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Grant Support - Funding Opportunities - by agency

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National Science Foundation (NSF)

NSF Integrative Hybrid and Complex Systems (IHCS)
Division: Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems (ECCS)
Proposal Windows: September 7 - October 7 2008; January 7 - February 7 2009
Award Amount: NA (see Stats below for average award amount)
Award Duration: NA (see Stats below for average award duration)

The Integrative, Hybrid and Complex Systems (IHCS) program funds systems-oriented activities in collaborative research and education environments for multidisciplinary integrative activities. IHCS supports innovative research in micro and nano systems, communication systems, and cyber systems that integrate physical devices and components with computational intelligence and networks. The goal is to design, develop and implement new nano/micro/macro complex and hybrid systems with engineering solutions for a variety of domain-specific applications in healthcare, environment, communications, disaster mitigation, homeland security, transportation, manufacturing, and other systems-related areas. IHCS also supports integration technologies at both the intra-and inter-chip levels that target new and advanced radio frequency (RF), millimeter wave and optical wireless and hybrid communication systems architectures as well as sensing and imaging at terahertz frequencies.

Statistics
• 203 awards made since 2002
• $260,000 Average TOTAL award amount under $1M (not including workshops, conferences, CAREERs or SGERs)
• 3.2 years average duration for awards under $1M
• 5 awards > $1M since 2002
• UCSC Awards: 0
• Other UC Awards: 16 (Davis x2, Irvine x2, UCLA x5, Riverside x1, UCSD x2, UCSB x4)

NSF CISE Computing Research Infrastructure (CRI)
Computer & Information Science & Engineering
Award Amount: ~$200,000-$750,000 (II awards); ~$4 million (CI awards)
Award Duration: ~4 years
Proposal Deadline: September 22, 2008

The CISE Computing Research Infrastructure (CRI) program drives discovery and learning in the computing disciplines by supporting the creation, enhancement and operation of world-class computing research infrastructure. Further, through the CRI program CISE seeks to ensure that individuals from a diverse range of academic institutions, including minority-serving and predominantly undergraduate institutions, have access to such infrastructure.

The CRI program supports two classes of awards:

Institutional Infrastructure awards support either the creation of new computing research infrastructure or the enhancement of existing computing research infrastructure to enable world-class research and education opportunities at the awardee and collaborating institutions.
Community Infrastructure awards support the planning for computing research infrastructure, or the creation of new computing infrastructure, or the enhancement of existing computing research infrastructure to enable world-class research and education opportunities for broadly-based communities of researchers and educators that extend well beyond the awardee institutions. Furthermore, CI awards support the operation of such infrastructure, ensuring that awardee institutions are well-positioned to provide a high quality of service to community researchers and educators expected to use the infrastructure to realize their research and education goals.

Statistics
• 218 awards made since 2002
• $241,000 average total award amount under $1M
• 8 awards > $1M
• UCSC Awards: 2 (Cormac Flanagan and Jose Renau)
• Other UC Awards: 17 (Merced x1, Berkeley x3, Davis x3, Irvine x2, UCLA x2, Riverside x2, UCSD x2, UCSB x2)

NSF Instrument Development for Biological Research (IDBR)
Directorate: BIO
Award Amount: NA
Award Duration: up to 4 years
Proposal Deadline: September 5, 2008

The Instrument Development for Biological Research (IDBR) Program supports the development of novel instrumentation or instrumentation that has been significantly improved by at least an order of magnitude or more in fundamental aspects. Supported instruments are expected to have a significant impact on the study of biological systems at any level.

