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Current Funding Opportunities
CRLT Investigating Student Learning Grant - Deadline: January 25, 2011 (Posted 11/10/10)
The Center for Research on Learning and Teaching is pleased to announce the competition for the 2011 Investigating Student Learning Grant.
- Grant awards of $3,000 are available to individual faculty members.
- Grant awards of $4,000 are available to faculty member-postdoc/graduate student teams.
For the 2011-2012 academic year, CRLT will award grants to faculty who wish to investigate aspects of student learning in their courses or educational programs.This grant will be of particular interest to those seeking to document how students learn key concepts in order to inform assessment efforts. It also may be attractive to instructors who wish to evaluate the impact of innovative teaching strategies in a course and disseminate the findings.
In addition to financial support, this grant offers CRLT assistance for the design of projects, including IRB approval. Grant participants will attend a one-day spring symposium at U-M on research about teaching and learning (to be held May 2, 2011), conduct educational research on student learning, and then share their insights with colleagues at a spring 2012 forum.
Proposal deadline: 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 25, 2011.
For more information, examples of past projects, and application guidelines, please visit CRLT's website.
For questions or for assistance with proposal development, please contact Mary Wright (mcwright@umich.edu).
INTERNAL COMPETITION: NSF CI-TEAM - Internal Deadline: January 29, 2010
NSF Full Proposal Deadline Date: March 16, 2011
Limit on Number of Proposals: (2) lead proposals per Institution
UM CAMPUS INTERNAL ABSTRACT DEADLINE---January 29, 2011 MON- (5:00 P.M.)
Synopsis of Program: New information, communication, and computational technologies have had profound impacts on the practice of science (in this solicitation, the term science includes the natural, mathematical, computing, and social sciences), engineering, and education. This includes the means by which citizens of all ages use science and engineering to enhance professional and private lives. The systems, tools, and services emerging from these new technologies are linked to create a comprehensive cyberinfrastructure that is enabling individuals, groups, and organizations to advance research and education in ways that revolutionize who can participate, what they can do, and how they do it. Sustaining this revolution across all areas of science, engineering, and education requires the formation of a citizenry and workforce with the knowledge and skills needed to design and deploy as well as adopt and apply these cyber-based systems, tools and services over the long-term. The opportunity for such preparation should be available at all stages of formal and informal education (K-16 and lifelong), training and professional development, and must be extended to all individuals and communities. The CI-TEAM program supports projects that integrate science and engineering research and education activities that range from local activities to global-scale efforts, as appropriate, to promote, leverage and utilize cyberinfrastructure systems, tools and services.
Collectively, the CI-TEAM awards will:
- Increase the numbers of scientists, engineers, educators, and/or students prepared to design, develop, adopt and deploy cyber-based tools and environments for computational science and engineering research and learning, both formal and informal. This is to include individuals who are otherwise well prepared in the STEM disciplines.
- Produce curricular and pedagogical materials, learning technologies, and institutional models for preparing the cyberinfrastructure workforce that are broadly adaptable and/or adoptable, and publish related outcomes that inform others of promising educational approaches.
- Increase and broaden the participation of diverse groups of people and organizations as both creators and users of cyberinfrastructure for research and education. Currently underrepresented groups include women, those in underserved rural regions of the country, those who would be the first in their family to graduate from college, and minorities including those associated with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and other Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) and communities.
This solicitation seeks three types of project proposals, all aimed at the preparation of a diverse, cyberinfrastructure-savvy science and engineering workforce:
- Demonstration Projects are exploratory in nature and may be somewhat limited in scope and scale. Demonstration Projects have the potential to serve as exemplars for effective larger-scale implementation and diffusion activities in the future.
- Implementation Projects are generally larger in scope or scale and draw on prior experience with the activities or the teams proposed.
- Diffusion Projects are expected to inform and engage broad national and/or international audiences to build upon educational research and project outcomes to deploy promising educational strategies through cyberinfrastructure resources, models, and/or technologies.
