Funding Announcements/Opportunities for the Week

Funding Announcements/Opportunities for the Week

October 21, 2010 - October 28,2010

Corporation for National and Community Service Department of Agriculture Department of Energy
Department of Health and Human Services Department of Housing and Urban Development Department of Transportation
Election Assistance Commission Environmental Protection Agency National Endowment for the Humanities
National Science Foundation None

Corporation for National and Community Service
Title: AmeriCorps State and National Grant Competitions
Post Date: 10-26-2010
Agency: Corporation for National and Community Service
Obtain Funding Opportunity Text: Full announcement and application instructions for AmeriCorps State and National Amended 2011 Notice of Federal Funding Opportunity
Funding Opportunity Description: On October 18, 2010, the Corporation released amended notices for the 2011 AmeriCorps grant competitions which include greater emphasis on evidence-based programs, information on priorities, definitions of Focus Areas, information on the review and selection process, and 2011 national performance measurement pilot information. References to ?Priority Area? were changed to ?Focus Area;? and ?Clean Energy? to ?Environmental Stewardship? throughout.° Click here for a list of changes to the 2011 Notice ° Click here for background information on 2011 National Performance Measures Notice of Intent to Apply: In order to help us gauge the number of applications we are likely to receive, please send an e-mail 60 days prior to the deadline to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , for National applicants, or americorpsapplications@ cns.gov for state commissions. National applicants should state the competition for which you will be applying. State commissions are encouraged to include an estimate of the number of programs you will be submitting to the state competitive competition. Although submission of the notice of intent to apply is not mandatory, your e-mail will help the Corporation to plan more efficiently for review. More Information on AmeriCorps State and NationalFor more information contact your state commission, which you can find here http://www.americorps.gov/about/contact/statecommission.asp if you are interested in the State grant program. Contact (202) 606-7508 if you are interested in the National grant program.
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Department of Agriculture
Title: Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program
Post Date: 10-26-2010
Agency: Department of Agriculture
Obtain Funding Opportunity Text: Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program
Funding Opportunity Description: The U.S. agricultural population is poised to make a dramatic change - half of all current farmers are likely to retire in the next decade. According to the 2007 Census of Agriculture, the average age of farm operators was 57 years. Farmers over the age 55 own more than half the farmland in the U.S. But the number of new farmers and ranchers over the age of 35 is increasing, as does the number of smaller farms and ranches nationwide. To address the needs of this changing generation, Section 7410 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Pub .L. No. 110-234) amended Section 7405 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 and made available in Fiscal Year 2009, $17.2 million to fund a Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP). According to these legislations, a beginning farm is considered to be one that is operated by one or more operators who have 10 years or less of experience operating a farm or ranch. In 2007, approximately 21 percent of family farms met that definition.
Title: Secondary Education, Two-Year Postsecondary Education, and Agriculture in the K-12 Classroom Challenge Grants
Post Date: 10-26-2010
Agency: Department of Agriculture
Obtain Funding Opportunity Text: Secondary Education, Two-Year Postsecondary Education, and Agriculture in the K-12 Classroom Challenge Grants
Funding Opportunity Description: The Secondary Education, Two-Year Postsecondary Education, and Agriculture in the K-12 Classroom Challenge Grants (SPECA) program seeks to: (a) promote and strengthen secondary education and two-year postsecondary education in agriscience and agribusiness in order to help ensure the existence in the United States of a qualified workforce to serve the food and agricultural sciences system; and (b) promote complementary and synergistic linkages among secondary, two-year postsecondary, and higher education programs in the food and agricultural sciences in order to advance excellence in education and encourage more young Americans to pursue and complete a baccalaureate or higher degree in the food and agricultural sciences.