Examples of the type of development supported by the IDBR:

New instrumentation that addresses emerging biological research needs with the capacity to transform biological research
Novel instrument configurations (hybrids, etc.) that demonstrably address a fundamental biological research challenge
Instrumentation that leverages advances in micro- and nano- fabrication and device design to provide new capabilities in measurement and observation of biological phenomena
Concept and proof-of-concept of novel instruments for biological research
New instruments that provide new capabilities for detection, measurement, and/or observation of biological phenomena, or that greatly extend currently achievable sensitivity, accuracy or resolution
Sensors that meet emerging biological research needs and that have the potential to transform biological research at any level of organization
Data acquisition and analysis tools that, through the development of novel devices/instruments, meet biological research needs

NSF Control Systems
Organization: Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI)
Award Amount: NA (recent awards average $270,000)
Award Duration: NA (recent awards average 3.6 years)
Proposal Window: September 1, 2008 - October 1, 2008

The CS program supports innovative research on control theory and control technology driven by real life applications. The program accepts proposals on transformative research in established topic areas such as model-based control. However, the program emphasis is on paradigm-shifting ideas for control strategies that may be inspired by nature, unconventional applications, and the combined role of feedback and uncertainty in systems that incorporate large numbers of sensors and actuators. New sensor and actuator concepts that integrate feedback and signal processing to achieve a sensing or actuation objective are also funded.

Examples of recently funded projects include:

Biosensing and Bioactuation Workshop
CAREER: Efficient Multi-Vehicle Coordination for Distributed Sensing and Estimation
CAREER: Bio-inspired Automatic Control of a Flying Robotic Insect
CAREER: Dexterous Biomimetic Micromanipulation Using Artificial Muscles: Modeling, Sensing, and Control
CAREER: Ensemble Control with Applications to Spectroscopy, Imaging, and Computation
Collaborative Research: Dynamic Task-Based Coordination of Large-Scale Mobile Robotic Networks
Collaborative Research: Regenerative Above-Knee Prosthesis
Contaminant Tracking in GPS-Denied Environments
Control of Micro/Nano Bio-mimetic Structures for Fluidic Devices
Control of Automata-Switched Distributed Systems
Dimensionality Reduction in the Control of the Human Hand
Distributed Illumination Problems for Visually- Guided Agents
Integrated Control and Mechanical Design of Biped Robots for Stable and Efficient Dynamic Walking
Intelligent Power Assist Systems Auto-Adaptive to Varying Human Characteristics and Environmental Conditions
Inversion-Based Nanopositioning Control For Ultra-high- speed Scanning Probe Microscopy
Modeling and Control of PEM Fuel Cell Systems
NSF-CONACYT Collaborative Research: Search, Surveillance, and Pursuit by Autonomous Robots
Optimal Design and Multiple-input Multiple-output Control Strategies for Media Handling in Copier and Printer Machines
Probabilistic robust coordinated control of quorum systems of mobile autonomous agents

NSF Cluster Exploratory (CluE)
Directorate: Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE)
Award Amount: $500,000
Award Duration: 2 years
Proposal Deadline: July 17, 2008

Through the Cluster Exploratory (CluE) program, NSF-funded researchers will use software and services running on a Google-IBM cluster to explore innovative research ideas in data-intensive computing. Access to the Google-IBM cluster will allow the research community to explore scientific questions such as:

What are the fundamental capabilities and limitations of this computing paradigm?
What new programming abstractions (including models, languages, algorithms) can accentuate these fundamental capabilities?
How can we automatically manage the hardware and software of these systems?
What (new) applications can best exploit this computing paradigm?
What unique, public data resources might be created and demonstrated for use by specific research communities?
Can existing tools be modified and/or new programming abstractions for such a data-intensive computing environment be developed to solve problems unsolvable any other way?
Can old problems be solved in simpler or more efficient ways?

NSF/NIGMS Joint Initiative to Support Research in the Area of Mathematical Biology
Directorate: Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences
Division(s): Division of Mathematical Sciences
Award Amount: $100K-$400K per year
Award Duration: 3-5 years
Proposal Deadline: October 1, 2008

This competition is designed to support research on mathematical problems related to biological problems in areas supported by NSF/DMS and NIH/NIGMS. Successful proposals will identify innovative mathematics or statistics needed to solve an important biological problem. Research teams that include scientists from both the life sciences community and the mathematical sciences community are encouraged. Both new and existing collaborations will be supported.

