09502.htm?govDel=USNSF_25 LIBRARIES Deadline Date - December 1, 2008 Grant Resource - American Library Association Category - Children's Library Award - Maureen Hayes Author/Illustrator Award Description - The American Library Association is accepting applications for the Maureen Hayes Author/Illustrator Award, which is open to personal members of the Association for Library Service to Children. The deadline to apply is Dec. 1, 2008. The goal of the program, which provides $4,000 to winners, is to bring together children and nationally recognized authors/illustrators. The funding will fund visits to libraries by these authors/illustrators. The award winners will be announced via a press release on the Association for Library Service to Children's website sometime after the American Library Association's midwinter meeting. Size of Grant - $4,000 Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/profawards/hayesawar d/index.cfm Deadline Date - December 1, 2008 Grant Resource - American Library Association Category - Children's Librarians - Children Penguin Young Readers Group Award Description - The American Library Association is accepting applications for the Children Penguin Young Readers Group Award, which is open to children's librarians. The Children Penguin Young Readers Group Award is made available by an annual gift from the Penguin Young Readers Group. The award program is administered by the Association for Library Service to Children. These librarians must directly work with children in elementary, middle schools, or public libraries. Size of Grant - 4 awards of $600 Cost Sharing or Match - No Web- http://ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/profawards/penguinyoungreader sgroupaward/penguinyoungreadersgrp.cfm MATH; ENGINEERING Deadline Date - March 11, 2009 Grant Resource - National Science Foundation Category - Innovation in Engineering Education, Infrastructure and Curriculum Description - The Innovations in Engineering Education, Curriculum, and Infrastructure (IEECI) program supports research which addresses four aspects of engineering education: (1) how students best learn the ideas, principles, and practices to become creative and innovative engineers, and how this learning is measured (2) how application of cyberlearning resources of networked computing and communication, interactive visualization capabilities, and well designed user interfaces can be used to develop easily transportable tools and systems with low barriers to adoption which significantly improve learning, (3) integration of sustainability into engineering education, and (4) future directions of U.S. engineering doctoral programs. Size of Grant - 40 awards: 10 Expansion Projects for $400,000 and 30 Exploratory Projects for $150,000 or $250,000 for collaborative projects Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08610/nsf08610.htm?govDel=USNSF_25 MINORITY STUDENTS NANOSCIENCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY PUBLISHING RURAL DEVELOPMENT SCIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY SOCIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY TEACHER PREPARATION; FACULTY DEVELOPMENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS; TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY CONSORTIA TERRORISM; BIOTERRORISM TRANSPORTATION UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION Linda Mason, Ed.D. Coordinator for Grant Writing and External Funding Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education 655 Research Parkway, Suite 200 Oklahoma City, OK 73104 405-225-9486 lmason at osrhe.edu IP: 164.58.250.178 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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