Identified Limited Submission Programs

Administration on Aging National Center on Elder Abuse

The Proposal Development Office distributed the following announcement in April that permits only one application from the institution. Please respond as requested below if you are working on an application for the current deadline.

As the effective and visible advocate for older Americans and their concerns, the Administration on Aging (AoA) is committed to protecting seniors from elder mistreatment. AoA’s elder rights programs protect seniors from known abuses to which older adults are often susceptible and assure the basic rights and benefits of vulnerable older people. Elder rights program activities conserve and extend personal resources, help avoid threats to financial security, and empower older Americans to make informed choices that enhance their ability to remain in the community.

Through this program announcement, AoA plans to award three (3) cooperative agreements and one (1) grant, ranging from $75,000 - $300,000, to collaborate in the National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA). One (1) contract will be awarded through a separate procurement to operate the website for the NCEA information clearinghouse and an email listserve for elder abuse prevention and related professionals. The NCEA, which will be directed by the AoA, will include five (5) awardees, and the total funding for their collaborative work in the NCEA will be $815,250 per year. There are four (4) options in this program announcement under which entities may apply for funding:

Option I: Multi-Disciplinary Efforts (Cooperative Agreement)
Option II: Training (Cooperative Agreement)
Option III: NCEA Co-Manager (Cooperative Agreement)
Option IV: NCEA Special Projects (Grant)

Grantees are required to match at least 25% of the total program costs from non-federal cash or in-kind resources.

See program website for more information:
http://www.aoa.gov/doingbus/fundopp/announcements/2007/NCEA.doc

Most recent internal deadline: June 13, 2007.

Most recent external deadline: June 13, 2007.

Agency for Healthcare and Research Quality - Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grants (T32)

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) will award the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grants (T32) to eligible institutions as the primary means of supporting predoctoral and postdoctoral health services research training to help ensure that a diverse and highly trained workforce is available to assume leadership roles related to the nation’s health services research agenda. The primary objective is to prepare qualified individuals for careers in health services research who will focus their careers on producing research that will be implemented to improve the health care of all Americans. AHRQ requires all applicants to address at least one of the following special research training objectives in their T32 application:

Translating Research into Practice and Policy
Patient Safety and Quality
Quality Improvement
Patient-Centered Care
Payment, Markets, and Organization
Health Care Disparities
Core Competencies
Large-Scale Data Base Methods

The total project period requested in response to the present FOA may not exceed five (5) years. An application’s budget request must not exceed $500,000 in total costs per year including Facilities and Administrative (F&A) costs.

For more details, see the full program description at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HS-08-001.html.

Most recent internal deadline: August 8, 2007.

Most recent external deadline: October 19, 2007.

American Geriatrics Society (AGS) - Hartford Geriatrics Health Outcomes Research Scholars Awards Program

Sponsored by The John A. Hartford Foundation, in collaboration with the AGS Foundation for Health in Aging, the Hartford Geriatrics Health Outcomes Research Scholars Awards Program, supports physician-scientists committed to improving the health care of older adults during the critical transition from junior faculty to independent researcher.

For the purposes of this grant, outcomes research is defined as the study of functional status, impairments, perceptions, social opportunities, and health services utilization that are influenced by disease, injury, treatment, or health policy, including etiology, diagnosis, and intervention. Research must be focused on older adults and may address clinical strategies and effectiveness, innovative outcomes measures, and quality of life. Hartford Outcomes Scholars must have a research sponsor who should have a strong background in training and outcomes research, as well as expertise and interest in the outcomes research that is being proposed.

Four recipients, chosen by a Selection Committee comprised of nationally prominent academic physicians, will receive a $200,000 grant over a two-year period to perform studies in outcomes research topics that are focused on the improved care of older adults. Research findings are presented at the American Geriatrics Society Annual Scientific Meeting at the conclusion of the recipient’s grant.

The applicant must obtain permission from the dean of his or her medical school to apply for this award. The applicant must have a written commitment from his or home institution, and be committed to continue involvement throughout the period of the project award. In addition to the primary sponsor, applicants may also collaborate with an on-site or off-site secondary sponsor who has expertise in the proposed area or departmental chair or division chief that 75 percent of the applicant's time will be devoted to research. Collaboration with an interdisciplinary team of investigators is encouraged.

For more information see: http://www.healthinaging.org/hartford/

American Legacy Foundation - Small Innovative Grants Program to Reduce Tobacco Use

Through the Small Innovative Grants Program, the American Legacy Foundation supports projects that advance creative, promising solutions based on sound principles of tobacco control to remedy the harm caused by tobacco use in America. Legacy created the Small Innovative Grants Program to seed new projects or enable an organization to pilot a new idea or approach.

Twice a year, Legacy supports a limited number of grants under this program. Legacy issues renewable grants for up to $100,000 each for the first year of funding. Upon invitation, grantees may apply for a second year of funding for up to 50 percent of the amount awarded in the first year. Grantees must provide a 1:1 cash match for second-year funding. A match is encouraged but not required for the first year of funding.

Link to Full Announcement and guidelines:  http://www.americanlegacy.org/1710.aspx

Most recent internal deadline: May 15, 2008.

Most recent external deadline: May 23, 2008. 

Beckman Foundation, Arnold and Mabel: Young Investigators Program

The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation makes grants to non-profit research institutions to promote research in chemistry and the life sciences, broadly interpreted, and particularly to foster the invention of methods, instruments and materials that will open up new avenues of research in science. The Beckman Young Investigator (BYI) Program is intended to provide research support to the most promising young faculty members in the early stages of academic careers in the chemical and life sciences.  Projects should show promise for contributing to significant advances in the research fields of interest to the Foundation. They should represent innovative departures in research rather than extensions or expansions of existing programs. Proposed research that cuts across traditional boundaries of scientific disciplines is encouraged

To be eligible, an applicant should not have completed more than three full years in his or her tenure-track or other comparable independent research appointment. Regardless of eligibility under this rule, no individual may apply for a BYI Award more than three times. Candidates must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States at the time of application.

Projects are normally funded for a period of three years. Grants are normally in the range of $300,000 over the term of the project. The Foundation does not provide for overhead or for indirect costs.

For more information including a list of previous recipients, see the Beckman Foundation’s website at: http://www.beckman-foundation.com/byi.html.

Most recent internal deadline: August 8, 2008.

Most recent external deadline: October 1, 2008.

Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Awards for Medical Scientists

The Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Awards for Medical Scientists provides five-year $700,000 awards to bridge advanced postdoctoral/fellowship training and the early years of faculty service.  Candidates must hold an MD, DVM, DDS, PharmD or equivalent clinical degree.  The proposed research project must be in the area of basic biomedical, disease oriented, translational, or molecular, genetic, or pharmacological epidemiology research.  Proposals that are in the area of epidemiology should contact BWF to determine eligibility; proposals in health services research or involving large scale clinical trials are ineligible; BWF encourages proposals in reproductive science.

Candidates must be a clinical fellow, resident, instructor (non-tenure track), or a postdoctoral researcher and have at least two years of research experience at the time of application.  Candidates who hold a junior faculty appointment (lecturer, instructor, assistant professor-non tenure track) may be eligible if they have been in a faculty position for two years or less at the time of application.  Candidates must not be more than 120 months past their most recent doctorate.  During the award period, at least 75 percent of the awardee's time must be devoted to research-related activities.  Candidates must be citizens or permanent residents of the US or Canada at the time of application.

A detailed description of the Career Awards for Medical Scientists program and complete guidelines for the application are available at <http://www.bwfund.org/programs/CAMS/cams_apply.html>.

The University of Kentucky may nominate up to five candidates.  If a woman or underrepresented minority (i.e., African American, Hispanic, or Native American) is nominated within the initial five candidates, a sixth candidate may be nominated provided that candidate is a woman or underrepresented minority.  Candidates must be nominated by their dean or department chair.

Most recent internal deadline: August 21, 2008. 

Most recent external deadline: October 1, 2008.

Burroughs Wellcome Fund - Career Awards at the Scientific Interface (CASI)

The Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) Career Awards at the Scientific Interface (CASI) are intended to foster the early career development of postdoctoral scientists with backgrounds in the physical/computational sciences whose work addresses biological questions and who are dedicated to pursuing a career in academic research. Candidates must hold a Ph.D. in the fields of mathematics, physics, chemistry, computer science, statistics, or engineering or must demonstrate significant expertise in one of these areas as evidenced by publications or advanced course work. The awards provide up to $500,000 in support over five years to bridge advanced postdoctoral training and the first three years of a future faculty appointment, presumably at a different institution.

The University of Kentucky may nominate up to two candidates for the award. However, to encourage applications from women, institutions that nominate a female candidate will be allowed three nominations. In addition, to encourage applications from members of underrepresented minority groups, institutions may have single additional nomination if they nominate an African-American, Hispanic, or Native American candidate. No more than one of an institution's nominees may be a temporary resident of the U.S.

Candidates must have completed at least 12 months but not more than 48 months of postdoctoral research at the time of application. They cannot hold nor have accepted, either in writing or verbally, a faculty appointment as a tenure-track assistant professor at the time of application. Eligible applicants include: U.S. and Canadian citizens; non-citizen Permanent Residents of the U.S. and Canada with certification by the nominating institution; and temporary residents as long as the nominating institution can certify that the applicant's visa will allow him/her to remain in the U.S. long enough for him/her to be productive on the project.