Examples of areas of research that are appropriate under this competition include the following:

Evolutionary theory and practice arising from genomic advances;

Statistical and other approaches to the discovery of genes contributing to complex behavior, and their environmental interactions;

Explanatory and predictive models of the cellular state;

Growth, motility, cell division, membrane trafficking, and other cellular behavior;

Metabolic circuitry and dynamics;

Population dynamics;

Signal transduction;

Development of new algorithms for phylogenetic analysis;

Design principles and dynamics of pattern formation in development and differentiation;

New approaches to the prediction of molecular structure;

Improved algorithms for structure determination by x-ray crystallography, NMR and electron microscopy;

Simulations of the human systemic responses to burn, trauma and other injury;

New approaches to understanding system-wide effects of pharmacological agents and anesthetics, and their genetic and environmental modifiers.

These areas of research are examples only. They are not meant to be inclusive.

NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants in the Directorate for Biological Sciences (DDIG)
Directorate: Directorate for Biological Sciences
Division(s): Division of Environmental Biology; Division of Integrative Organismal Systems (Behavioral Systems Cluster)
Award Amount: up to $15,000
Award Duration: up to 2 years
Proposal Deadline: November 21, 2008

The National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants in Environmental Biology and Behavioral Systems provide partial support of doctoral dissertation research to improve the overall quality of research. Allowed are costs for doctoral candidates to participate in scientific meetings, to conduct research in specialized facilities or field settings, and to expand an existing body of dissertation research.

NSF Advances in Biological Informatics (ABI)
Directorate: Directorate for Biological Sciences
Award Amount: NA (average < $1M = $510,000; median > $1M = $1.5M)
Award Duration: NA (average = 3.5 years)
Proposal Deadline: August 12, 2008

The Advances in Biological Informatics (ABI) program seeks to encourage new approaches to the analysis and dissemination of biological knowledge for the benefit of both the scientific community and the broader public. The ABI program is especially interested in proposals that offer potentially transformative outcomes through the development of informatics tools and resources that (1) offer novel and significant advances in the use of biological data and/or (2) will advance research in biology supported by the NSF BIO Directorate.

The Program supports a range of activities along a continuum, from the formative, theoretical development of new algorithms, data structures, and tools, through the development of new information resources to the enhancement of established resources needed by whole communities of biological researchers. The highest priority is on supporting proposals that address the formative stages of this continuum. Examples include new tools which scale well to complex biological data, theoretical research on data structures, design of easy-to-use interfaces and tools for data input, manipulation, analysis and extraction, and planning and prototype development of new types of biological data- or knowledge-bases.

The ABI program encourages research on and/or the development of the following:

New data types, algorithms, and methods for recognizing and understanding complexity and connectivity in biological systems across multiple scales of organization from molecules to ecosystems;
Algorithms, software or ontologies related to the retrieval, integration, and use of heterogeneous biological information, for example, data-mining, search, portals, semantic integration or visualization;
Tools that can facilitate biological research work-flows, analytic pathways, or integration between the field and the laboratory, or between observation, experiments and models;
Software and methods for making use of new technologies for the acquisition , communication or visualization of biological data;
New methods and tools for the construction, operation, and utilization of biological databases, including research into database architectures and infrastructures, data standards designed to be extendable to different biological domains, and data structures for new types of biological information; and
Informatics tools and approaches that bridge interdisciplinary differences in concepts and data between biology and other sciences.

The above examples are by no means exclusive. Any proposal that is designed to meet the goals of the Program will be considered. The Program especially encourages imaginative and novel proposals to develop transformative research tools and resources that will open up completely new ways of managing and utilizing large amounts and disparate kinds of biological information.