Implementation and Diffusion Projects are expected to deliver sustainable learning or workforce development activities that complement ongoing NSF investment in cyberinfrastructure. All CI-TEAM projects seek to create and maintain a broad and diverse population of individuals and institutions participating in cyberinfrastructure activities specifically and, thereby, science and engineering more generally. Toward that goal, all types of projects must include collaborations with expertise in multiple disciplines and involve partnerships that support integrated research and learning among diverse organizations including, as appropriate, academic institutions of higher learning, primary and secondary schools, government, industry, professional societies, other not-for-profit organizations, and international partners. Other key features of CI-TEAM projects involve a commitment to: leveraging existing or current development efforts in cyberinfrastructure technologies; open software standards and open educational resources; the integration of research and learning; institutional partnerships; and strategic implementation, management, and project evaluation plans. Following merit review of the proposals received, NSF expects to select for support 6 to 7 Demonstration Projects at up to $250,000 total each and 3 to 6 Implementation or Diffusion Projects at up to $1,000,000 total each that together constitute a rich portfolio of cyberinfrastructure-related workforce development activities.
If you are interested in claiming the one of the (2) LEAD Proposal slots, please submit:
- A estimated cumulative budget
- No more than a Five (5) page summary covering the following:
a) Explain what type of activities will be undertaken in the CI-TEAM Implementation or Demonstration Project b) The expected outcomes of the project as set out in the Program Description c) Any peer review comments received on this application from any other submission
The summary should be submitted to the following email address: fastlane-admin@umich.edu with a copy to mgparnes@umich.edu Dave Plawchan; davedrda@umich.edu
We request that an electronic copy of each summary submitted for review be submitted to the appropriate Research Dean by the Project Director / Principal Investigator. The Office of the Vice -President for Research, in consultation with others, will decide which proposal should be developed for submission to NSF.
The finalist for this competition will be notified no later than( Wednesday) February 16th, 2010.
Software Development for Cyberinfrastructure (SDCI) - Deadline: January 30, 2011
- Posted 11/8/10
Synopsis of Program:
NSF is committed to fostering the development of a scalable, comprehensive, secure and sustainable cyberinfrastructure that supports potentially transformative research in science and engineering. The development of a mature cyberinfrastructure relies on the development, deployment, and reliable use of new technologies to catalyze transformative research.
The purpose of the Software Development for Cyberinfrastructure (SDCI) program is to develop and deploy a set of reusable and expandable software components and systems that benefit a broad set of science and engineering applications. This program supports software development along two thrust areas: end-to-end high performance computer networking and cyber security. Supported activities include development, testing, experimental deployment, and trial use of software in relevant settings enabling research and education activities in any area of science and engineering supported by NSF. A strong emphasis is placed on moving from infrastructure research to infrastructure capability. SDCI funds software activities for enhancing scientific productivity and for facilitating research and education collaborations through sharing of data, instruments, and computing and storage resources. The program requires open source software development. Collaborations with industry are encouraged.
OVPR & Rackham 2011 Research Partnership Program - Deadline: February 1, 2011
Spring/Summer Research Grants Program Page
Distinguished Faculty and Graduate Student Seminars Program Information
Google Faculty Research Awards Program - Next Deadline: February 1, 2011
The purpose of this program is to facilitate more interaction between Google and academia and also nurture stronger relations and partnerships with universities. The intent of the awards program is to support academic research aimed at improving information access (defined broadly). Google funds Research Awards unrestricted and retains no intellectual property from the research. We prefer if the results from the research are open sourced and widely published. Awards through this program are for one year in the range from $10K-$150K
Google Research Awards Program Page
Ethics Education in Science and Engineering (EESE) - Internal Competition Deadline: February 1, 2011, NSF Deadline: March 14, 2011
The Ethics Education in Science and Engineering (EESE) program funds research and educational projects that improve ethics education in all fields of science and engineering that NSF supports, with priority consideration given to interdisciplinary, inter-institutional, and international contexts. Although the primary focus is on improving ethics education for graduate students in NSF-funded fields, the proposed programs may benefit advanced undergraduates as well.
