NOTE: The NIH Office of Extramural Research (OER) has set up a new Website dedicated to new investigators. It provides links to all sorts of valuable information, including tips on preparing applications. While it is aimed at new investigators, much of these resources are clearly of interest to even seasoned investigators. See http://grants.nih.gov/grants/new_investigators/index.htm.
GRANT WRITING NOTES AND PROGRAM RESOURCES: (information on grantwriting workshops and programs)
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS:
CSREES is requesting applications for the National Research Initiative (NRI) Competitive Grants Program for fiscal year (FY) 2005 to support (1) high priority fundamental and mission-linked research of importance in the biological, environmental, physical, and social sciences relevant to agriculture, food, and the environment and (2)competitively awarded research, extension, and education grants addressing key issues of national and regional importance to agriculture, forestry, and related topics.
In FY 2005, SCREES anticipates that approximately $150 million will be available for support of this program. The NRI will use no more than 20 percent of available funds to support integrated research, extension, and education grants (see Part I. A. in RFA); these funds will not be distributed uniformly across all NRI programs. The remaining funds will be used to fund research projects.
The FY 2005 RFA is available on the Grants.gov Find Opportunities ("FedGrants") service at:
http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/USDA/CSREES/OEP/USDA-GRANTS-090304-001/listing.html
also at CSREES web site:
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/nri_rfa.html
Changes in the FY 2005 RFA:
The RFA invites applications for research grants and integrated research, extension, and education grants. Eligibility,
requirements for matching funds and types of projects are different for research grants compared to integrated
research, extension, and education grants; thus, applicants are strongly encouraged to read the entire RFA and
contact the appropriate National Program Leader with any questions.
FY 2005 applications submission is via mail or delivery service.
NRI DEADLINE DATES FOR FY 2005
The following fixed dates have been established for FY 2005 application submission deadlines within the National
Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program, Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, United
States Department of Agriculture. To be considered for funding in any fiscal year, applications must be RECEIVED
BY Close of Business (5:00 P.M., Eastern Time) on the date listed below. When the deadline date falls on a weekend
or Federal holiday, transmission must be made by the following business day.
Programs offered in any fiscal year depend on availability of funds and deadlines may be delayed due to unforeseen
circumstances. Consult the pertinent NRI notice in the Federal Register, the NRI RFA, or the NRI home page (http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/nri/nri.html)
for up-to-date information.
| Receipt Dates (by COB) |
Program Codes |
Program Areas |
| May 17, 2005 |
42.0 |
Animal Growth and Nutrient Utilization |
| June 15, 2005 |
28.0 |
Air Quality |
| June 15, 2005 |
43.0 |
Animal Genomics |
| June 15, 2005 |
43.1 |
Animal Genome Reagent and Tool Development |
| June 15, 2005 |
20.0 |
Animal and Plant Biosecurity |
| June 15, 2005 |
45.0 |
Functional Genomics of Agriculturally Important Organisms |
| June 15, 2005 |
31.5 |
Human Nutrition and Obesity |
Below is the information about the three new funding opportunities sponsored in whole or in part by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's National Center for Environmental Research (NCER)
Title: Environmental Behavior and Decisionmaking: Determining the Effectiveness of Environmental Information Disclosure and Provision
URL: http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2005/2005_ebd_rfa.html
Open Date: 12/23/2004 - Close Date: 05/13/2005
Summary: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is seeking proposals from researchers in economics, business administration, law, decision sciences, and other social sciences to address issues associated with environmental information disclosure. Researchers are invited to identify how environmental information obtained through information disclosure rules and voluntary programs is used and by whom, the consequences such use has on behavior, and the resulting changes in environmental performance (e.g., discharges, emissions or exposure).
Applicable Category(s): Grant/Fellowship Announcements
NSF request for proposals for Long Term Research in Environmental Biology (LTREB) by the Division of Environmental Biology (DEB). Please note that LTREB program is different from Long-term Ecological Research (LTER):
LTER projects are funded in response to calls for specific proposals, are evaluated by a special panel, and are characterized by multiple investigators conducting multi-disciplinary investigations at large temporal and spatial scales. In contrast, LTREB projects are submitted at semi-annual target dates, evaluated by panels assembled in appropriate clusters (Population and Evolutionary Processes, Ecological Biology, or Ecosystem Science) and are initiated by one or a few investigators. Examples of current LTREB awards can be viewed at http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/ by including “LTREB” in a title search.
Two major components are required in a project submitted for LTREB funding:
LTREB awards are designed to provide the funding to maintain ongoing, long-term research project for a period of a decade or longer.
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf05583
Full Proposal Target Date(s): July 18, 2005
January 9 and July 9 annually thereafter
Estimated Number of Awards: 8 to 12
Anticipated Funding Amount: $3,000,000
Synopsis of Program: The Division of Environmental Biology encourages the submission of proposals aimed
at generating long time series of biological and environmental data that address particular ecological and evolutionary
processes. NSF will support competitively reviewed projects that continue critical and novel long-term data collection
aimed at resolving important issues in environmental biology. Researchers must demonstrate at least six years of
data collection to qualify for funding and the proposal must convey a rationale for at least ten additional years
of data collection. As part of the requirements for funding, projects must show how collected data will be shared
broadly with the scientific community and the interested public.
NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program. Solicitation contains requests
for proposals for Fiscal Years 2006, 2007, and 2008.
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?nsf05579
For additional information about CAREER program, abstracts of recent awards see: http://www.nsf.gov/career
Full Proposal Deadline Date(s): (due by 5 p.m. proposer's local time):
2005
July 19: Biological Sciences (BIO), Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE), Education and Human
Resources (EHR)
July 20: Engineering (ENG)
July 21: Geosciences (GEO), Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS), Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences
(SBE), Office of Polar Programs (OPP)
2006:
July 18: BIO, CISE, EHR
July 19: ENG
July 20: GEO, MPS, SBE, OPP
2007:
July 17: BIO, CISE, EHR
July 18: ENG
July 19: GEO, MPS, SBE, OPP
Synopsis of 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 the early career-development activities of those teacher-scholars
who most effectively integrate research and education within the context of the mission of their organization.
Such activities should build a firm foundation for a lifetime of integrated contributions to research and education.
NSF encourages submission of CAREER proposals from junior faculty members at all CAREER-eligible organizations
and especially encourages women, members of underrepresented minority groups, and persons with disabilities to
apply.
Instrument Development for Biological Research (IDBR) [nsf05536]
URL : http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?nsf05536
Type : Program Announcements & Information
Subtype : Biology
Synopsis of Program: The Instrument Development for Biological Research (IDBR) Program supports the development
of novel or of substantially improved instrumentation likely to have a significant impact on the study of biological
systems at any level. The development of new, or substantial improvement of existing, software for the operation
of instruments, analysis of data, or the analysis of images is also supported where these have the effect of improving
instrument performance. Proposals aimed at concept or proof-of-concept development for entirely novel instrumentation
are encouraged. Support for the conduct of eligible activities in academic environments is emphasized.
Anticipated Type of Award: Standard or Continuing Grant
Estimated Number of Awards: 15
Anticipated Funding Amount: $2,500,000 (approximately) will be available for new IDBR awards in FY 2005, pending
availability of funds.
Full Proposal Target Date(s): October 05, 2005
First Wednesday in October annually thereafter
also see ISU Funding Resources
NIH Regional Seminars on Program Funding and Grants Administration:
Dates: June 23-24, 2005
Locations: West Lafayette, Indiana
Host(s): Purdue University
The Office of Extramural Research (OER) sponsors semiannual NIH Regional Seminars on Program Funding and Grants.
These seminars are intended to help demystify the application and review process, clarify Federal regulations and
policies, and highlight current areas of special interest or concern. The seminars serve the NIH mission of providing
education and training for the next generation of biomedical and behavioral scientist. NIH policy, grants management,
review and program staff provide a broad array of expertise and encourage personal interaction between themselves
and seminar participants. The seminars are appropriate for grants administrators, researchers new to NIH, and graduate
students.
URL for additional information: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/seminars.htm
NIH has announced updated criteria for evaluating research grant applications
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-05-002.html
Background: Updated criteria reflect a modification of the NIH Peer Review Criteria proposed earlier by the Roadmap Trans-NIH Clinical Research Workforce Committee (http://nihroadmap.nih.gov/) to better accommodate interdisciplinary, translational, and clinical projects. The updated criteria will replace the review criteria adopted on June 27, 1997.
Implementation: These updated review criteria will be effective for research grant applications received on or after January 10, 2005.
Note: RFAs published before this announcement will continue to use the existing review criteria. RFAs published after this announcement will use the newly updated criteria (shown below) as a framework for the development of review criteria specific to the RFA.
Beginning with reviews in the summer of 2005, reviewers will be instructed to use the updated review criteria (shown below) as the basis for evaluating research grant applications and for assigning a single, global score for each scored application. The score should reflect the overall impact that the project could have on the advancement of science. The emphasis on each criterion may vary from one application to another; and an application need not be strong in all categories to be judged likely to have a major scientific impact.
See the NIH document for criteria description.
NSF revised Grant Proposal Guide: NSF has published a revision to the NSF Grant Proposal Guide (GPG) (NSF 04-23) that is effective for proposals submitted on or after September 1, 2004. This revision:
Other sections have been revised, as appropriate, to update the GPG to ensure consistency with current NSFpolicies,
practices or procedures. A summary of significant changes is provided in the document. The GPG is available electronically
on the NSF Website at:
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/gpg/nsf04_23/nsf04_23.pdf
NSF document on the merit and scientific foundations of qualitative research proposals
Synopsis: On July 11-12, 2003, a workshop on the Scientific Foundations of Qualitative Research was held at NSF in Arlington, Virginia. The workshop was funded by an NSF grant from the Sociology Program and the Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics Program to Dr. Charles Ragin, University of Arizona. The purpose of the workshop was twofold. Workshop participants were asked to: 1) provide guidance both to reviewers and investigators about the characteristics of strong qualitative research proposals and the criteria for evaluating projects in NSF's merit review process, and 2) provide recommendations to address the broader issue of how to strengthen qualitative methods in sociology and the social sciences in general. The workshop was intended to contribute to advancing the quality of qualitative research, and thus to advancing research capacity, tools, and infrastructure in the social sciences.
Workshop on Scientific Foundations of Qualitative Research [nsf04219]
URL : http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?nsf04219
Type : Reports
Subtype : Social/Behavioral Sciences
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