NSF Biophotonics, Advanced Imaging, and Sensing for Human Health (BISH)
Division: Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CBET)
Anticipated Average Award Amount: ~$100,000-$200,000/year
Award Duration: 1-3 years
Proposal Window: August 15, 2008 - September 15, 2008

The BISH program supports innovative research of biophotonic, imaging, and sensing technologies for applications in human health. Developing molecularly specific sensing (molecular photonics), imaging, and monitoring systems with high sensitivity and resolution would be an enormous accomplishment with powerful applications to both biology and medicine. Low cost diagnostics will require novel integration of photonics, molecular biology, and material science. Complex biosensors capable of detecting and discriminating among large classes of biomolecules could be important not only to biology and medicine, but also to environmental sensing and homeland security.

NSF Biomedical Engineering (BME)
Division: Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CBET)
Anticipated Average Award Amount: $80,000/year
Award Duration: 1-3 years
Proposal Window: August 15, 2008 - September 15, 2008

The Biomedical Engineering (BME) program supports fundamental, transformative, and discovery research applied to biological systems. The long-term impact of the projects can be related to disease diagnosis and/or treatment, improved health care delivery, or product development. Projects submitted to the BME Program must advance both engineering and biomedical sciences.

NSF Expeditions in Computing
Directorate: Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE)
Award Amount: Up to $2M per year
Award Duration: Up to 5 years
LOI Deadline: July 10, 2008
Preliminary Proposal Deadline: September 10, 2008
Full Proposal Deadline: February 10, 2009

CISE Expeditions funds ambitious, fundamental research that promises to define the future of computing and information. Investigators are encouraged to come together within or across departments or institutions to identify compelling, transformative research agenda.

NSF Physics of Living Systems (PoLS)
Division: Physics
Award Amount: NA (average award amount since 2004 is $380,000)
Award Duration: NA (average award duration since 2004 is 2-3 years)
Proposal Deadline: July 31, 2008

The program “Physics of Living Systems” (PoLS) at the National Science Foundation evolved from the successful Biological Physics program, which supported projects that applied analytical and experimental tools of physics to the study of biological problems at the molecular level. PoLS is replacing the Biological Physics program and will target theoretical and experimental research exploring the most fundamental biological processes that living systems utilize to perform their functions in dynamic and diverse environments. PoLS will stimulate those investigations that have the potential to transform the study of living systems.

Recently funding projects include:

Summer Institute for Biomedical Optics
Development of a Retinal Readout System (Alan Litke, SCIPP)
Collaborative Research: Dynamics of Boolean Networks and Gene Expression
Combined Ablation and Nonlinear Imaging system for nanoscale studies in biology
Electronic Recognition of Gene Regulatory Proteins Bound to DNA
High Resolution Single Molecule Study of RecA
NIRT: Biomolecular-Scale Nanofabrication for Investigation of Signaling, Motility, and Motor Protein Complexes
Nonequilibrium, Single-Molecule Studies of Protein Unfolding
Nuclear Resonance Spectroscopy of Biomolecules
Photobiology of Vision & Photosynthesis
Protein Beam Diffraction
Quantifying Single Molecule DNA-ligand Interactions
Resonance Raman Studies of Electron-Nuclear Coupling, Time Resolved Dynamics, and Magnetic Perturbations of Biomolecules
Single molecule bio- and polymer physics
Single Molecule Studies of Recombinational DNA Structure and Dynamics
Study of the Dynamics of Protein-DNA Interactions to Probe Site-Specific Recognition
The relationship between spatial nuclear organization and stochastic gene expression
Theoretical and Computational Studies of Pressure Induced Denaturation of Proteins

NSF Virtual Organizations as Sociotechnical Systems (VOSS)
Division: Office of Cyberinfrastructure
Award Amount: $50K-$400K (total)
Award Duration: 3 years
Proposal Deadline: June 2, 2008

The Virtual Organizations as Sociotechnical Systems (VOSS) program supports scientific research directed at advancing the understanding of effective virtual organizations and under what conditions virtual organizations can enable and enhance scientific, engineering, and education production and innovation. Disciplinary perspectives may include anthropology, complexity sciences, computer and information sciences, decision and management sciences, economics, engineering, organization theory, organizational behavior, social and industrial psychology, public administration, and sociology.