- Note: only one (1) proposal submission as lead per organization. Please email si-ori@umich.edu for internal competition proposal requirements.
NSF Program Solicitation 11-514
MICHR Pilot Grant Program Requests Proposals for Clinical & Translational Research - Round 10 Submission Deadline: February 1, 2011
The Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research Pilot Grant Program (PGP) aims to facilitate and support innovative research across the translational spectrum and encourage interdisciplinary collaboration that promotes the development of transformative solutions for improving patient outcomes. The following mechanisms are offered in Round 10:
- T1 - Bench to Bedside Collaborations (75K max.)
- T1 - Endowment for Basic Sciences Partnership Accelerating Translation (50K max.)
- T2 - Translational Science (50K max.)
- T3 - Research Into Practice (50K max.)
- T3 - CURES: Community University Research Partnership (25K max.)
Proposals are sought from basic, clinical, and social scientists. All UM faculty are eligible to apply as Principal Investigators. Fellows in an ACGME accredited program are NOT eligible to apply; however, lecturer or instructor appointments, or higher are eligible. Basic scientists are strongly encouraged to submit their application with a clinical scientist collaborator.
For more details regarding the descriptions of the grant mechanisms and application guidelines, visit http://www.michr.umich.edu/programs/pilot-grant.html. Please read guidelines and requirements for each mechanism carefully as these may have changed.
A Letter of Intent is NOT required. Proposals will be submitted electronically through mGrants http://mgrants.michr.med.umich.edu which will be available Monday December 6, 2010.
For questions please contact:
- Carol Van Huysen, Program Manager at 734.998.6885 or cvanh@umich.edu
- Debra Warrick, Program Coordinator at 734.998.7626 or warrickd@umich.edu
(Posted 12/3/2010)
NSF Fundamental Research Program for Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers (FRP) - Deadline: February 2, 2011 (Posted 8/19/10)
Synopsis of Program:
The National Science Foundation encourages the submission of industry-defined fundamental research proposals from NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers (I/UCRC). Industry-defined fundamental research broadens the scientific and engineering understanding beyond the more specific applied research interests of the industries traditionally served by the I/UCRC. Industry participation extends the scope and horizon of center research projects so as to drive innovation with industrially relevant fundamental research projects.
For more information please see NSF Solicitation 10-601.
HP Labs Innovation Research Program - Deadline: February 4, 2011 at 5pm Pacific Time (Posted 1/3/11)
Synopsis of Program: HP Labs' Innovation Research Program (IRP) is designed to create opportunities at colleges, universities and research institutes around the world for collaborative research with HP. Through an annual, open Call for Proposals, we solicit your best ideas on a range of targeted research topics with the goal of establishing new research collaborations. Proposals are reviewed by HP Labs scientists and selected to receive funding awards based on their alignment with the chosen research topic and expected impact of the proposed research.
Awards made through the IRP are primarily intended to provide financial support for a graduate student to assist the Principal Investigator in conducting a collaborative research project with HP Labs. Awards provide cash support for one year, typically in the range USD $50,000 - $75,000 inclusive of overheads, renewable up to a maximum of three years at HP's discretion.
2011 Research Topics:
- Cloud & Security
- Information Analytics
- Intelligent Infrastructure
- Mobile and Immersive Experience
- Networking and Communications
- Printing and Content Delivery
- Services
- Social Computing
- Sustainable Ecosystems
For more information please see HP Call for Proposals
NSF Collaborative Research in Computational Neuroscience (CRCNS) - Deadline: February 16, 2011 (Posted 11/19/10)
Synopsis of Program: Computational neuroscience provides a theoretical foundation and a rich set of technical approaches for understanding complex neurobiological systems, building on the theory, methods, and findings of computer science, neuroscience, and numerous other disciplines.