Title: 2011 Summer Home Delivery & Food Backpacks Demo Projects
Post Date: 10-21-2010
Agency: Department of Agriculture
Obtain Funding Opportunity Text: 2011 Summer Home Delivery & Food Backpacks Demo
Funding Opportunity Description: The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) was created to provide nutrition benefits during the summer to children living in low-income areas. These children were thought to be at risk of hunger or nutritional deficiencies when they were not receiving free or reduced price meals in school. This has been further supported by research demonstrating that food insecurity among children increases during the summer months.Though the SFSP aims to fill the nutrition gap that low-income children experience over the summer, the Program has been unable to achieve the same level of program participation as school meal programs achieve during the school year. While 19.4 million children receive free or reduced price meals through the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), only about 3.2 million children receive meals during the summer. Because of this discrepancy, the purpose of the Summer Food for Children demonstrations is to develop and test new and innovative methods of improving food access during summer months. This includes enhancements to the existing SFSP, as well as demonstrations utilizing household-based models for providing nutrition assistance. In Summer 2010, an Extended Length of Operation demonstration project providing SFSP sponsors with an extra $0.50 per lunch reimbursement for operating 40 or more days, and an Activity Incentive demonstration project providing SFSP sponsors with funds to implement educational and recreational activities at sites were implemented in two States. In Summer 2011, the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) will also conduct Household-Based Alternative Demonstrations to provide summer food benefits using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and WIC electronic benefit transfer (EBT) technology as the delivery mechanism, to give low-income families with children more resources to use at food stores during the summer. The Summer 2011 Home Delivery and Food Backpacks demonstration projects under this Request for Applications will continue examining enhancements to the SFSP that are intended to increase program participation and childhood food security during the summer months.
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Department of Energy
Title: Support of Advanced Coal Research at U.S. Colleges and Universities
Post Date: 10-26-2010
Agency: Department of Energy
Obtain Funding Opportunity Text: https://www.fedconnect.net
Funding Opportunity Description: Through its annual Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), DE-FOA-0000408, entitled "Support of Advanced Coal Research at U.S. Colleges and Universities", the University Coal Research (UCR) Program supports the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and the National Energy Technology Laboratory's mission by supporting long-term, high-risk meritorious fundamental research that advances the science of coal technologies at U.S. colleges and universities. Since its inception in FY1979, the UCR Program has maintained three objectives, to be achieved simultaneously, which are: (1) to improve our understanding of the chemical and physical processes involved in the conversion and utilization of coal in an environmentally acceptable manner; (2) to maintain and upgrade the coal research capabilities and facilities of U.S. colleges and universities; and (3) to support the education & training of our next generation of scientists and engine ers.
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Department of Health and Human Services
Title: Alcohol marketing and youth drinking (R01)
Post Date: 10-27-2010
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Obtain Funding Opportunity Text: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-015.html
Funding Opportunity Description: This FOA issued by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), National Institutes of Health (NIH), encourages grant applications from institutions/ organizations that propose to investigate the factors that mediate and moderate the impact of alcohol advertising and other alcohol promotions on youth drinking.
Title: Sickle Cell Disease: Inflammation, Thrombosis and Vascular Dysfunction, NHLBI (R01)
Post Date: 10-26-2010
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Obtain Funding Opportunity Text: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-013.html
Funding Opportunity Description: This FOA encourages applications that propose collaborative studies that comprise a team effort of SCD investigators and researchers from biochemical, biophysical, and immunological fields. Such studies are needed to identify new pathways and regulatory mechanisms that may be as important in the pathophysiology of SCD as red blood cell (RBC) sickling itself.
Title: Affordable Care Act Family Professional Partnership/Family-to-Family Health Information and Education Centers
Post Date: 10-26-2010
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Obtain Funding Opportunity Text: https://grants.hrsa.gov/webExternal/SFO.asp?ID=673E9C9F-4D59-4527-87F1-099F17953414
Funding Opportunity Description: This competing continuation guidance is for "Family To Family Health Care Information and Education Centers for Families of Children with Special Health Care Needs". It is designed to address the President's Health Care Reform efforts to enhance community-based care for Americans with disabilities. This initiative ultimately will assist families so that: "Families of children with special health care needs will partner in decision-making at all levels". Grants will fund state-wide, family-run centers providing information, education, technical assistance and peer support to families of CYSHCN. They will be responsible for developing partnerships with those organizations serving these children and their families and monitor the progress of programs with responsibility for payment and direct services of this population through a statewide data collection system.Specifically, these centers will: 1) Assist families of CSHCN make informed choices about health care in order to promote good treatment decisions, cost effectiveness and improved health outcomes; 2) Provide information regarding the health care needs of and resources available for CSHCN; 3) Identify successful health delivery models; 4) Develop with representatives of health care providers, managed care organization, health care purchasers, and appropriate State agencies, a model for collaboration between families of CSHCN and health professionals; 5) Provide training and guidance regarding the care of CSHCN; 6) Conduct outreach activities to families, health professionals, schools and other appropriate entities; and 7) Be staffed by such families who have expertise in Federal and State public and private health care systems and health providers. Core values across all MCHB programs include family-centered care, family/professional partnerships and cultural and linguistic competence. These MUST be integrated throughout project policies and activities. MCHB will also require additional data and technical assistance. These Centers will report on accomplishments across review criteria and other areas as indicated in this guidance.