A detailed description of the CASI program and complete guidelines for the application are available online at http://www.bwfund.org/programs/interfaces/index.html.

Most recent internal deadline: March 4, 2008.

Most recent external deadline: April 15, 2008.

Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) Clinical Scientist Awards in Translational Research

Clinical Scientist Awards in Translational Research provide $750,000 over a period of five years ($150,000 per year). BWF will make up to 10 awards for the 2009 series. The program's goal is to foster the development and productivity of established independent physician-scientists who will strengthen translational research through their own studies as well as by mentoring physician-scientist trainees. Theawards are intended to give recipients the freedom and flexibility to explore fundamental scientific questions, to apply the resulting knowledge at the bedside, and to bring insights from the clinical setting back to the laboratory for further exploration. BWF hopes these efforts will lead to a better understanding of disease mechanisms and to new methods of diagnosing, treating, and preventing disease. BWF is particularly interested in supporting investigators who will bring novel ideas and new approaches to translational research.

Candidates must

• have an MD or MD-PhD degree and hold an appointment or joint appointment in a subspecialty of clinical medicine.
• be academic investigators at the assistant professor or early associate professor level (preferably no more than two years after promotion), holding a tenure-track or equivalent position, at the time of application. Individuals holding the rank of professor are ineligible.
• present evidence of having established an independent research career (this is not a "new investigator" award). Successful candidates in the past have had NIH R01 funding and a track record of independent publications.
•  hold a current license to practice medicine in the US or Canada.
•  be citizens or permanent residents of the US or Canada at the time of application.

Guidelines and additional information about the program are available at: http://www.bwfund.org/programs/translational/clinical_scientists_main.html

Most recent internal deadline: August 13, 2008.

Most recent external deadline: October 1, 2008.

Burroughs Wellcome Fund: Investigators in Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease

This program provides up to 14 awards, each $400,000 over five years, to accomplished assistant professors to study the pathogenesis of infectious disease at its most fundamental level—the points where human and microbial systems connect. The program supports research that sheds light on overarching problems in this encounter: how colonization, infection, commensalism, and other relationships play out at levels ranging from molecular interactions to systemic ones.

Work supported will be efforts that have the potential to significantly advance the understanding of how microbes and the human system interact especially in the context of infection. Biochemical, pharmacological, molecular, genetic, immunologic, and other approaches are all appropriate for support by the program.

For additional information, see the following website: http://www.bwfund.org/programs/infectious_disease/pathogenesis_main.html.

Most recent internal deadline: October 20, 2006.

Most recent external deadline: November 1, 2006.

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Since 1999, the Carnegie Scholars Program has been supporting individual scholars to conduct research that extends the boundaries of its grantmaking priorities. For the next few years, the Scholars Program will focus on supporting scholars whose research relates to intellectual and policy developments in Islam and Muslim communities. The overall aim is to build a critical mass of thoughtful and original scholarship in order to add to our fund of knowledge regarding Islam as a religion as well as the cultures and civilizations of Muslim societies and communities, both in the United States and abroad. Recognizing that in order for ideas to influence society they must be widely communicated to a variety of audiences, the fellowship emphasizes the communication of scholarly research beyond the academic community to policymakers and the public. The program annually awards up to 20 fellowships for a period of one to two years and for a maximum amount of $100,000. At the end of the fellowship period, Scholars will submit a written report along with books or manuscripts prepared as a result of the Corporation’s support.

http://www.carnegie.org/sub/program/scholars.html

An Internal Competition will be announced when the nomination request is received for this year.

Centers for Disease Control - NIOSH - Education and Research Centers (ERC)

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention invites grant applications for Education and Research Centers (ERC) that are focused on occupational safety and health training and research training. ERCs are academic institutions that provide interdisciplinary graduate training and continuing education in the core occupational safety and health areas of industrial hygiene, occupational health nursing, occupational medicine residency, occupational safety, as well as other closely related occupational safety and health fields. The following NIOSH website (http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/oep/centers.html) has information on the currently funded ERCs, including one at the University of Cincinnati; details of this program announcement are available at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-485.html. NIOSH recently issued the following clarification that pertains to several items in the announcement http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OH-07-002.html.

Most recent internal deadline: April 20, 2007.

Most recent external deadline: August 14, 2007.

Centers for Disease Control - NIOSH - National Center of Excellence for the Prevention of Childhood Agricultural Injury

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) intends to commit up to $850,000 in direct costs per year for a maximum of five years in support for a National Center of Excellence for the Prevention of Childhood Agricultural Injury.  This center is to expected to 1) serve as a leader to facilitate prevention efforts and activities; 2) provide or enhance efforts to prevent injuries occurring to children who live on, work on, or visit farms, or are associated with other agricultural activities that pose a risk to children; 3) establish linkages and partnerships with the agricultural community to facilitate childhood agricultural injury prevention; 4) identify, disseminate, and facilitate the use of state-of-the-art information and programs to prevent childhood agricultural injuries; 5) provide recommendations, which incorporate input from the diverse stakeholders within childhood agricultural safety and health, for guiding childhood agricultural injury prevention efforts; and 6) conduct research to improve the safety and health of children who live on, work on, or visit farms.

The complete announcement is available at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-OH-08-006.html

Most recent internal deadline: March 18, 2008.

Most recent external deadline: April 10, 2008. 

Dana Foundation, Charles A. - Brain and Immuno-Imaging Program

Eligibility:

Each U.S. medical school dean, and the presidents of the few selected biomedical research institutions that have been invited by letter, may nominate a total of two applicants, one for Track A, conventional brain imaging research; and, one application for Track B, studies using cellular and molecular imaging techniques alone or in combination with conventional imaging techniques. To be considered under this Program, each application must be countersigned by the medical school dean or invited biomedical institution’s president. 

http://www.dana.org/grants/imaging/default.aspx

Dana Foundation, Charles A. - Neuroimmunology Program

The Dana Foundation is soliciting preliminary proposals for its Neuroimmunology program. This program has been redesigned tofocus on brain infections and cancers. Specifically, studies are sought in three areas: (1) immune-based therapies for primary brain tumors, and for metastases to the brain of other cancers; (2) immune responses to infections in the brain, such as viral encephalitis, meningitis, cerebral malaria, and prion diseases, and (3) how the immune system affects the brain and how the brain modifies immune function. Projects should be feasible to complete within the limit of $200,000 total over a period of up to three years. Support is focused primarily on providing research support to faculty researchers early in their career, at the assistant professor level, or early in their associate professor career. Each U.S. medical school dean, and each president of the few selected biomedical research institutions that have been invited by letter, may nominate one proposal. Investigators at institutions that are affiliated with a medical school are eligible to apply only through their affiliated medical school, by submitting an application to the medical school dean. Preliminary proposals are due April 1, 2008. For more information, visit: http://www.dana.org/grants/detail.aspx?id=4522

Dreyfus, Camille and Henry - New Faculty Awards Program

The Dreyfus New Faculty Awards Program provides unrestricted research grants of $50,000 to institutions that offer a doctorate in chemistry, chemical engineering or biochemistry in support of faculty who start their first full-time tenure-track appointments in 2008. Allowable costs include student research stipends, scientific equipment, and other research needs. About 10 awards of $50,000 are made each year.

Additional information on the program, including a list of previous recipients, is available at http://www.dreyfus.org/nf.shtml.

Most recent internal deadline: March 24, 2008.

Most recent external deadline: May 8, 2008.

Dreyfus, Camille and Henry- Teacher-Scholar Award

Institutions that grant a baccalaureate or higher degree in chemistry, chemical engineering, or biochemistry may submit nominations to the Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program. Nominees must hold a full-time tenure-track academic appointment and are normally expected to be within the first five years of their independent academic careers. The Award provides a $75,000 unrestricted grant for a five-year period.

The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation seeks nominees who demonstrate leadership in research and education. Nominations must provide compelling evidence of the advance of important knowledge in the chemical sciences by the nominee. Further, the nominee will be assessed with respect to dedication, contributions, and innovations in education in the chemical sciences. Recommendations for awards are based primarily on the nominee's achievements as an independent faculty member as assessed by the Foundation's reviewers and the judgment of the nominee's peers exemplified by letters of recommendation. Other considered factors are: awards and honors, publication of research achievements in leading journals; and success in attracting funding of research.

Additional information describing this program: http://www.dreyfus.org/tc.shtml.

Most recent internal deadline: November 19, 2007

Most recent external deadline: January 9, 2008.

Duke, Doris - Clinical Scientist Development Award

The Doris Duke Clinical Scientist Development Award provides grants to junior physician-scientists to facilitate their transition to independent clinical research careers. The transition to an independent research career is often more difficult for physician-scientists conducting clinical research than it is for other researchers, as these individuals must balance both the demands of seeing patients with those of conducting research. The Medical Research Program created the Clinical Scientist Development Award to provide support to physician-scientists during this critical stage of career development.