Through the CRCNS program, participating organizations of the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, BMBF) support collaborative activities that will advance the understanding of nervous system structure and function, mechanisms underlying nervous system disorders, and computational strategies used by the nervous system.
Three classes of proposals will be considered in response to this solicitation:
- Research Proposals describing collaborative research projects,
- US-German Research Proposals describing international collaborative research projects to be funded in parallel by US and German agencies, and
- Data Sharing Proposals to enable sharing of data and other resources.
As detailed in the solicitation, appropriate scientific areas of investigations may be related to any of the participating funding organizations. Questions concerning a particular project's focus, direction and relevance to a participating funding organization should be addressed to the appropriate person in the list of agency contacts found in section VIII of the solicitation.
URA Visiting Scholars Awards @ Fermilab - Deadline: February 18, 2011
Announcement of Opportunity for the Spring 2011 awards cycle under the Universities Research Association's (URA) Visiting Scholars Program at Fermilab. These awards are restricted to faculty and students of URA member universities. The URA Visiting Scholars Program at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory was established in 2007 as a five year program to support visits by researchers from Universities Research Association, Inc. (URA) institutions to work at Fermilab for periods of up to one year.
Under the FRA/DOE contract for the operation of Fermilab, resources for this program are made available by the 86 URA member institutions, each of which contributes $5000 a year for five years.
Researchers are defined as students, postdocs, or faculty doing research in areas such as high energy physics experiments, astrophysics, theory, accelerator physics, materials science, and computer science, related to the Fermilab mission. Applicants must be employed by or, in the case of students, enrolled at URA member institutions.
Visits can range from attendance at conferences and summer schools to year-long stays. Support provided by the program may include transportation costs, local lodging expenses during a series of short visits, or salary support during an extended visit. Individual awards may be up to a maximum of $50,000 in any twelve-month period.
http://www.fnal.gov/pub/forphysicists/fellowships/ura_visiting_scholars/index.html
Proposals for this cycle are due February 18, 2011, and the awards will be announced in late March.
NSF Planning Grant for Computing Education for the 21st Century (CE21) - Deadline: February 22, 2011 (Posted 9/27/10)
The Computing Education for the 21st Century (CE21) program aims to build a computationally savvy 21st century workforce that positions the US to demonstrate a leadership role in the global economy. Innovations in computing and more broadly, information technology (IT), drive our economy, underlie many new advances in science and engineering, and contribute to our national security. Projected job growth in IT is very strong..
The goals of the CE21 program are to:
- Increase the number and diversity of K-14 students and teachers who develop and practice computational competencies in a variety of contexts; and
- Increase the number and diversity of early postsecondary students who are engaged and have the background in computing necessary to successfully pursue degrees in computing-related and computationally-intensive fields of study.
The program seeks to increase computational competencies for all students, regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, disability status, or socioeconomic status, and regardless, too, of eventual career choices. By promoting and enhancing computing K-14 education, the CE21 program seeks to increase interest in computing as a field in its own right, and also to better prepare students for successful careers in other computing-intensive fields.
All CE21 projects are expected to:
- Contribute to the creation of a rich research base that informs our understanding of effective teaching and learning in computing; and
- Draw on partnerships among the computing and teaching and learning communities, institutions of learning, including primary, secondary and post-secondary institutions and organizations, and other stakeholders.
Types of Proposals:
- Type I proposals will contribute to the research base on the effective teaching and learning of computing, draw on partnerships of informed and committed stakeholders, and create and study the effectiveness of new instructional materials and interventions and/or strategies to develop K-14 teaching expertise. Type I proposals typically describe smaller scale efficacy studies.
- Type II proposals will contribute to the research base on the effective teaching and learning of computing, draw on partnerships of informed and committed stakeholders, and create and study the effectiveness of new instructional materials and interventions and strategies to develop K-14 teaching expertise. Type II proposals demonstrate implementations at scale, where the interventions to be taken to scale have already proven effective in smaller-scale efficacy studies (studies that may or may not have been funded by NSF).