Title: HIV Infection of the Central Nervous System (R01)
Post Date: 10-26-2010
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Obtain Funding Opportunity Text: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-014.html
Funding Opportunity Description: The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) invite research grant applications focused on defining the pathogenic mechanisms involved in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-1 Associated Neurocognitive Disorders (HAND) and identifying therapeutic strategies to treat and prevent the neurobehavioral and neurological effects of HIV-1 on the central nervous system (CNS). Applications ranging from basic research to clinical diagnosis and treatment in domestic and international settings are of interest. Multidisciplinary research teams and collaborative alliances are encouraged but not required.
Title: Getting from Genes to Function in Lung Disease, NHLBI (R01)
Post Date: 10-25-2010
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Obtain Funding Opportunity Text: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-011.html
Funding Opportunity Description: This FOA issued by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health, encourages Research Project Grant (R01) applications from institutions/organizations that propose to characterize the function of gene(s) and their associated variants identified by genome-wide association studies (GWAS) or other genetic approaches to be involved in lung diseases.Studies should use integrated approaches across scientific disciplines to determine the pathobiological function of these genes.
Title: Toward An Improved Understanding of HDL Function, NHLBI (R01)
Post Date: 10-25-2010
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Obtain Funding Opportunity Text: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-012.html
Funding Opportunity Description: This FOA encourages grant applications that propose to develop, validate, and standardize assays to measure HDL function and biomarkers for HDL function and to identify novel genes, pathways, and potential HDL targets in the relationship to HDL function. Innovative methods to determine HDL functional properties such as in vivo reverse cholesterol transport (RCT), anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antithrombotic activities, and biomarkers for HDL function are encouraged. Projects that will explore HDL functional pathways, new genes and therapeutics related to HDL function are also encouraged.
Title: NINDS Diversity Research Education Grants in Neuroscience (R25)
Post Date: 10-21-2010
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Obtain Funding Opportunity Text: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-11-010.html
Funding Opportunity Description: The purpose of the FOA is to invite applications for Diversity Research Education grants whose goals are to support the development and/or implementation of programs to: (1) increase the number of Ph.D.-level research scientists from diverse backgrounds including graduate, post-doctoral and/or junior-faculty career levels; and (2) advance the careers of the participants to the next step in their education. Funding support for the R25 Diversity Research Education Programs should lead to increased recruitment, mentoring, education and retention of researchers from diverse backgrounds in the neuroscience scientific workforce.
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Department of Housing and Urban Development
Title: Public and Indian Housing Family Self-Sufficiency Program under the Resident Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency (ROSS) Program
Post Date: 10-21-2010
Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development
Obtain Funding Opportunity Text: Application Package and Instructions Download using CFDA Number ONLY.
Funding Opportunity Description: The purpose of the Public Housing FSS (PH FSS) program is to promote the development of local strategies to coordinate the use of assistance under the Public Housing program with public and private resources, enable participating families to increase earned income and financial literacy, reduce or eliminate the need for welfare assistance, and make progress toward achieving economic independence and housing self-sufficiency. The FSS program and this FSS NOFA support the Department?s strategic goals of helping HUD-assisted renters make progress toward housing self-sufficiency. The FSS program provides critical tools that can be used by communities to support welfare reform and help families develop new skills that will lead to economic self-sufficiency. As a result of their participation in the FSS program, many families have achieved stable, well-paid employment, which has made it possible for them to become homeowners or move to other non-assisted housing. An FSS program coordinator assures that program participants are linked to the supportive services they need to achieve self-sufficiency. In addition to working directly with families, an FSS Program Coordinator is responsible for building partnership with employers and services providers in the community to help participants obtain jobs and services.
Title: Resident Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency (ROSS) Service Coordinators Program
Post Date: 10-21-2010
Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development
Obtain Funding Opportunity Text: Application Package and Instructions Download using CFDA Number ONLY.
Funding Opportunity Description: The purpose of the ROSS Service Coordinator program is to provide funding to hire and maintain Service Coordinators who will assess the needs of residents of conventional Public Housing or Indian housing and coordinate available resources in the community to meet those needs. The ultimate goal of a Family Service Coordinator is to assist families to increase earned income and move towards economic and housing self-sufficiency. The ultimate goal of an Elderly/Disabled Service Coordinator is to ensure that residents can maintain independent living and age-in-place in their units and avoid placement in a full-care facility to the greatest extent possible. Applicants will indicate if their Service Coordinators will serve families, elderly residents, or a mix of both.