Applicants must:
1. Be a physician-scientist conducting clinical research in any disease area;
2. Have received an M.D. or a foreign equivalent from an accredited institution;
3. Be working in a U.S. degree-granting institution, but do not have to be a U.S. citizen;
4. Have a full-time faculty level position not higher than the Assistant Professor level; and
5. Have been appointed to their first full-time faculty level position between January 31, 2002 and January 31, 2007. (All full-time post-fellowship Instructor level positions will be considered full-time faculty level appointments).

There are no fellowship level or research associate level awards as part of this competition. In addition, an award will not be made if, prior to the commencement of this award, the applicant has been or becomes the principal investigator on a National Institutes of Health, peer-reviewed, R01 research grant and/or the principal investigator on a research project that is part of a P01 program project or a P50 center grant. Applicants are allowed to hold a National Institutes of Health K series award or other career development award at the same time as the CSDA grant. However, applicants must propose distinct and different research aims in their CSDA application and there should be no scientific overlap.

It is likely that the foundation will award at least 17 three-year grants in 2007 of $125,000 per year in direct costs and $10,000 per year in indirect costs to junior faculty level physician-scientists conducting clinical research in any disease area.

Program website: http://www.ddcf.org/page.asp?pageId=291

Most recent internal deadline: Monday, January 8, 2007.

Most recent external deadline: March 6, 2007.

Duke, Doris - Distinguished Clinical Scientist Award

The Doris Duke Distinguished Clinical Scientist Award (DCSA) recognizes and supports outstanding mid-career physician-scientists who are engaged in applying the latest biomedical advances to the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and cure of disease. The award provides funds to conduct translational clinical research as well as support and mentor junior clinical researchers working in the awardee's laboratory. In 2008, up to five grants of $1.5 million each will be awarded to mid-career physician-scientists conducting translational clinical research in any disease area. Awards must be used over at least a five-year period.

This program is intended to support physician-scientists who are recognized leaders in their fields and who have well-established translational research programs. All nominees must:
1) Be a physician-scientist with an established translational clinical research program in any disease area;
2) Have received an M.D. or a foreign equivalent from an accredited institution;
3) Be working in a U.S. degree-granting institution but do not have to be a U.S. citizen;
4) Have a full-time university faculty appointment at least at the level of Associate Professor or its equivalent as of January 1, 2008;
4) Have been appointed to their first full-time faculty-level position no earlier than January 1, 1993. (All full-time post-fellowship Instructor-level positions will be considered full-time faculty-level appointments.)
Note: For the purposes of this award program, clinical research is defined as research conducted with human subjects with direct application to the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, or cure of any human disease. Experiments that utilize animals or primary tissues derived from animals are not eligible for support through this award program.

Research and Mentoring Requirements: The DCSA is intended to support an original clinical research project that does not overlap projects funded by other sources of support. At least 30% of the total effort must be dedicated to the work proposed in the application. Each Distinguished Clinical Scientist must have a proven track record as an outstanding mentor to junior clinical investigators, including medical students, fellows, and junior faculty members. The candidate must describe his/her mentoring history and experience and propose a mentoring plan for the period of the award. A majority of mentees to be supported by the DCSA should be working on or hold an M.D. degree.

Guidelines and additional information on this program are available at: http://www.ddcf.org/page.asp?pageId=297

Most recent internal deadline: December 3, 2007.

Most recent external deadline: January 23, 2008.

Education, U.S. Department of - Training Program for TRIO Programs

The U.S. Department of Education Training Program will provide funds to train staff and leadership personnel employed in, participating in, or preparing for employment in, projects funded under the Federal TRIO Programs, which are listed below:

Educational Opportunity Centers
Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement
Student Support Services
Talent Search
TRIO Dissemination Partnership Program
Training Program for Federal TRIO Programs Staff
Upward Bound
Upward Bound Math-Science

The Department of Education anticipates funding 8-12 grants at a maximum of approximately $400,000 each. Applicants will be expected to provide training to at least 325 participants and also must provide at least one training session on each listed topic in a specific priority that is tailored to the needs of new project directors and TRIO staff with less than two years of TRIO project experience. The Department of Education Training Program limits an institution to one application in each of the following priority areas:

Priority 1. Training to improve: record keeping; reporting student and project performance; and, the evaluation of project performance in order to design and operate a model TRIO project.

Priority 2. Training on: Budget management and the legislative and regulatory requirements for operation of the Federal TRIO Programs.

Priority 3. Training on: Assessment of student needs; proven retention and graduation strategies; and the use of educational technology in order to design and operate a model TRIO project.

Priority 4. Training on: Student financial aid and college and university admissions policies and procedures.

Applications are submitted electronically through Grants.gov. Details on this training program are available at: http://fr.cos.com/cgi-bin/retrieve?db=fr_2006&ac2=20060202a85 and through Grants.gov (http://apply.grants.gov/forms_apps_idx.html). The applicable CFDA Number is 84.103.

Most recent internal deadline: March 3, 2006.

Most recent external deadline: April 21, 2006.

Ellison Medical Foundation

The University of Kentucky has been invited to nominate two candidates for the Ellison Medical Foundation New Scholar Award in Aging. The objective of this award is to support new investigators of outstanding promise in the basic biological sciences relevant to understanding lifespan development processes and age-related diseases and disabilities. The award provides $100,000 per year for a four year period to enable new investigators to become established in the field of aging.

Eligible candidates are investigators who are in the first three (3) years of their research career following their post-doctoral fellowship experience. As of March 1, 2008, nominees must hold regular full time appointments (tenure or non-tenure) on the faculty of the sponsoring institution and they must not have been in such an appointment, at the sponsoring institution or other institution(s), for more than three years as of July 15, 2008, i.e. the appointment having been made no earlier than July 15, 2005. Time spent in clinical internships, post-doctoral training, residencies, or in work toward board certification does not count as part of the three-year limit.

Nominees for the New Scholars Award are expected to have great promise as potential leaders of biomedical science with relevance to aging. Each nominee's potential for scientific innovation, leadership, and relevance to aging will be evaluated based upon the research proposal, scientific contributions to date, and the reference statements provided by those who know the nominee and his/her work well. The quality and relevance of the nominee's publications and the importance to aging of the nominee's proposed research will be significant factors in the evaluation process. Depending upon the number of nominations submitted and the qualifications of the nominees, up to 25 scholars will be selected.

Ellison Medical Foundation New Scholars may hold one similar award from a private source concurrently for up to one year. The guidelines include a list of conflicting career development or new faculty awards as examples. New Scholar Awards will only be made for the full four-year term. If a conflicting award is accepted prior to the New Scholar Award, this must be resolved by either declining the Ellison Medical Foundation award or arranging to terminate the conflicting award within one year.

See http://www.ellisonfoundation.org/adsp.jsp?key=nsa_over for detailed guidelines as well as lists of previously funded Scholars.

Most recent internal deadline: January 22, 2008.

Most recent external deadline: February 29, 2008.

Energy, U.S. Department of - Energy Frontier Research Centers

The Department of Energy’s Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences announces the initiation of Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) to accelerate the rate of scientific breakthroughs needed to create advanced energy technologies for the 21st century.  The EFRCs will pursue the fundamental understanding necessary to meet the global need for abundant, clean, and economical energy.  The Office of Basic Energy Sciences is seeking applications for the establishment of EFRCs that will bring together the skills and talents of multiple investigators to enable fundamental research of a scope and complexity that would not be possible with the standard individual investigator or small group research project.  As such, the EFRCs will strengthen and complement the existing portfolio of the single Principal Investigator and small group research projects currently supported within BES core research areas.  The EFRC awards are expected to be in the $2 - 5 million range annually for an initial five-year project period.  It is anticipated that approximately $100 million will be available annually for multiple EFRC awards starting in FY 2009.  A specific entity may not submit more than three applications as the prime applicant, and an individual may not be named as the EFRC Director on more than one application.

The full announcement of 39 pages can be accessed at:  https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/933104E42D0185E58525742100694C78/$file/EFRC_FOA_Final_Dated_April42008_FINAL.pdf

Most recent internal deadline: June 9, 2008.

Most recent external deadline: October 1, 2008.

Environmental Protection Agency - Annual Training Workshop

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Headquarters, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics is soliciting proposals from eligible entities in support of the Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) Annual Training Workshop. This specific workshop is held each year to support CARE’s community-based, community-driven, partnership program designed to help communities understand and reduce risks due to toxics and environmental pollutants from all sources. The objective of the training workshop is to educate the CARE program in working collaboratively within the community to increase understanding of new approaches, to facilitate use of proven concepts, and to encourage more innovation in environmental programs. EPA anticipates awarding one cooperative agreement under this solicitation to support the annual training workshop. The amount of the award will be $150,000 for a period of two years. The grant will be incrementally funded in the first year for approximately $75,000.

