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ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Nuts and Bolts of the NIH Grants Process

Learn about the NIH award process from Deputy Director for Extramural Research at the National Institutes of Health, Sally J. Rockey, PhD. This presentation will give you an overview of the journey a grant takes once it arrives at NIH.

EPA’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I Online Webinar

There will be an informational webinar on EPA’s 2014-2015 SBIR Phase I solicitation. Learn about EPA’s SBIR program, this year’s solicitation topics, and how to apply for an SBIR contract. EPA SBIR program experts will be available to answer questions during a question & answer (Q&A) session following the presentation.

July 30, 2014 from 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT

Lightweight Combat Vehicle Science & Technology Campaign Request for Information W56HZV-LCVSTC-08-08-2014

The Lightweight Combat Vehicle Science & Technology Campaign (LCVSTC) is a RDECOM-wide feasibility assessment focused on reducing future combat vehicle weights by 40-50% using advanced materials and technologies. The LCVSTC team is inquiring into available materials, technologies, and approaches to developing lightweight structures for Combat Vehicle applications.

Deadline: August 08, 2014

Light Reconnaissance Vehicle (LRV) Platform Performance Demonstration (PPD)

Request for Information (RFI) W56HZV-LRV-09-15-2014

The US ARMY TARDEC-RDECOM team has drafted this Request for Information (RFI) in an effort to gather needed information from potential interested companies in order to support the LRV Initiative to improve their IBCT Light Vehicle Force. This RFI is intended to obtain information regarding the candidate vehicles, including (technology, production capabilities, transportability, mobility, vehicle operational range, crew capacity, lethality, protection, and rough order of magnitude cost information.

Deadline: September 15, 2014

NEW FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE) NSF 14-587

Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE) is an NSF-wide program that supports international activities across all NSF supported disciplines. The primary goal of PIRE is to support high quality projects in which advances in research and education could not occur without international collaboration. PIRE seeks to catalyze a higher level of international engagement in the U.S. science and engineering community. A single organization may submit one preliminary proposal as the lead institution. Full proposals will be accepted by invitation only.

MSU has set an internal deadline for September 09, 2014.

Please review the following links for further details.

Institutionally limited proposal:

http://vprgs.msu.edu/funding-opportunities/institutionally-limited

Guidelines for internal submission can be found at:

http://vprgs.msu.edu/institutionally-limited-application-procedure

Michigan State Foundation Discretionary Funding Initiative (DFI)

The Discretionary Funding Initiative (DFI), funded by the Michigan State Foundation, provides bridge funds for tenure-stream faculty for additional studies needed for resubmission of an unsuccessful grant application. Please complete a PPF to begin the process with DER.

Deadline: September 18, 2014

Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program

The core Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program provides approximately 800 teaching and/or research grants to U.S. faculty and experienced professionals in a wide variety of academic and professional fields. Grants are available in over 125 countries worldwide.

Deadline: August 01, 2014

Development of Bulk Gallium Oxide Substrates BAA-RQKS-2014-0011

Next generation military sensing systems depend on continued electronic materials innovation leading to new electronic device technologies with enabling performance capabilities. There is a need for a US source to develop and scale β-Ga2O3 crystal growth and substrate fabrication processes to underpin and help drive the development of next generation ultra-high performance devices.

Deadline: August 04, 2014

Chemical Oceanography PD 98-1670

The Chemical Oceanography Program 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.

Deadline: August 15, 2014

Finite Element Modeling Services DTNH22-14-R-00031

The scope of this contract is to develop and exercise crash simulations of vehicle safety research tests to assist in predict the impact of potential safety implications. The specific crash simulation efforts will be issued through task orders.

Deadline: August 21, 2014

ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers (ADVANCE) NSF 14-573

The goals of the ADVANCE program are (1) to develop systemic approaches to increase the representation and advancement of women in academic STEM careers; (2) to develop innovative and sustainable ways to promote gender equity in the STEM academic workforce; and (3) to contribute to the development of a more diverse science and engineering workforce. ADVANCE also has as its goal to contribute to and inform the general knowledge base on gender equity in the academic STEM disciplines.

Deadline: LOI August 20, 2014; full proposal October 03, 2014

Blood Pressure Measurement Technologies for Low-Resource Settings in the US and India (U01) RFA-EB-14-002

The purpose of this FOA is to solicit research leading to the development of new blood-pressure measurement technologies for rapid, minimally intrusive, flexible monitoring and management of hypertension in underserved populations. These technologies must be noninvasive and minimally obtrusive. They should be usable in public areas for high-throughput screening, and/or be designed for individual use by untrained individuals in their own homes or regional healthcare settings.

Deadline: LOI August 26, 2014; full proposal September 26, 2014

Neuroscience Information Framework (U24) RFA-DA-15-009

The goals of the Neuroscience Information Work is to catalog resources and data to understand: 1) What types of resources (data, tools, materials, services) are available to the neuroscience community 2) How many are there 3) What domains do they cover and what domains do they not cover 4) Where are they (websites, databases, literature, supplementary material, PDF files, desk drawers) 5) Who uses these resources and data and 6) Who creates them?

Deadline: LOI August 26, 2014, full proposal September 26, 2014

NIH Transformative Research Awards (R01) RFA-RM-14-003

The NIH Transformative Research Awards complement NIH’s traditional, investigator-initiated grant programs by supporting individual scientists or groups of scientists proposing groundbreaking, exceptionally innovative, original and/or unconventional research with the potential to create new scientific paradigms, establish entirely new and improved clinical approaches, or develop transformative technologies. Little or no preliminary data are expected. Projects must clearly demonstrate the potential to produce a major impact in a broad area of biomedical or behavioral research

Deadline: September 10, 2014

Sensors, Dynamics, and Control (SDC) PD 14-7569

The Sensors, Dynamics, and Control (SDC) program supports fundamental research on the analysis, measurement, monitoring and control of complex dynamical and structural systems, including development of new analytical, computational and experimental tools, and novel applications to engineered and natural systems. Program objectives are the discovery of new phenomena and the investigation of innovative methods and applications for dynamics, measurement, and control.

Deadline: September 15, 2014

Service Enterprise Systems (SES) PD 10-1787

The SES program supports research on decision making related to design, planning, and operation of commercial, nonprofit, and institutional service enterprises with the goal of improving their overall effectiveness and cost reduction. Research is supported that is both grounded in an interesting and relevant application and requires the development of novel analytical and computational methodologies that may be of broader interest. Topics of interest include healthcare operations and medical decision making; policies and incentives in healthcare, energy, and other public service institutions; financial engineering and risk management; transportation and humanitarian logistics; and national security. Of particular interest are methods that incorporate increasingly rich and diverse sources of data and information to support decision making.

Deadline: September 15, 2014

DHS S&T Critical Infrastructure Resilience Center of Excellence – Center Lead DHS-14-ST-061-COE-CIRC-001A

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) Office of University Programs (OUP) requests applications from U.S. colleges and universities to serve as a lead institution for a Critical Infrastructure Resilience Center of Excellence (CIRC). OUP is also posting a separate FOA for eligible applicants to submit single project proposals for consideration as a partner to this Center of Excellence (COE).

Deadline: September 26, 2014

LOCATE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES BY KEYWORD:

http://www.egr.msu.edu/der/funding-opportunities

http://vprgs.msu.edu/funding-opportunities/external

http://www.grants.gov/applicants/find_grant_opportunities.jsp