NSF Genes and Genome Systems Cluster
Division: Molecular and Cellular Biosciences
Award Amount: NA (recent awards have been in the $100K-$200K/yr range)
Award Duration: NA (recent awards have been ~3 years)
Proposal Deadline: July 12, 2008

The Genes and Genome Systems Cluster supports studies on genomes and genetic mechanisms in all organisms, whether prokaryote, eukaryote, phage, or virus. Proposals on the structure, maintenance, expression, transfer, and stability of genetic information in DNA, RNA, and proteins and how those processes are regulated are appropriate. Areas of interest include genome organization, molecular and cellular evolution, replication, recombination, repair, and vertical and lateral transmission of heritable information. Of equal interest are the processes that mediate and regulate gene expression, such as chromatin structure, epigenetic phenomena, transcription, RNA processing, editing and degradation, and translation. The use of innovative in vivo and/or in vitro approaches, including biochemical, physiological, genetic, genomic, and/or computational methods, is encouraged, as is research at the interfaces of biology, physics, chemistry, mathematics and computer science, and engineering.

NSF Energy for Sustainability
Division: Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CBET)
Award Amount: ~$100,000/year
Award Duration: 1-3 years
Proposal Window: August 15, 2008 - September 15, 2008

The Energy for Sustainability program supports fundamental research and education in energy production, conversion, and storage and is focused on energy sources that are environmentally friendly and renewable.

Sources of sustainable energy include:

Sunlight
Wind
Biomass

Advances in these areas are needed to address key challenges in efficiency, durability, power density, and environmental impacts. The engineering aspects of fuel-cell design and operation also require further study in areas such as water and thermal management. Wind power is a growing source of electrical energy. Increased efficiency requires a fundamental knowledge of the interaction of wind with the blade structure. Understanding the fluid flow, and optimizing blade design are important aspects in developing more efficient wind generators. Photovoltaic devices have the potential to supply a significant fraction of electrical energy to the power grid. Although silicon-based materials have been most widely used, other semiconducting materials and titanium dioxide also have potential. New materials and novel fabrication techniques for solar energy conversion are supported by the program.

NSF Research to Aid Persons with Disabilities (RAPD)
Division: Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CBET)
Award Amount: ~$80K/year (+ additional $25K/year for Undergrad Design Project)
Award Duration: 1-3 years
Proposal Window: August 15, 2008 - September 15, 2008

The Research to Aid Persons with Disabilities (RAPD) program supports research that will lead to the development of new technologies, devices, or software for persons with disabilities. Research may be supported that is directed to the characterization, restoration, and/or substitution of human functional ability or cognition, or to the interaction of persons with disabilities and their environment. Areas of particular recent interest are disability-related research in neuroscience/neuroengineering and rehabilitation robotics.

Undergraduate Engineering Design Projects are also supported, especially those that provide prototype "custom-designed" devices or software for persons with disabilities. (This component is awarded separately: ~$25,000/year for 3-5 years)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

NIH Bridges to the Doctorate Program (R25)
Proposal Deadlines: September 18, 2008; January 22, 2009
Award Amount: TBD ($12M available per year for 6-9 awards)
Award Duration: Up to 5 years

The Bridges to the Future Program (Bridges to Baccalaureate and Bridges to Doctorate) responds to the national need for increasing the number of well-trained minority scientists in the fields of biomedical, clinical, behavioral and health services research. The program provides funding opportunities to: a) increase the transfer rates of students from targeted groups/populations from associate to baccalaureate degree-granting institutions and from master’s to doctoral degree- granting institutions; and b) increase the graduation rates of these transfer students with baccalaureate and Ph.D. degrees, respectively, in biomedical and behavioral sciences.