Guidelines and detailed information are available at:  http://www.epa.gov/oppt/care_rfp.pdf

Because EPA limits an institution to one application, UK will hold an internal competition. Individuals interested in submitting an application should send the following information electronically to Ms. Kathy Stanwix-Hay (stanwix@email.uky.edu), Office of the Vice President for Research, and a copy to their Associate Dean for Research by Tuesday, September 9, 2008:

• Project title, name/department of PI, and names/departments of key personnel
• Project description (1 page) – include explanation of how you will support the training workshop and prior experience with managing conferences, supporting appropriate community speakers and presenters, negotiating hotel vendor contracts, and managing exhibit halls.
• Proposed outcomes and outputs of the training workshop (2 pages maximum) - include a section on tracking and measuring environmental results and an outline of a plan with milestones for tracking and measuring progress towards achieving expected outcomes and outputs. EPA uses the term “output” to mean an environmental activity or effort, and associated work products, related to a specific environmental goal(s), (e.g., testing a new methodology), that will be produced or developed over a period of time under the agreement. The term “outcome” means the result, effect, or consequence that will occur from the above activit(ies) that is related to an environmental, behavioral, or health-related objective.

A committee will be appointed to review the information and make recommendations concerning the University’s submission. The individual selected will be notified in sufficient time to prepare the proposal for submission by the deadline of October 3, 2008.

Environmental Protection Agency - Reducing the Environmental and Health Impacts of School Siting (EPA-OPEI-0704)

Agency: Development, Community and Environmental Division (DCED): U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Summary: The focus of this RFP is state-level decision-making and policies regarding capital investments in public schools including renovation of existing schools and siting and construction of new schools. In 2003, the EPA conducted a study which demonstrated a connection between school siting, student travel behavior, transportation-related air emissions, human health, and the environment. The purpose of this RFP is to:

1. Identify and summarize widely used policies and practices that may act as a barrier to implementing environmentally responsible smart growth school siting and design solutions;

2. Identify and summarize school siting and design strategies that have broad applicability and can provide localities and states with the flexibility to overcome these barriers (including new schools and opportunities to re-use or renovate existing schools). These strategies should lead to superior environmental outcomes, meet education goals, and meet other state/local goals (e.g., schools as centers of communities, student physical activity and health goals, reducing stress on transportation systems, meeting fiscal requirements, efficient use of tax dollars);

3. At minimum, result in a report and an electronic presentation to document and communicate the findings in 1-2 to a general audience, and to inform the educational efforts described in #5 below;

4. In at least 4 but no more than 10 states, identify, analyze and document existing policies and practices at the state level or on a state-wide basis that influence school siting and design;

5. For the states selected under #4, create any additional needed education materials, and educate critical school siting and construction stakeholders at the state level or on a state-wide basis on the findings from numbers 1-4 (above).

It is envisioned that 75% or more of the work conducted under this project will fall under numbers 3 and 4.

The expected outcomes may include reduced air and water impacts on school construction and operation, policy changes, and more informed stakeholders.

More information: http://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/grants/opei0704.htm

Most recent internal deadline: June 13, 2007.

Most recent external deadline: July 2, 2007.

Federal Highway Administration

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is soliciting pre-proposals for research and development projects that could lead to transformational changes and revolutionary advances for transportation planning in the United States. An objective is to identify new tools, techniques and approaches that respond to national transportation planning priorities and to spur innovation and focus on high risk and high pay-off research and development projects. Incremental advances, demonstrations of existing technologies, or applications of state and metropolitan transportation planning activities are not within the scope of this program.

FHWA has identified the following six focus areas of particular strategic interest and relevance and highly encourages pre-proposals in these areas.
1. Congestion Management - to reduce congestion on America's transportation network and support other initiatives to link operations and transportation planning.

2. Global Climate Change - The goals of this emphasis area are to (a) better understand the contribution of transportation facilities and services to air pollution and greenhouse gases and their potential implications, including environmental and human health impacts; (b) develop and assess analytical methods to adequately identify and reduce transportation emissions that contribute to global climate change; (c) identify cost-effective mitigation strategies to reduce transportation emissions that contribute to global climate change; and (d) improve understanding of climate change impacts on transportation facilities and systems and the ability to consider adaptations.

3. Freight Planning - to develop methods for the integration of freight into the transportation planning and programming processes at the state and metropolitan levels.

4. Public Involvement, Environmental Justice, Visualization in Planning - There is a continued need for assessing new methods in public involvement and community impact assessment practice. Environmental justice and visualization are emerging areas of research and practice for transportation planning practitioners that can be utilized to help convey and obtain technical information with communities that traditionally were not involved in the planning process.

5. Tools and Techniques That Support State and Local Planning and Capacity Building - Research needs to consider audience needs, agency practices and process requirements in statewide and metropolitan transportation planning.

6. Tools and Techniques That Support Tribal Planning Capacity Building - development of innovative tools or approaches that will promote the integration of tribal issues into the transportation planning and programming processes at the state and metropolitan levels.

Proposals may respond to one or more of the subject areas but must indicate which area is primary and which area or areas are subordinate.

The FHWA has budgeted approximately $700,000 in FY 2008. Applicants whose pre-proposals are of interest will be invited to submit full proposals. FHWA anticipates making multiple awards, typically of 12-24 months duration, ranging from $50,000 to over $100,000. The FHWA strongly encourages cost sharing under any contract that may result and can offer cooperative agreements if the proposer can offer a cost share of 50 percent from non-federal sources of funding.

Complete details on this program are available at http://fedbizopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec?id=20071206a494.

Most recent internal deadline: January 24, 2008.

Most recent external deadline: February 15, 2008.

Francis Families Foundation - Parker B Francis Fellowship Program

The Francis Families Foundation remains the sole benefactor of the Parker B. Francis Fellowship Program, a national postdoctoral study in pulmonary research inaugurated in 1975. The program supports the development of outstanding investigators planning careers in pulmonary research and awards fellowships in fields related to lung biology pulmonary disease.

The first grants for pulmonary research were awarded in 1976. Since then, the Francis Families Foundation has contributed more than $40 million to the Parker B. Francis Fellowship Program in support of more than 700 fellows. A survey of former fellows revealed that more than 90 percent of respondents are currently employed in universities and teaching hospitals, and still spend a significant portion of their time on research.

There are no restrictions regarding discipline or department. Clinical or basic science departments are suitable; however, it is expected that the proposed research will focus on lung biology or lung disease. Awards are limited to institutions located in the US, Canada and Mexico. Each department may submit only one application annually and is limited to a maximum of two active fellowships at any one time.

For more information see: http://www.francisfellowships.org/learn.htm.

Grant Foundation, William T. - Scholars Program

The William T. Grant Scholars Program supports promising early career researchers from diverse disciplines. The award is intended to facilitate the professional development of early career scholars who have some demonstrated success in conducting high quality research and are seeking to further develop their skills and research program. Studies from these Scholars contribute to theory and policy or practice for improving the everyday settings of youth.

Only one applicant may be nominated from a major division of an institution each year (e.g., College of Arts and Sciences, Medical School, major division of a non-profit institution).

For more information see: http://www.wtgrantfoundation.org/info-url_nocat3042/info-url_nocat_show.htm?doc_id=76878&attrib_id=4398.

Greenwall Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics

The Greenwall Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics is a career development award to enable outstanding junior faculty members to carry out original research that will help resolve important policy and clinical dilemmas at the intersection of ethics and the life sciences. This research will also put Faculty Scholars in a position to help set public policy and standards of clinical practice. The award provides three years of support and requires a 50% time commitment in each of the three years.

Applicants must be junior faculty members holding at least a 60 percent appointment at a university or non-profit research institute in the United States. Priority will be given to individuals who are below the rank of Associate Professor, who have not received a comparable career development award, and whose work will have an impact on public policy or clinical practice. Within this group, priority will be given to applicants whose research addresses innovative and emerging topics. Lower priority will be given to applicants who are working on institutional change, educational reform, or primarily theoretical research. Applicants who propose to carry out a conceptual or theoretical analysis should specify how such work will lead to changes in public policy or clinical practice.

Additional information on this program, including a list of current Faculty Scholars is available at: http://www.greenwallfsp.org/index.htm

Most recent internal deadline: November 2, 2007.

Most recent external deadline: December 1, 2007.

Johnson Foundation, Robert Wood - Aligning Forces for Quality: The Regional Market Project

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has announced a funding opportunity to help communities dramatically improve the quality of the health care they provide for chronic diseases in ambulatory settings. An academic medical center may be the lead organization and must define the components of its community. The organization must represent and involve multiple stakeholders, with substantial participation by the following health care market stakeholders: health care providers, including physicians and safety net providers; health care plans; employers; and consumers. The RWJF will accept only one proposal per applicant community and anticipates awarding six grants of up to $600,000 each over three years.

The RWJF Regional Market Project requires that proposed projects address three key elements: 1) performance measurement and public reporting; 2) quality improvement capacity; and 3) consumer engagement. Grantees must develop specific, quantifiable milestones and benchmarks to achieve substantial improvement in the three areas.

RWJF has scheduled a conference call for June 20 (1 p.m. – 3 p.m. EDT) to answer any questions about the program. Details are available at http://www.forces4quality.org/.

The lead organization must define its community and register with the RWJF by July 14th in order to submit a proposal.

Additional information and application instructions are available at: http://www.rwjf.org/applications/program/cfp.jsp?ID=19589

Most recent internal deadline: June 29, 2006.

Most recent external deadline: September 7, 2006.