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Department of Transportation
Title: Waterfront Rail Reconstruction Project
Post Date: 10-26-2010
Agency: Department of Transportation
Obtain Funding Opportunity Text: Waterfront Rail Reconstruction Project
Funding Opportunity Description: FY 2010 Rail Line Relocation Earmark - Waterfront Rail Reconstruction Project, to include stabilizing the alignment, updating and, where necessary, replacing wayside equipment, reconstructing and upgrading the track work, and creating an electrification-ready rail line capable of handling a variety of rail and rolling stock equipment, including electric streetcar and trolley vehicles.
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Election Assistance Commission
Title: Pre-Election Logic and Accuracy Testing & Post-Election Audit Initiative
Post Date: 10-25-2010
Agency: Election Assistance Commission
Obtain Funding Opportunity Text: Notice of Funds Availability
Funding Opportunity Description: This initiative will provide competitive grants to research, demonstrate, document, andrecommend improvements to the elections processes and best practices for 1) pre-election L&Atesting of voting systems, and 2) post-election audits. A separate project description will beprovided for each of the two areas covered under this Notice. The successful applicants will beexpected to deliver a set of agreed upon outcomes and recommendations by March 30, 2012 foruse by election officials and other interested entities.Funds will support the development and documentation of a range of tools, procedures andprocesses used in managing and conducting L&A testing and post-election audit activities bytype of voting method, vendor-specific equipment, jurisdiction size, or other ways to bedetermined by applicants. Applicants will have the opportunity to respond to either the L&Aportion of the Notice, the post-election audit portion, or both.
Title: Accessible Voting Technology Initiative
Post Date: 10-25-2010
Agency: Election Assistance Commission
Obtain Funding Opportunity Text: Notice of Funds Availability
Funding Opportunity Description: Through the Accessible Voting Technology Initiative, EAC will support research ontransformative technologies and approaches to meet the critical challenge of makingvoting more accessible to all eligible voters. Funding will support research for: 1)promising technologies and practices; 2) technology testing and adoption; and 3)development of administrative processes and training improvements to increaseaccessibility of existing voting procedures and election systems. The initiative will focuson a broad spectrum of research that addresses a variety of disabilities, as defined by theAmericans with Disability Act (ADA).
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Environmental Protection Agency
Title: San Francisco Bay Area Water Quality Improvement Fund
Post Date: 10-27-2010
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Obtain Funding Opportunity Text: San Francisco Bay Area Water Quality Improvement Fund
Funding Opportunity Description: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 (EPA) is soliciting proposals under this announcement to protect and restore the water quality of the San Francisco Bay and its watersheds through comprehensive watershed management. This announcement seeks to fund projects to achieve significant improvement in water quality and attainment of beneficial uses. Proposals must achieve results concerning one or more of the following SF Bay water quality priorities:Protecting and restoring habitat including riparian corridors, floodplains,wetlands, and the Bay.Reducing polluted run-off from urban development and agriculture. Implementing TMDLs and watershed plans to restore impairedwaterbodies.
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National Endowment for the Humanities
Title: America's Historical and Cultural Organizations
Post Date: 10-25-2010
Agency: National Endowment for the Humanities
Obtain Funding Opportunity Text: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/AHCO.htm
Funding Opportunity Description: America?s Historical and Cultural Organizations grants support projects in the humanities that explore stories, ideas, and beliefs in order to deepen our understanding of our lives and our world. The Division of Public Programs supports the development of humanities content and interactivity that excite, inform, and stir thoughtful reflection upon culture, identity, and history in creative and new ways. Grants for America?s Historical and Cultural Organizations should encourage dialogue, discussion, and civic engagement, and they should foster learning among people of all ages. To that end, the Division of Public Programs urges applicants to consider more than one format for presenting humanities ideas to the public.NEH offers two categories of grants for America?s Historical and Cultural Organizations: planning and implementation grants. Planning grants are available for projects that may need further development before applying for implementation. See application guidelines for Planning Grants. This planning can include the identification and refinement of the project?s main humanities ideas and questions, consultation with scholars, preliminary audience evaluation, preliminary design of the proposed interpretive formats, beta testing of digital formats, development of complementary programming, research, or the drafting of interpretive materials. Implementation grants support the final preparation of a project for presentation to the public. Applicants must submit a full walkthrough for an exhibition, or a prototype or storyboard for a digital project, which demonstrates a solid command of the humanities ideas and scholarship that relate to the subject. Applicants for implementation grants should have already finished most of the planning for their projects, including the identification of the key humanities themes, relevant scholarship, and program formats. For exhibitions, implementation grants can support the final stages of design development, but these grants are primarily intended for installation. Sample narratives from successful implementation grant applications are available under the Program Resources section of the sidebar on the first page of the guidelines. You may request additional samples by sending an e-mail message to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Title: America's Media Makers