NOTE: NIGMS will conduct a Technical Assistance Workshop for Bridges to the Doctorate Program Directors, potential Program Directors, and others who have an interest in and intend to submit a new, revised or renewal application for Bridges to the Doctorate program. The workshop is scheduled for Friday, July 25, 2008 from 8:30 am-4:00 pm in Bethesda, MD.

NIH Resource Program Grants in Bioinformatics (P41)
Participating Org: NICHD
Award Amount: ~$500,000-$1,750,000 (direct costs) per year
Award Duration: 5 years
Proposal Deadline: September 25, 2008
Click here for deadlines by IC.

These grants are intended to support operation, improvement and maintenance of bioinformatics tools or resources, user training and services, and wide dissemination of the tools or resources. To qualify for support, bioinformatics resources – software, algorithms, or knowledge resources – must be of demonstrable value toward advancing research utilizing animal model systems in the biomedical sciences and must also be of particular importance to those seeking to understand the
biological basis of human and animal development and the etiology of structural birth defects.

Examples of relevant projects include the following:

Tools for analyzing and/or storing large datasets, including genomic and proteomic data, data regarding gene and protein expression in relation to cellular, anatomical, and/or developmental coordinates
Data sets and tools for analysis of gene regulatory networks, protein-protein interaction networks, epigenetic regulatory mechanism, systems biological approaches, and other tools for understanding normal and abnormal biological function and/or development.
Systems for knowledge representation, including vocabularies, ontologies, simulations and virtual reality, retrieval tools and intelligent agents for scientific information related to developmental processes.
Efforts to curate and annotate unique collections of data, information or knowledge that support learning and research utilizing animal model systems.
Software for information and knowledge processing, including information extraction, integration of data from heterogeneous sources, event detection, and feature recognition within these data sets.

Examples of areas of research that are appropriate under this competition include the following:

Evolutionary theory and practice arising from genomic advances;

Statistical and other approaches to the discovery of genes contributing to complex behavior, and their environmental interactions;

Explanatory and predictive models of the cellular state;

Growth, motility, cell division, membrane trafficking, and other cellular behavior;

Metabolic circuitry and dynamics;

Population dynamics;

Signal transduction;

Development of new algorithms for phylogenetic analysis;

Design principles and dynamics of pattern formation in development and differentiation;

New approaches to the prediction of molecular structure;

Improved algorithms for structure determination by x-ray crystallography, NMR and electron microscopy;

Simulations of the human systemic responses to burn, trauma and other injury;

New approaches to understanding system-wide effects of pharmacological agents and anesthetics, and their genetic and environmental modifiers.

These areas of research are examples only. They are not meant to be inclusive.

NIH Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in Biology and Medicine (R01)
NIH Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in Biology and Medicine (R21)
Award Amount (R01): NA (ave $250K-$350K)
Award Duration (R01): 3-5 years
Proposal Deadlines (R01): June 5, 2008; October 5, 2008
Award Amount (R21): $275K maximum
Award Duration (R21): 2 years
Proposal Deadlines (R21): June 16, 2008; October 16, 2008

This funding opportunity (FOA) is aimed at enhancing nanoscience and nanotechnology research focused on problems in biology and medicine.

Examples of research topics include:

Tools and approaches to interrogate, understand, and manipulate single cells, structures, and molecules;
Innovative techniques for DNA sequencing;
Novel hybridization/probe-based nucleic acids tools enabling, for example, gene expression analysis, genotyping, and single nucleotide polymorphism detection and scoring;
The development of techniques to characterize the physical, chemical, structural, and biological properties of nanostructured assemblies/materials to advance biomedical technologies;
Research and development of nano-scale technologies for biomedical imaging;
Development of materials/methods for imaging subcellular structures at the nanoscale in living cells;
Detection and manipulation of single molecules;
Molecular imaging probes for nervous system tissue in vitro or in vivo;
Development of new molecular imaging probes and technologies that allow for a quantitative understanding of how biological systems work on the nanometer scale, and how these systems are integrated within cells;
Applications proposing only the use of commercially available nanoscale tools (e.g., commercial quantum dots as imaging agents) to study biological processes without specific technology development or application elements specific to biological processes are not appropriate.