Kellogg Foundation, W.K. - Rural Policy Network

The Kellogg Foundation is accepting applications for inclusion in the Rural Policy Network component of its Rural People, Rural Policy Initiative. Each selected network member organization will receive a grant of $100,000 over five years to support participation in activities such as the Peer Learning Sessions, Annual Rural Assemblies, and Rural Policy Network meetings. Details about the Initiative, grant application, and organization selection factors are available at the following site: http://www.wkkf.org/default.aspx?tabid=134&CatID=4&NID=212&LanguageID=0

Most recent internal deadline: January 7, 2008.

Most recent external deadline: January 25, 2008 deadline.

Merck Fund, John - Scholars Program in the Biology of Developmental Disabilities in Children

The John Merck Fund has had a longstanding interest in the problem of children who are mentally disabled and emotionally disturbed. It is focusing on investigations of the underlying causes of developmental disabilities by neurobiologists and by cognitive scientists. By supporting the most promising basic research into the processes that impair the lives of the developmentally disabled, the Fund hopes to foster a better scientific understanding of the origin of these disabilities and thereby provide the foundation for more effective approaches to their prevention and treatment.

The Fund inaugurated the annual John Merck Scholars Program in 1990 to award four-year fellowships to three scientists at academic institutions throughout the United States. The program is intended to serve as a major stimulus for gifted, young scientists to pursue careers in fields relating to the problems of children who are mentally disabled and emotionally disturbed.

The John Merck Scholars are chosen from the ranks of the most promising assistant professors currently working, or planning to work, in neurobiological and cognitive sciences relating to the biology of mental disability and developmental disabilities, including developmental studies of cognition, perception, language, reading, learning and motor performance. The Fund will accept one application for a neurobiologist and one for a cognitive scientist from major universities and other research centers.

Research Areas

JMF has in the past funded and will continue to fund the most promising young researchers whose work illuminates neurodevelopmental disorders from the perspectives of (i) synapse formation and synaptic plasticity; (ii) learning and memory, and synaptic plasticity; (iii) perception, cognition and behavior; (iv) neurogenesis and pattern formation; and (v) genetics and early development. We also encourage proposals that (i) investigate the possible role of environmental chemicals in the origins of developmental disabilities, or that (ii) aim to distinguish subgroups within accepted diagnostic categories through the use of sophisticated behavioral and neuroimaging tests of perception, cognition, and emotions based on concepts from modern cognitive neuroscience. In all cases, we seek proposals from young scientists conducting research that is of the highest quality and that has the greatest chance of increasing our understanding of neurodevelopmental disorders.

For more information see: http://www.jmfund.org/jm_scholars_program.html.

An internal competition will be scheduled when the RFA is put out for a 2009 deadline.

Microsoft Research New Faculty Fellowship

Microsoft Research New Faculty Fellowship Program seeks faculty who are advancing computing research in novel directions with the potential for high impact and who demonstrate the likelihood of becoming thought leaders of the field by engaging in innovative computing research. The objective is to stimulate and support creative research by promising researchers who have the potential of making a profound impact to the state-of-the-art in their research discipline. Microsoft intends to make five fellowship awards of $200,000 each along with other Microsoft resources. Nominations of women faculty in computing fields are encouraged. A goal of the program is to make at least two of these awards in a year to qualified women applicants.

UK is limited to ONE nomination that must be submitted by the Provost’s Office. The nominee must be in the first, second, or third year as a new faculty member in his or her first tenure track faculty appointment and no more than six years from the completion of the most recent Ph.D. Three (3) letters of recommendation are required from established researchers familiar with the applicant’s research; no more than one of the letters may come from the nominating institution. All of these letters must be submitted electronically with the application packet. Additional details about this program are available on the Microsoft Research web site: http://research.microsoft.com/ur/us/nff/.

Most recent internal deadline: October 17, 2007.

Most recent external deadline: November 19, 2007.

National Conferences on Undergraduate Research/Lancy Foundation, Alice and Leslie - NCUR/Lancy Initiative

The National Conferences on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) and the Alice and Leslie E. Lancy Foundation are accepting proposals for the 2007 NCUR/Lancy Initiative. The program focus is to help build communities of student and faculty scholars across academic disciplines working on a unifying theme. Institutions are requested to propose summer research programs with a cohesive theme or project that may be evaluated and researched by students from a variety of disciplines. An initial award of $40,000 in seed money for the summer of 2007 will support six to ten undergraduate Lancy Scholars for eight to ten weeks doing original work in close collaboration with faculty mentors. Funded institutions may apply for an additional $22,500 for the summer of 2008. The Lancy Scholars are expected to present their work at the annual National Conference on Undergraduate Research. Additional information on this initiative is available at http://www.ncur.org/lancy/announce.htm.

Given the interdisciplinary nature of this program, a brainstorming session may be potentially very productive. To facilitate an exchange of ideas that will lead to further discussion, Sponsored Program Development has reserved Room 103 Main Building on Wednesday, June 14 from 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. Anyone interested in this program is encouraged to attend and express his or her ideas on possible topics. If you are unable to attend but are interested in participating in this competition or have suggestions about a focus area, please send Margot McCullers a brief description of your expertise and/or your specific ideas. Margot will be happy to share this information at the meeting. If you plan to attend and/or wish to see a list of the previous recipients, project titles, and abstracts, please send Margot an e-mail at: mmcculle@email.uky.edu.

Most recent internal deadline: Tuesday, July 11, 2006.

Most recent external deadline: August 15, 2006.

National Endowment for the Arts - AccessAbility Program

The following National Endowment for the Arts projects provide career opportunities or arts programming for individuals with disabilities, older adults, or those in healthcare settings. NEA support may start on or after May 1, 2009. An initial grant period of up to two years is allowed, and a grant may be renewed for up to four years, subject to agency priorities, the availability of funds, and grantee performance. Organizations are limited to a single application for only one of the following three projects:

1) Statewide Forums on Careers in the Arts for Individuals with Disabilities

NEA plans to award a single grant of up to $50,000 to an organization to 1) manage and support a minimum of two Statewide Forums on Careers in the Arts for Individuals with Disabilities in states that have not yet convened such a forum, and 2) conduct a minimum of four follow-up activities (see website) in states that have convened forums.

2) Access to Design Professions

NEA plans to award a single grant of up to $75,000 to one organization that will work closely with the established national task force composed of a select group of design faculty, professional designers, disability service coordinators, career and vocational rehabilitation counselors, and students to increase the number of and support for people with disabilities in design professions.

3) Arts in Healthcare Consultancy Program

NEA plans to award a single grant of up to $50,000 to one organization that will work with arts, healthcare, and academic groups to help improve and increase professional arts programs that involve patients in healthcare settings, their families, caregivers, and communities.

Guidelines and additional information are available at: http://www.arts.gov/grants/apply/accessibility.html

The guidelines require a nonfederal match of at least 1 to 1.

Most recent internal deadline: August 4, 2008.

Most recent external deadline: August 27, 2008.

National Endowment for the Arts - American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius Grant Program FY 2009

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is seeking proposals for the American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius Grant Program in four areas: Visual Arts Touring, Presenting, Chamber Music and Dance. This grant opportunity is a major initiative to acquaint Americans with the best of their cultural and artistic legacy. Through American Masterpieces, the National Endowment for the Arts will sponsor performances, exhibitions, tours, and educational programs across all art forms that will reach large and small communities in all 50 states.

Note: All American Masterpieces grants require a nonfederal match of at least 1 to 1.

Visual Arts Touring

This component of American Masterpieces will celebrate the extraordinary and rich evolution of the visual arts in the United States. Substantial efforts should be made to reach underserved communities. The tour of an existing program is eligible.

Grants generally range from $30,000 to $300,000. (NEA deadline: September 19, 2008)

Website: http://www.nea.gov/grants/apply/AMVAT.html

Organizations are limited to one application per year.

Presenting

This category is for projects that embrace multiple arts disciplines. Projects must consist of either a single multidisciplinary presentation or a multidisciplinary series comprised of several different single-discipline presentations. Projects with components that primarily feature or support a single discipline (e.g., dance, music, musical theater, opera, visual arts) will not be considered. If you have questions as to whether your project qualifies as multidisciplinary, consult with the Presenting staff before preparing an application.

Grants generally range from $10,000 to $100,000. (NEA deadline: September 26, 2008)

Website: http://www.nea.gov/grants/apply/AMPresenting.html

Organizations are limited to one application per year.

Chamber Music

Grants are available for chamber music performances in conjunction with educational activities that will highlight specific repertoire by American composers and enable ensembles to engage with communities in a variety of settings. The Arts Endowment is particularly interested in projects that have at least one performance and two educational activities.

Grants generally range from $5,000 to $75,000. (NEA deadline: October 10, 2008)

Website: http://www.nea.gov/grants/apply/AMChamber.html

Organizations are limited to one application per year.

Dance

The Arts Endowment plans to support a variety of projects that are artistically, historically, and culturally significant and that reflect the breadth of dance forms, styles, and techniques.

For dance companies, presenters, and festivals, grants will range from $15,000 to $150,000.

For college and university dance programs, all grants will be for $15,000. (NEA deadline: October 24, 2008)

Website: http://www.nea.gov/grants/apply/AMDance.html

Organizations are limited to one application per year.

