Grants available
Visit the web site for the Office of
Research and Project Administration (ORPA) at
http://www.princeton.edu/~orpa1/grants/list.htm
for information on many funding opportunities, including
those listed below. Questions may be directed to Jan
Anderson or Lisa Kulp of ORPA (258-3976 or 258-4958). Grant
applications are available in limited numbers from ORPA
unless otherwise noted.
American Cancer Society
www.cancer.org (404)
329-7558
April 1 and October 15. Research Scholar Grants.
Beginning Investigators: Up to $250,000 a year for four
years, renewable for four years, to support basic,
preclinical, clinical, cancer control or other epidemiologic
research projects initiated by investigators in first eight
years of independent research careers. Health Services and
Health Policy and Outcomes Research: Up to $250,000 a year
for four years, renewable for an additional four years.
Psychosocial and Behavioral Research: Up to $500,000 a year
for five years with option of renewal for five years.
Energy Foundation
www.ef.org/ (415)
561-6700
Open deadline; proposals considered up to 12 weeks before
directors' meetings in March, June and November. Grants
support initiatives by US non-profit institutions that
promote energy efficiency and renewable energy in utilities,
buildings, transportation, renewable energy and integrated
issues.
Franklin Institute Awards 2000
www.fi.edu (215)
448-1181
May 30. Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science
for outstanding achievement, innovation or training in
telecommunications. Award is $250,000.
May 30. Bower Award for Business Leadership for leader of
American business or industry related to or supportive of
telecommunications.
No deadline. Ben Franklin Medal for outstanding
achievement in science and technology.
Fulbright Scholar Awards
www.iie.org/cies/usfulb.htm
(202) 686-7877
August 1. US Faculty and Profes-sionals 2001-2002. Awards
for lecturing or advanced research in arts and humanities,
social sciences, natural and applied sciences, and
professional fields such as business, journalism and law,
for two months to full academic year. US citizens with PhD
or comparable professional experience are eligible. For
lecturing, university or college teaching experience is
expected; most lecturing assignments are in English.
International Research, Exchanges Board
www.irex.org/ (202)
628-8188
June 1. Short Term Travel Grants. Support travel
associated with scholarly projects in humanities and social
sciences focusing on Central and Eastern Europe, Eurasia,
Turkey and Iran. Awards are for up to $3,000 for 14 days for
postdoctoral scholars who are US citizens or permanent
residents. Notifi-cation occurs approximately August 1.
National Cancer Institute
www.nci.nih.gov/
(301) 435-3848
June 1, October 1, February 1. Howard Temin Award.
Provides up to five years of support for candidate with
research or health professional doctorate or equivalent who
has completed at least three years of postdoctoral research
at time of award. One to three initial years are to be spent
in a mentored environ-ment, followed by transition to unmen-
tored independent investigator phase. Candidate must be US
national or permanent resident. Award provides salary up to
$75,000 plus benefits, and $30,000 to $50,000 per year for
expenses.
National Endowment for Democracy / International
Forum for Democratic Studies
www.ned.org/active/fellows.html
(202) 293-0300
Proposals should be submitted 6 months before requested
starting date. Visiting Fellowships. Fellows are in
residence in Washington, DC, for three to 10 months, for
written or other projects related to democracy. Awards
provide stipends and limited expenses, office space,
computer facilities, access to library services, and
opportunity to interact with other scholars and demo-cratic
activists.
National Endowment for Humanities
www.neh.fed.us (202)
606-8400
April 15. Humanities Focus.
May 1. Fellowships; Challenge.
July 1. Preservation and Access.
September 1. Collaborative Research.
October 1. Summer Stipends University nomination
required; contact ORPA for details.
National Historical Publications and Records
Commission
www.nara.gov/nhprc
(202) 501-5610
June 1. Grants support projects by US citizens on papers
of US founding fathers; on historical documentation to
strengthen nation's archival infra-structure; and on
appraisal, preservation, dissemination and access of
documen-tary sources in electronic form. Grants range from
$5,000 to $250,000.
October 1. Grants support projects by US citizens
focusing on protection and accessibility of historically
significant records; publication of documentary editions;
and methods, tools and training in documentary work. Grants
range from $5,000 to $250,000.
National Human Genome Research Institute
www.nhgri.nih.gov
April 5, August 5, December 5. Individual Postdoctoral
Fellowships in Genomics and Related ELSI Topics.
Postdoctoral and senior fellowships support training of
scientists and scholars who are US nationals or permanent
residents. Areas of interest include ethical, legal and
social implications of human genetics research; and genomic
analysis, including technology development. Awards range
from $26,256 to $41,268, plus institutional allowance.
National Institutes of Health
www.nih.gov
May 1 and November 15. Predoctoral Fellowship Awards for
Minority Students. Provide up to five years of support for
research training leading to PhD, combined MD/PhD or other
combined professional doctorate and research degree in
biomedical or behavioral sciences or health services
research. Open to US nationals or permanent residents;
priority consideration for African Americans, Hispanics,
Native Americans, Alaskan Natives, Pacific Islanders and
other racial and ethnic groups underrepresented in
biomedical or behavioral research nationally. Award includes
stipend, tuition and fees, and institutional allowance.