NIH Technology Development for Biomedical Applications (R21)
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
Award Amount: Direct costs are limited to $125,000 per year
Award Duration: 3 years maximum
Proposal Deadline: May 21, 2008

The goal of this FOA is to solicit innovative applications for (1) the development of new and improved instruments or devices, (2) the development of new methodologies using existing instruments, or (3) the development of software related to instrumentation. Examples of new tools and techniques that are responsive to this FOA include optical spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, electrophoresis and other separation techniques, microscopy, lasers and optics, X-ray tools and techniques, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, bioreactors and other forms of cell culture, centrifugation, proteomics, genomic sequencing, functional genomics, comparative genomics, microarrays, and human sequence variation (e.g., genotyping). This list is not exhaustive, but investigators with topics outside of these areas are strongly encouraged to contact program staff to ensure that their applications are responsive.

This FOA is similar to the "Instrument Development for Biological Research" program in the Directorate for Biological Sciences at the NSF. However, note that "Proposals primarily focused in the areas of biomedical imaging, sensors, biomaterials, tissue engineering and rehabilitation engineering will be considered nonresponsive and withdrawn without review."

NIH Express Research Grants in Biomedical Informatics (R21)
Division: National Library of Medicine (NLM/NIH)
Award Amount: Limit $250,000/yr in direct costs
Award Duration: 3-5 yrs
Proposal Deadline: June 5, 2008; October 5, 2008

The following basic informatics problem areas demonstrate the scope of NLM’s research interests:

Information & knowledge processing
Integration of information from heterogeneous sources (for event detection, feature recognition, and decision support, including very large, data sets, etc)
Approaches for linking phenomic and genomic information
Information retrieval, knowledge discovery in databases, discovery mining, and other techniques for in silico discovery
High performance computing and communications: e.g. approaches to meet needs in public health and clinical care, such as real-time decision support in a disaster or emergency event
Modeling and simulation techniques (e.g. linking data from different biological scales to present enhanced views for health care or biomedical education)
Visualization and presentation approaches for information (e.g. to enhance decisions, learning or understanding, including intelligent agents, customizable interfaces)

NIH NIDCD Small Grant Program (R03)
Division: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
Award Amount: Up to $100K/year
Award Duration: 3 years
Proposal Deadline: June 27, 2008

The NIDCD Small Grant Program is intended to support basic and clinical research of scientists who are in the early stages of establishing an independent research career. It cannot be used for thesis or dissertation research. The research must be focused on one or more of the areas within the biomedical and behavioral scientific mission of the NIDCD: hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech, or language.

NASA

NASA Applied Information Systems Research (ROSES 2008)
Award Amount: ~$180K/year for "higher risk" and "standalone" investigations; ~$400K/year for collaborative projects.
Award Duration: 1-4 years
NOI Deadline: June 20, 2008 (Notice of Intent to propose is encouraged, but not required)
Application Deadline: August 27, 2008.

The purpose of the Applied Information Systems Research (AISR) program is
to evolve advances in computer and information science and technology to
enhance science productivity of the Science Mission Directorate (SMD).

Notional areas of interest for proposals to this program include, but are not limited to:
• Data/information synthesis and intelligent knowledge capture;
• Computational methods and algorithms for scientific analysis and discovery;
• Multidimensional data representation, visualization, and comparison;
• Distributed collaborative frameworks; and/or
• Autonomous operations and onboard science autonomy.