Internal Review Process

Because NEA limits the number of applications that may be submitted, UK has established an internal review process. Anyone interested in participating in this program must submit the following information electronically to Ms. Kathy Stanwix-Hay (stanwix@email.uky.edu ) in the Office of the Vice President for Research and a copy to their Associate Dean for Research by Friday, September 5:

• Name and department of project director and participating faculty (if any)
• Specific NEA program area:  Visual Arts Touring; Presenting; Chamber Music; or Dance
• Project description and a justification/rationale for why the proposed project should be selected as UK's applicant for that program – maximum 3 pages
• Budget, including the University’s match and source of funds

The Vice President for Research will appoint a committee to review this material and make a recommendation. All applicants will be notified in time to prepare and submit the application and supporting material electronically through Grants.gov for the appropriate NEA deadline.

NEA: Creativity and Aging in America

Creativity and Aging in America is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts designed to actively engage older Americans in quality arts programs. Through this initiative, the Arts Endowment will support exemplary projects in the disciplines of literature and music. Projects must be conducted by professional artists and engage older adults as students, artists, and/or teachers. For the purposes of these guidelines, older adults are age 65 and above. The Arts Endowment’s support of a project may start on or after January 1, 2009. Generally, a grant period of up to one year is allowed.

An application in response to this announcement does not preclude an organization from applying under other Arts Endowment funding opportunities including Grants for Arts Projects. In each case, the request must be for a distinctly different project.

Grant Amount:

Grants are for $15,000 or $25,000. Approximately fifteen grants will be awarded.

All grants require a nonfederal match of at least 1 to 1.

Website for guidelines and additional information: http://www.nea.gov/grants/apply/CreativityAging.html

Most recent internal deadline: May 2, 2008.

Most recent external deadline: May 23, 2008.

National Endowment for the Arts: Grants for Arts Projects 2009

The National Endowment for the Arts' primary funding opportunity (Grants for Arts Projects) has been announced for 2009. An organization may submit only one application through one of the three FY 2009 Grants for Arts Projects categories (see below). For most organizations, these categories represent the full range of funding options for the entire year. Applicants should examine the goal and purposes of their project as well as the review criteria of these three categories, and apply to the one category that is most relevant. The Arts Endowment will not transfer applications between categories.

Access to Artistic Excellence: To encourage and support artistic excellence, preserve our cultural heritage, and provide access to the arts for all Americans. An organization may request a grant amount from $5,000 to $150,000. (Deadlines: March 10 and August 11, 2008

Challenge America: Reaching Every Community Fast-Track Review Grants: To support projects that extend the reach of the arts to underserved populations. Grants are for $10,000. (Deadline: June 2, 2008).

Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth: To advance arts education for children and youth in school-based or community-based settings. An organization may request a grant amount from $5,000 to $150,000. (Deadline: July 2, 2008).

All grants require a nonfederal match of at least 1 to 1.

See the NEA website for details: http://www.nea.gov/grants/apply/index.html. Click on a specific discipline to access the guidelines for each of the three programs listed above.

Most recent internal deadline: February 12, 2008.

See above for the most recent external deadlines.

National Endowment for the Humanities - 2009 Humanities Summer Stipends

The National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipends provide $6,000 for two consecutive months of full-time research and writing on a humanities project that contributes to scholarly knowledge or to the public’s understanding of the humanities. Recipients usually produce scholarly articles, monographs on specialized subjects, books on broad topics, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, or other scholarly tools. Summer Stipends may not be used for specific policy studies or educational or technical impact assessments; preparation or publication of textbooks; studies of teaching methods or theories, surveys of courses and programs, or curriculum development; inventories of collections; works in the creative or performing arts; projects that seek to promote a particular political, philosophical, religious, or ideological point of view; or projects that advocate a particular program of social action. Additional information and guidelines are available at the following NEH website: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/stipends.html.

The University of Kentucky is limited to two nominations. Each nominee can either be a junior faculty member (assistant professor) or a senior faculty member (associate or full professor). Applicants can be U.S. citizens or foreign nationals who have been living in the United States or its jurisdictions for at least the three years prior to October 1, 2008.  Individuals who have held a major fellowship or research grant or its equivalent within the last three academic years prior to October 1st are ineligible. A “major fellowship or research grant” is a postdoctoral research award with a stipend of at least $10,000. Sabbaticals and grants from an individual’s own institution and stipends and grants from other sources supporting study and research during the summer are not considered major fellowships. Recipients of an NEH Summer Stipend in 2004 or after are ineligible.

Most recent internal deadline: August 22, 2008.

Most recent external deadline: October 1, 2008.

NEH Challenge Grants

Since the Gaines Center for the Humanities currently holds an NEH Challenge Grant, UK is not eligible to apply for a new grant until 2012.

Agency: National Endowment for the Humanities

Funding Opportunity Number: 20080501-CH
Closing Date for Applications: May 01, 2008
Award Ceiling: $1,000,000
CFDA Number: 45.130  --  Promotion of the Humanities_Challenge Grants
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: Yes

Description: NEH challenge grants help institutions and organizations secure long-term improvements in and support for their humanities programs and resources. Awards are made to museums, public libraries, colleges, research institutions, historical societies and historic sites, public television and radio stations, universities, scholarly associations, state humanities councils, and other nonprofit entities. Because of the matching requirements, these NEH awards also strengthen the humanities by encouraging nonfederal sources of support. Both federal and nonfederal funds must provide long-term benefits to the humanities. Challenge grant funds should not merely replace funds already being expended on the humanities, but instead should reflect careful strategic planning to strengthen and enhance the institution's activities in and commitment to the humanities. Activities supported Challenge grants most commonly augment or establish endowments that support humanities activities in education, public programming, scholarly research, and preservation. Institutions may use the income from invested funds to meet ongoing humanities-related costs. Examples include: faculty and staff positions, fellowships, lecture or exhibition series, visiting scholars or consultants, publishing subventions, maintenance of facilities, faculty and staff development, acquisitions, and preservation or conservation programs.

Link to Full Announcement: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/challenge.html

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) - We the People Challenge Grants Program

The National Endowment for the Humanities invites applications for We the People Challenge Grants in United States History, Institutions, and Culture. This program, 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 explore significant themes and events in American history, thereby advancing knowledge of how the founding principles of the United States have shaped American history and culture for more than two hundred years. The Endowment particularly welcomes proposals for programming at America's historic places (historic sites, neighborhoods, communities, or larger geographical regions) as well as applications that address this theme through the use of digital technologies.

We the People Challenge Grants range between $300,000 and $1,000,000. These funds should not merely replace funds already being expended on the humanities, but instead should reflect careful strategic planning to improve and strengthen the institution’s activities in and commitment to the teaching, studying and understanding of our nation’s history, institutions, and culture. Grants may be used to support long-term costs such as construction and renovation, purchase of equipment, acquisitions, and conservation of collections. Grants may also be used to establish or enhance endowments that generate expendable earnings for program activities.

Grant recipients must raise, from nonfederal donors, three times the amount of federal funds offered over 56 months. To be eligible for matching, gifts must be in response to or in anticipation of the challenge grant and therefore "new." All donors must be aware that their gifts are to be used to match an NEH We the People Challenge Grant and that their gifts will be used to support the purposes outlined in the approved Challenge Grant application. Finally, all matching pledges and gifts must be given (and pledges fulfilled) during the Challenge Grant period. Some types of gifts, such as real estate, earned income, or in-kind gifts are subject to special limitations. Deferred gifts, bequests, and discounts on contracted goods and services are not eligible for matching. Gifts may not derive from the grantee institution itself, and it is inappropriate for an institution to shift internal budgets or reallocate internal funds for matching purposes.

Application guidelines and additional details on the NEH We the People Challenge Grants Program are available at: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/wtpchallenge.html

Most recent internal deadline: December 14, 2007.

Most recent external deadline: February 5, 2008.

National Institutes of Health - NIA - Biomarkers for Older Controls at Risk for Dementia (BIOCARD) Study

NIA has issued RFA-AG-09-002 to solicit cooperative agreement applications that will extend the clinical and neuropsychological follow-up of individuals who have been enrolled in the Biomarkers for Older Controls at Risk for Dementia (BIOCARD) Study.  The BIOCARD Study is a longitudinal study that was initiated in 1995 in the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Intramural Research Program.  It assessed the ability of clinical, neuropsychological, and neuropsychiatric evaluations, neuroimaging, and fluid biomarkers to understand and predict progression from normal cognition to mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia, particularly Alzheimer’s disease (AD). It enrolled cognitively normal individuals who were first degree relatives of family members who had dementia. Average age at entry was 55 years, and these participants received cognitive testing every year, a full cognitive battery every two years, and a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan and a lumbar puncture for collection of cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) every 2-4 years.  As of 2005, some participants had been followed for up to 10 years.  The BIOCARD Study was suspended in 2005 but in September 2007 the National Advisory Council on Aging approved the development of the RFA to extend the clinical and neuropsychological evaluations of the BIOCARD participants who will consent to be followed. In addition, all of the previous clinical and neuropsychological data which have been collected, the biological samples which have been stored (plasma, CSF), and the MRI data from consenting participants will be provided to the successful grantee with the provision that a system will be set up to share these data and samples with the greater scientific community as well as the data and samples that will be collected during this extension period.