Refer to document PA-00-069.
National Inventors Hall of Fame
www.invent.org/collegiate
(330) 849-6887
June 1. BF Goodrich Collegiate Inventors Competition.
Supports projects leading to patentable inventions by
fulltime university students. Cash prizes of $20,000 will be
awarded to students or teams of up to four students and
$10,000 to advisers.
National Research Council
www4.nationalacademies.org/oia/oiahome.nsf
(202) 334-2658
June 2 and December 8. Governance in Post-Communist
Societies. Program supports research travel by US citizens
or permanent residents to Central Europe and Former Soviet
Union for two to six weeks. Awards range from $2,500 to
$4,000. Themes for 2000 competition are Science and
Democratization; Organized Crime, Terrorism and
Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction; and Technology
and Industrial Economics. Open to postdoctoral scholars and
advanced graduate students if travel and research are
directly relevant to dissertation.
National Science Foundation
www.nsf.gov (703)
306-1234
Biology
April 10. Nanoscale Modeling and Simulation; Life in
Extreme Environments.
April 17. Information Technology Research (full
proposals, budgets over $500,000).
June 15. Systematic Biology; Ecological Studies.
July 4. Living Stock Collections.
July 10. Metabolic Biochemistry; Molecular Biochemistry;
Molecular Biophysics; Microbial Genetics; Biochemistry of
Gene Expression; Biomolecular Structure and Function; Signal
Transduction and Cellular Regulation; Cellular Organization;
Eukaryotic Genetics; Neuroendo-crinology; Neuronal and Glial
Mechanisms; Behavioral Neuroscience; Developmental
Neuroscience; Sensory Systems; Computational Neuroscience;
Animal Behavior; Integrative Animal Biology; Ecological and
Evolutionary Physiology; Integrative Plant Biology;
Physiology and Ethology; Animal Developmental Mechanisms;
Plant and Microbial Developmental Mechanisms; Developmental
Mechanisms; Evolution of Developmental Mechanisms.
July 12. Biological Databases and Informatics
Program.
Computer, Information Sciences
April 3. Terascale Computing System.
April 25. CISE Educational Innovation.
Cross-cutting
April 10. Life in Extreme Environments; Nanoscale
Modeling and Simulation.
April 17. Information Technology Research (full
proposals, budgets over $500,000).
May 1. Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education.
Education, Human Resources
April 1. Preliminary proposals for Teacher
Enhancement/ESIE Program.
April 14. Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science,
Mathmatics and Engineering Mentoring; National Science,
Mathematics, Engineering and Technology Education Digital
Library.
April 15. Preliminary proposals for Advanced Technology
Education/ESIE Program.
May 1. Preliminary proposals for Instructional Materials
Development/ESIE Program; Small Experimental
Projects/Program for Gender Equity in Science, Mathematics,
Engineering and Technology.
May 11. Alliances for Graduate Education and
Professorate.
Engineering
April 1. Design and Integration Engineering.
April 4. Exploratory Research Related to 1999 Earthquakes
in Turkey and Taiwan.
April 13. Exploratory Research on Engineering Transport
Industries.
May 11. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation:
Earthquake Engineering Research Equipment.
May 15. New Technologies for Environment.
May 19. Engineering Sciences for Modeling and
Simulation-Based Life-Cycle Engineering.
Geosciences
April 1. Geoscience Education.
May 8. Unidata Equipment.
International
May 1. Division of International Programs.
Math, Physical Sciences
April 10. Nanoscale Modeling and Simulation; Life in
Extreme Environments.
April 17. Information Technology Research (full
proposals, budgets over $500,000).
July 3. Department Research Instrumentation for Use by
Junior Faculty/Chemistry Research Instrumentation and
Facilities.
Polar Programs
April 3. Polar Instrumentation and Technology
Development.
Social, Behavioral, Economic Sciences
April 17. Information Technology Research (full
proposals, budgets over $500,000).
July 1. Physical Anthropology; Cultural Anthropology
(Senior research and dissertation research).
July 15. Child Learning and Development; Social
Psychology; Linguistics.
American Society for Engineering Education
www.asee.org/postdoc/
(202) 331-3509
January 1, April 1, July 1, October 1. Postdoctoral
Fellowship Program. Fellows work in Navy laboratory with
senior Navy scientists and engineers on projects in variety
of technical fields. Awards are $36,000 to $52,000 for one
year, renewable for one or two years, for US citizens.
Research Corp.
www.rescorp.org/guidelines.html
(520) 571-1111
May 1. Research Innovation Awards. Support faculty
members in PhD-granting departments of astronomy, chemistry
or physics at research universities in US and Canada; first
tenure-track position must have begun in preceding or
current calendar year. Awards are up to $35,000 for direct
expenses only.
May 1, October 1. Research Oppor-tunity Awards. Support
tenured scientists seeking to explore new research,
nominated by chair of PhD-granting astronomy, chemistry or
physics depart-ments. Awards range from $10,000 to
$25,000.
September 1. Cottrell Scholars Awards. Support
tenure-track assistant professors in PhD-granting
departments of astronomy, chemistry or physics; must be in
third year of first tenure track position. Award is
$50,000.
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