Department of Defense (DoD)

AFOSR, ARO, DARPA, DHS, ONR

DoD Fiscal Year 2009 Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP)
Award Amount: $50,000-$1,000,000
Award Duration: 2 years
Proposal Deadline: August 26, 2008 @ 4pm EDT

This announcement seeks proposals to purchase instrumentation in support of research areas of interest to the DoD. DURIP funds will be used for the acquisition of major equipment to augment current or develop new research capabilities. Individual proposals may request funding for more than one item of equipment if the requested items of equipment comprise a “system” that is used for a common research purpose.

DARPA Computer Science Study Group (CSSG)
Award Amount: ~$100,000 Phase 1; ~$500,000 Phase 2; ~$250,000 Phase 3
Award Duration: 3-4 years for all 3 phases
Application Deadline: August 11, 2008 (Early submission is strongly encouraged, as proposals will be reviewed as they are received.)

Eligibility: Participants should be no more than seven years beyond receiving a doctoral degree.

DARPA is seeking interested participants to join in the Computer Science Study Group (CSSG). The objective of the CSSG is to rapidly identify ideas in the field of computer science that will provide revolutionary advances to the Department of Defense (DoD). This opportunity is for selection to participate in Phase I of the program.

Phase I consists of both a series of briefings and visits to a variety of military sites and facilities over the course of a 12-month period, as well as individual research programs.

Phase II consists of a 12 to 24-month research effort that leverages Phase I experiences and research. Phase II proposals will support revolutionary ideas for fundamental research in the broad computer science field to provide capabilities relevant to the DoD mission.

Phase III consists of a 12-month research effort that leverages the Phase II results.

Technologies of Interest: The following list not exhaustive. A successful participant may well have research interests in other areas. See RA for descriptions of each of these technologies.
- Bio-inspired Exploitation Systems
- Biometrics
- Cognitive Unifying Exploitation Theory
- Complexity Theory
- Computational Mapping and Terrain Visualization
- Computer Graphics
- Computer Vision
- Detecting Deviations from Normalcy
- Information Accessibility, Integration, and Management
- Machine Learning
- Network Management and Modeling
- Novel Sensing and Information Gathering
- Pattern Recognition
- Programming Languages
- Reasoning with Uncertainty
- Smart Surveillance Systems
- Software Engineering
- Computational Epidemiology

Department of Energy (DoE)

No current postings.

Foundations

No current postings.

Other (Corporate, UC)

University of California Lab Research Program
Award Amount: $20,000-$2,000,000 per year
Award Duration: 1-3 years
LOI Deadline: June 27, 2008 @ 9:00 p.m. PDT
Proposal Deadline: August 4, 2008

This is a new research opportunity offered by the University of California and funded by a portion of the management fees that may be awarded to the University for the management of the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) based on an annual performance evaluation process included in each of the two management contracts. Research must be related to the missions of the laboratories and must emphasize collaborations between University faculty, staff and students and the research staff of the laboratories.

HP Labs Innovation Research Program
Agency/Source: HP
Award Amount: $50,000 - $75,000
Award Duration: 1 year
Proposal Deadline: June 18, 2008

The HP Labs Innovation Research Program creates opportunities at colleges, universities and research institutes around the world for breakthrough collaborative research with HP. A key element of each award will be on-campus support for one graduate-student researcher. Larger or partial awards may be made.

The 2008 HP Labs Innovation Research program is seeking proposals for breakthrough research
within five broad research themes:

Information explosion: Acquiring, analyzing and delivering the right information to individuals and businesses so they can act on it;
Dynamic cloud services: Developing web platforms and cloud services that are dynamically
personalized based on your location, preferences, calendar and communities;
Content transformation: Enabling the fluid transformation of content from analog to digital, from device to device, and from digital content to physical products;
Intelligent infrastructure: Designing smarter, more secure computing devices, networks and architectures that work together to connect individuals and businesses to rich, dynamic content and services;
Sustainability: Creating technologies, IT infrastructure, and new business models for the low-carbon economy that save money and leave a lighter footprint on the world.