The objective of this announcement is to solicit cooperative agreement applications that will provide for the medical, clinical, neuropsychological, and neuropsychiatric follow-up of individuals who were enrolled in the BIOCARD Study and to diagnose any participants who progress to mild cognitive impairment and/or dementia, particularly Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Because most of these participants are older individuals living in the greater Washington, DC area, traveling long distances would be an added burden. Therefore the grantee must be able to provide facilities to test participants at a site within approximately a 70-mile radius of Washington, DC.

Additional information and details about the specific requirements of this RFA are available at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-09-002.html

Most recent internal deadline: April 21, 2008.

Most recent external deadline: June 11, 2008.

National Institutes of Health - Bridges to the Baccalaureate and Bridges to the Doctorate Programs

NIH Programs to Increase Numbers of Underrepresented Students in the Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences

The NIH Bridges to the Baccalaureate and Bridges to the Doctorate Programs support five-year projects that promote inter-institutional partnerships to improve the quality and quantity of students from underrepresented groups and or health disparities populations being trained as the next generation of biomedical and behavioral research scientists.

Bridges to the Baccalaureate (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-411.html) supports partnerships between community colleges and colleges or universities offering baccalaureate degrees to develop programs that prepare associate degree students to successfully complete undergraduate degree programs in biomedical and/or behavioral science related subjects. The proposed partnership should be composed of no more than four institutions, including the applicant institution. Applications must clearly describe the pool of targeted students at each associate degree-granting institution in the consortium and must indicate the number of targeted students from each two-year institution and the total number of targeted students who would participate in the Bridges to the Baccalaureate Program during the academic year and summer. NIH anticipates that a total of 15-20 Bridges students will participate in the student development activities, including summer research internships, each year and that a minimum of four Bridges students from each two-year institution will participate in the program to provide a critical mass.

Examples of developmental activities may include, but are not limited to:
1) The partner institutions jointly developing community college courses and curricula, including enrichment and updating existing or developing new science and math courses that would be fully transferable for baccalaureate degree credit at the participating baccalaureate institution(s);
2) Faculty from the baccalaureate institution(s) serving as visiting lecturers, offering lectures and/or laboratory courses in areas in which expertise is lacking at the participating two-year institution(s), or developing joint team-taught courses;
3) Introduction of research concepts into the community college curriculum (see for example, http://www.nigms.nih.gov/NR/rdonlyres/4BE54B5B-AAD7-4856-9FDF-70E3DBE7023F/0/SnellmanReprint.pdf, and http://www.lifescied.org/cgi/content/full/5/2/175) and/or offering a research skills course to stimulate students’ interest in science;
4) Faculty from the baccalaureate institution(s) providing mentored research experiences to Bridges students from the participating community college(s), including the summer research internship;
5) Allowing community college students the option to take some courses at the baccalaureate institution(s) and/or access to computer and library facilities;
6) Supplementary instruction in “gate-keeping” courses, peer mentoring and tutoring, research careers seminars, workshops, and science fairs, etc.;
7) Preparing community college students, through college orientation classes, etc., for transfer to the baccalaureate institution(s); and
8) Advanced or special courses for Bridges faculty from community colleges at the partner baccalaureate institution(s) and attending research education conferences.

Bridges to the Doctorate (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-410.html) solicits research education grant applications to facilitate the transfer and graduation of students of diverse backgrounds from master’s to doctoral degree-granting institutions. The proposed partnership/consortium should be composed of no more than three institutions, including the applicant institution. Applications must clearly describe the pool of targeted students at each participating master’s degree-granting institution and must indicate the number of targeted students from each master’s institution as well as the total number of targeted students who would participate in the Bridges to the Doctorate Program during the academic year and summer. NIH anticipates that a total of 6-8 Bridges students will participate in the student development activities, including summer research internships, each year and that a minimum of three Bridges students from each master’s degree institution will participate in the program to provide a critical mass.

Examples of developmental activities may include, but are not limited to:
1) Faculty from the doctorate institution(s) serving as visiting lecturers, offering lectures and/or laboratory courses in areas in which expertise needs strengthening at the master’s institution(s);
2) Faculty from the two types of institutions jointly developing courses and curricula, including updating existing or developing new/advanced courses at the master’s institution(s);
3) Faculty from the doctorate institution providing mentored research experiences to Bridges students from the master’s degree institution(s), including the summer research internships, and serving on their thesis advisory committees;
4) Allowing master’s students to take some courses, and complete part of their thesis research at the doctoral institution(s);
5) Providing master’s degree students access to computer and library facilities, seminars, and workshops, etc., at the doctoral institution(s);
6) Establishing a mentoring and academic counseling program for master’s students with faculty at the doctoral institution(s); and
7) Advanced or special courses and scientific research conferences for Bridges faculty from the master’s degree institution(s).

NIH places an institutional limit on both programs. An applicant institution may not submit, or have pending, more than one Bridges to the Baccalaureate application and may not submit, or have pending, more than one Bridges to the Doctorate application. Deadlines for both program are September 18, 2007; January 18, 2008; September 18, 2008; January 20, 2009; September 18, 2009; January 20, 2010.

Most recent internal deadline: December 10, 2007.

See above for the most recent external deadlines.

National Institutes of Health - Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE)

Executive Summary

• The National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) of the NIH invites applications for Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) from investigators at biomedical research institutions that award doctoral degrees in the health sciences or sciences related to health or at independent biomedical research institutes within Institutional Development Award (IDeA) eligible states. The objective of COBRE initiative is to strengthen an institution's biomedical research infrastructure through the establishment of a thematic multi-disciplinary center and to enhance the ability of investigators to compete independently for complementary National Institutes of Health (NIH) individual research grant or other external peer-reviewed support. COBRE awards are supported through the IDeA Program, which aims to foster health-related research by increasing the competitiveness of investigators at institutions located in states with historically low aggregate success rates for grant awards from the NIH.
• This Program Announcement (PA) will use the NIH exploratory grant mechanism (P20).
• In making its assessment for eligibility, NCRR includes all states/commonwealths with success rates for obtaining NIH grant awards (number of applications awarded vs. number of applications approved) of less than 20 percent over the period of 2001-2005. Also included are those states that had higher success rates, but received less than $120 million average NIH funding over that five-year period. Under these criteria, the following states/commonwealth are eligible IDeA states: Alaska, Arkansas, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming.
• An eligible institution must be within an IDeA state. An eligible institution must either be (1) a domestic, public or private, or non-profit research institution that awards doctoral degrees in health sciences or sciences related to health, or (2) an independent biomedical research institute.
• Applications will be accepted from eligible institutions that hold two or less active COBRE awards. Applications will NOT be accepted from institutions that hold three or more active COBRE awards; these institutions cannot submit applications.
• No eligible institution can submit more than one application per fiscal year in response to this PA. Multiple applications received from these institutions or applications received from ineligible institutions (those that hold three or more active COBRE awards) will not be reviewed. If an institution is planning more than one application, it is the responsibility of that institution to appoint a steering or selection committee to decide which single application to submit in response to this PA.
• Applications are encouraged from veterinary and dental schools in IDeA states. For purposes of this PA, veterinary and dental school components of institutions will be treated as separate eligible entities and will be allowed to submit applications in addition to the parent institution.
• The Principal Investigator (PI) of the COBRE application must be an established biomedical or behavioral research scientist, who has an active research laboratory, relevant peer-reviewed funding (either NIH, NSF or other Federal or non-Federal investigator-initiated support), and administrative leadership and mentoring experience to effectively carry out the objectives of the COBRE program and to meet its goals.

http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-229.html

An Internal Competition will be announced closer to the due date.

National Institutes of Health - Centers on the Demography and Economics of Aging (P30)

The National Institute on Aging solicits Research and Development Center (P30) grant applications in the areas of demography and economics of aging, including relevant interdisciplinary areas rooted in population-based social science research.  A Center on Demography (P30) grant requires substantial pre-existing research activity on population aging at the institution.  A minimum of at least two peer-reviewed and externally funded, currently active research projects that are rooted in population-based social science research in demography or economics that are directly relevant to aging is required.  Ideally, applicant institutions will have a substantial base.  Sub-projects on NIA P01 grants may be counted as individual projects. Although two peer-reviewed and externally funded, currently active grants is the minimum requirement, considerable weight will be given to significant research activity in demography and economics of health and aging.

The application must name a Center Director who will provide the overall scientific management and coordination of the Center. The Center Director must be an experienced researcher with appropriate experience in research on population aging.  The Center must include two required cores: (A) an administrative and research support core, which will provide coordination, research planning, logistical, and centralized data and technical support, and (B) a program development core providing for small scale pilot studies related to program development or methodological innovation that is consistent with the theme of the Center grant and that will lead to new program development.  Population-based social science research (primarily demographic and economic) must be the foundation of pilot projects proposed, but may be informed by psychological, biological and other interdisciplinary fields as appropriate. In addition to the required cores, an application may request funding for (C) an external innovative national or international network core, (D) an external research support and dissemination core, (E) a statistical data enclave core, and (F) a coordinating center function. Each proposed Center should focus on one or more scientific themes or areas of interest directly relevant to population aging.