Post Date: 10-21-2010
Agency: National Endowment for the Humanities
Obtain Funding Opportunity Text: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/amm.htm
Funding Opportunity Description: Grants for America?s Media Makers support projects in the humanities that explore stories, ideas, and beliefs in order to deepen our understanding of our lives and our world. The Division of Public Programs supports the development of humanities content and interactivity that excite, inform, and stir thoughtful reflection upon culture, identity, and history in creative and new ways. Grants for America?s Media Makers should encourage dialogue, discussion, and civic engagement, and they should foster learning among people of all ages. To that end, the Division of Public Programs urges applicants to consider more than one format for presenting humanities ideas to the public. NEH offers two categories of grants for media projects, development grants and production grants. Development grants enable media producers to collaborate with scholars to develop humanities content and format and to prepare programs for production. Development grants should culminate in the refinement of a project?s humanities ideas, a script, or a design document for (or a prototype of) digital media components or projects, or a prototype for a digital media project together with a detailed plan for outreach and public engagement in collaboration with partner organizations. Production grants support the preparation of a program for distribution. Applicants must submit a script for a radio or television program, or a prototype or storyboard for a digital media project, that demonstrates a solid command of the humanities ideas and scholarship related to a subject. The script for a radio or television program, or prototype or storyboard for a digital media project, must also show how the narrative elements, visual approach, and interactive design combine to present the project?s humanities ideas. Applicants must have consulted with appropriate scholars about the project and obtained their commitment as advisers. Finally, applicants must have recruited the media team, including at a minimum the producer, director, writer, and, for a digital media project, the interactive designer.
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National Science Foundation
Title: Virtual Organizations as Sociotechnical Systems
Post Date: 10-25-2010
Agency: National Science Foundation
Obtain Funding Opportunity Text: NSF Publication 11-501
Funding Opportunity Description: A virtual organization is a group of individuals whose members and resources may be dispersed geographically, but who function as a coherent unit through the use of cyberinfrastructure. Virtual organizations are increasingly central to the science and engineering projects funded by the National Science Foundation. Focused investments in sociotechnical analyses of virtual organizations are necessary to harness their full potential and the promise they offer for discovery and learning.?? The Virtual Organizations as Sociotechnical Systems (VOSS) program supports fundamental scientific research, particularly advances in social, organizational and design science understanding, directed at advancing the understanding of how to develop virtual organizations and under what conditions virtual organizations can enable and enhance scientific, engineering, and education production and innovation. Levels of analysis may include (but are not limited to) individuals, groups, organizations, and institutional arrangements. Disciplinary perspectives may include (but are not limited to) anthropology, complexity sciences, computer and information sciences, decision and management sciences, economics, engineering, organization theory, organizational behavior, social and industrial psychology, public administration, political science and sociology. Research methods may span a broad variety of qualitative and quantitative methods, including (but not limited to): ethnographies, surveys, simulation studies, experiments, comparative case studies, and network analyses. VOSS funded research must be grounded in theory and rooted in empirical methods. It must produce broadly applicable and transferable results that augment knowledge and practice of virtual organizations as a modality. VOSS does not support proposals that aim to implement or evaluate individual virtual organizations.
Title: Nano and Bio Mechanics
Post Date: 10-25-2010
Agency: National Science Foundation
Obtain Funding Opportunity Text: NSF Program Desccription 11-7479
Funding Opportunity Description: The NBM Program supports fundamental research in biomechanics and mechanobiology. An emphasis is placed on multiscale solid and fluid mechanics approaches in the study of organisms that integrate across molecular, cell, tissue and organ domains. The relationships between mechanical behavior and extracellular matrix composition and organization are of interest. In addition, the influence of in vivo mechanical forces on cell and matrix biology in the histomorphogenesis, maintenance, regeneration, and aging of those tissues is a primary concern. Funded projects may include theoretical, computational, and experimental approaches. The program encourages the consideration of diverse living tissues as smart materials that are self-designing. Biomimetic inspired applications to other engineering fields are encompassed.
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None
Title: 10262010-KV-1
Post Date: 10-30-2010
Agency: None
Obtain Funding Opportunity Text: Not Available
Funding Opportunity Description: test
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