NIA has funding to support 8-13 projects; an application may request a maximum of $525,000 direct costs in year 1 for Cores A, B, C, E, and E in year 1, and a project period of up to 5 years.  Additional information and application guidelines are available at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-09-005.html

Because NIA limits an institution to one application, the University of Kentucky has established an internal selection process.  Individuals interested in submitting a proposal should send the following information electronically to Ms. Kathy Stanwix-Hay (stanwix@email.uky.edu), Office of the Vice President for Research, and a copy to their Associate Dean for Research by Wednesday, September 10, 2008:

• Descriptive title of the proposed research
• Names and departments of the Center Director and other key personnel
• Curriculum vitae of the Director and a list of the grants of participating researchers that meet the NIA center requirements previously identified
• Project description and a justification/rationale for why the proposed project should be selected as UK's applicant - maximum 3 pages

A committee will be appointed to review the information and make recommendations as to the University’s submission in time for the September 30, 2008 letter of intent and the October 30, 2008 deadline.

National Insititutes of Health - NINR - Center of Excellence: Symptom Management Research OR Health Promotion/Disease Prevention (P30)

The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) invites applications to establish (P30) Centers of Excellence for Symptom Management Research OR (P30) Centers of Excellence for Health Promotion/Disease Prevention.  The purpose of an NINR P30 Center is to: (1) develop sustainable interdisciplinary, biobehavioral research capacity for scientists conducting nursing research by establishing centralized research resources and a research infrastructure; (2) advance the Center’s thematic science area through complementary, synergistic research activities; and (3) enable feasibility research that will develop into new programs of research and independent investigator research applications.

Applicant organizations should submit nursing research proposals in areas specific to the Symptom Management OR Health Promotion/Disease Prevention research areas in the NINR strategic plan priority areas. Applicants are to select one (not both) topical area for their application (i.e., Symptom Management OR Health Promotion/Disease Prevention) based on a conceptually sound integration of the currently funded projects that comprise the research base of the Center. Applications should propose innovative ideas consistent with NINR's mission.

• Center of Excellence for Symptom Management Research.  This call for Center applications focuses on the most frequently reported symptoms already being studied by the PROMIS (Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System) initiative: pain, sleep disturbances, fatigue, and cognitive/affect changes, as well as their interactions. Applicants must select one of these symptoms and build their Center application around this symptom as the organizing central theme of the application, so as to develop strong expertise in this research domain and move the field of science forward significantly.

• Center of Excellence for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.  This call for Center applications focuses on the four high priority areas for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention research in both healthy and chronically ill persons across the life span:  obesity, premature birth/low birth weight infants, HIV/AIDS, and cardiopulmonary disease.  Applicants must select one of these conditions and build their Center application around the prevention of this condition as the organizing central theme of the application, so as to develop strong expertise in this research domain and move the field of science forward significantly

Eligible organizations must document at least two (2) peer reviewed research projects in the scientific topical area selected (i.e., Symptom Management OR Health Promotion/Disease Prevention) supported by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) at the R01, R15, R21, or P20 mechanism level that were active within five (5) years of the P30 application submission.  Organizations with current P20 Centers awarded from NINR are eligible to apply under this FOA if their application is otherwise responsive to this FOA, i.e., they have a research focus on Symptom Management OR Health Promotion/Disease Prevention.  Detailed guidelines and additional information are available in the complete announcement: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-NR-09-002.html.

Because NINR limits an institution to one P30 center application, UK has established an internal selection process and a deadline for receipt of applications.  Researchers wanting to submit a Center of Excellence proposal to NINR are to send the following electronically information to Ms. Kathy Stanwix-Hay (stanwix@email.uky.edu) in the Office of the Vice President for Research and a copy to their Dean or Associate Dean for Research by Friday, October 17, 2008:

1. Names and departments of the Project Director and key personnel

2. Identify the specific name of the proposed Center (i.e., Center of Excellence for Symptom Management Research OR Center of Excellence for Health Promotion/Disease Prevention),  the particular symptom or condition that is the focus area, and a description of the proposed activities (1-2 pages) 

3. Documentation of eligibility for P30 submission:  name, title, award number, and project period of peer-reviewed research projects in scientific topic areas of the proposed center

4. Three research projects related to the Center’s focus area that will be conducted for 2-3 years.  Include the following information for each of the three research projects:

• Project Director.  Eligibility is limited to an investigator who has not been a Principal Investigator in the past, or who is not currently funded by a DHHS research Project grant (i.e., R01, R03, R15 or R21) or an established investigator who wishes to develop skill and expertise in conducting Symptom Management OR Health Promotion/Disease Prevention research and for whom this area represents a clear and distinct departure from his/her ongoing research interests.  
• Title and specific aims of the proposed project

The Vice President for Research will appoint a committee to review the material and make recommendations as to the University’s applicant.  The individual will be notified in time to prepare the application for submission by the December 15, 2008 deadline.

National Institutes of Health - NINR - Centers in Symptom Management Research OR Centers in Health Promotion/Disease Prevention (20)

The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) invites applications to establish Centers in Symptom Management Research OR Centers in Health Promotion/Disease Prevention: Building Research Teams for the Future (P20). The purpose of the proposed grant program is to plan and develop sustainable interdisciplinary, biobehavioral research capacity for scientists conducting Symptom Management Research OR Health Promotion/Disease Prevention Research by enabling development of research infrastructure and centralized resources in support of these research programs.

An institution may submit only one application for one of the following:

• Center in Symptom Management Research.  This call for Center applications focuses on the most frequently reported symptoms already being studied by the PROMIS (Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System) initiative: pain, sleep disturbances, fatigue, and cognitive/affect changes, as well as their interactions. Applicants must select one of these symptoms and build their Center application around this symptom as the organizing central theme of the application, so as to develop strong expertise in this research domain and move the field of science forward significantly.

• Center in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.  This call for Center applications focuses on the four high priority areas for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention research in both healthy and chronically ill persons across the life span:  obesity, premature birth/low birth weight infants, HIV/AIDS, and cardiopulmonary disease.  Applicants must select one of these conditions and build their Center application around the prevention of this condition as the organizing central theme of the application, so as to develop strong expertise in this research domain and move the field of science forward significantly

Detailed guidelines and information on NINR’s Strategic Plan and areas of interest are available in the complete announcement:  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-NR-09-001.html.

Because the sponsor limits an institution to one P20 center application, UK has established an internal selection process and a deadline for receipt of applications.  Researchers wanting to submit an Exploratory/Developmental Center proposal to NINR are to send a pre-proposal electronically to Ms. Kathy Stanwix-Hay (stanwix@email.uky.edu) in the Office of the Vice President for Research and a copy to their Dean or Associate Dean for Research by Friday, October 17, 2008.  Include the following information:

1. Names and departments of the Project Director, project evaluator, and other key personnel

2. Name of Center (Symptom Management Research OR Health Promotion/Disease Prevention) , specific symptom or condition that is the focus area, and a description of the proposed activities (1-2 pages)

3. Three research projects related to the Center’s focus area that will be conducted for 2-3 years.  Include the following information for each of the three research projects:

• Project Director.  Eligibility is limited to an investigator who has not been a Principal Investigator in the past, or who is not currently funded by a DHHS research Project grant (i.e., R01, R03, R15 or R21) or an established investigator who wishes to develop skill and expertise in conducting Symptom Management OR Health Promotion/Disease Prevention research and for whom this area represents a clear and distinct departure from his/her ongoing research interests.  
• Title and specific aims of the proposed project

The Vice President for Research will appoint a committee to review the material and make recommendations as to the University’s applicant.  The individual will be notified in time to prepare the application for submission by the December 15, 2008 deadline.

National Institutes of Health - Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Centers and Coordinating Center

The National Institute on Aging (NIA) has allocated approximately $4.6M in FY 2008 to fund four Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Centers (OAICs) and one OAIC Coordinating Center (P30). Awards are made initially for five years and may be renewed for five-year periods. Direct costs for OAIC Centers range from $750,000 to $1,000,000 and $125,000 to $175,000 for the Coordinating Center.

The OAIC awards are designed to develop or strengthen the institution’s programs that focus and sustain progress on a key area in aging research. Each area of focus is one in which progress could contribute to greater independence for older persons and offer opportunities for training and career development in aging research for young scientists. Institutions with strong research programs in more than one area may propose an OAIC with more than one area of focus; however, a set of activities that will fulfill this goal should be proposed for each area of focus. An OAIC proposal should not include major foci on neurosciences (with the exception of rehabilitation) or behavioral and social sciences, because NIA has other programs more appropriate for these areas. Research to determine effects of health practices or services, or the use of new or different types of health care providers or interventions, is generally appropriate for an OAIC component if the services or interventions follow a defined algorithm and are delivered to or directly involve the individual patient.

For additional information see the complete RFA: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-07-008.html. Institutions eligible to apply to this program are those at which there are 1) at least five PIs with research grants related to geriatrics and/or aging research, each with at least two years of support remaining on the project, or 2) one or more NIH program project grants related to geriatrics and/or aging research which also have at least two years of remaining support. To identify currently active grants in the designated area, access UK’s database of funded projects, SPIFi (