- Planning proposals support the establishment of new partnerships and collaborations necessary to develop Type I or Type II proposals.
For more information please see NSF Solicitation 10-619
NSF Disaster Resilience for Rural Communities (DRRC) - Deadline: March 4, 2011
In a joint announcement, the U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) and NSF call for proposals to advance basic research in engineering and the social, behavioral, and economic sciences on enhancing disaster resilience in rural communities.
For more informatino please see NSF Program Solicitation 11-510
- Posted 12/6/2010
NSF Science and Technology Centers: Integrative Partnerships - Internal Competition Deadline: March 7, 2011
- Limit on number of proposals per organization: 3
- Required Pre-Proposal Deadline: May 30, 2011
- Full Proposal Deadline: February 3, 2012
If you are interested in claiming one of (3) three UM's Pre- Proposal slots as a "LEAD" , please prepare a four to eight page summary that outlines:
- The STC concept and why it should be viewed as a priority for the University of Michigan;
- How it meets the STC Objectives; The outcomes you anticipate if your proposal is successful; Characteristics of the proposed Science and Technology Center; and the Leadership, Management, and Oversight of the proposed STC
- Any peer review comments received on this application from any submission
- The estimated total cost of the project (Voluntary Committed Cost Sharing is Prohibited:)
- A list of Co-PI's involved in the proposal
A 4-8 page summary should be submitted by 5pm on March 7, 2011 to the following email address: fastlane-admin@umich.edu with a copy to Marvin Parnes (mgparnes@umich.edu) and Dave Plawchan(davedrda@umich.edu)
We request that a copy of each summary submitted for review be given to the appropriate Research Dean by the Project Director / Principal Investigator.
SYNOPSIS: The Science and Technology Centers (STC): Integrative Partnerships program supports innovative, potentially transformative, complex research and education projects that require large-scale, long-term awards. STCs conduct world-class research through partnerships among academic institutions, national laboratories, industrial organizations, and/or other public/private entities, and via international collaborations, as appropriate. They provide a means to undertake significant investigations at the interfaces of disciplines and/or fresh approaches within disciplines. STCs may involve any areas of science and engineering that NSF supports. STC investments support the NSF vision of advancing discovery, innovation and education beyond the frontiers of current knowledge, and empowering future generations in science and engineering.
For further information please see NSF Solicitation 11-522
Yahoo! Key Scientific Challenges Program for PhD Students - Deadline: March 11, 2011
- Posted 1/6/2011
This is your chance to get an inside look at the big challenges Yahoo! research scientists are working on while driving your research forward. Learn more about the real-world problems facing our industry, then focus on and solve these fundamental challenges alongside the top minds in the field.
PhD students working in each of the core research areas are invited to review the challenges listed. Submit an application between January 24th - March 11th, 2011 to be considered for the Key Scientific Challenges Program.
Key Scientific Challenges Program Homepage
NSF EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Track-2 (RII Track-2) - Deadline: March 14, 2011
- NOTE - One (1) proposal per organization
The Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) is a program designed to fulfill the National Science Foundation's (NSF) mandate to promote scientific progress nationwide. The EPSCoR program is directed at those jurisdictions that have historically received lesser amounts of NSF Research and Development (R&D) funding. Twenty-seven states, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the U. S. Virgin Islands are currently eligible to participate. Through this program, NSF establishes partnerships with government, higher education, and industry that are designed to effect lasting improvements in a state's or region's research infrastructure, R&D capacity and hence, its national R&D competitiveness.
Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Track-2 (RII Track-2) awards provide up to $2 million per year for up to 3 years to consortia of EPSCoR jurisdictions to support innovation-enabling cyberinfrastructure of regional, thematic, or technological importance. A successful RII Track-2 proposal must describe a clear, comprehensive, and integrated cyberinfrastructure vision to drive discovery, broaden participation in STEM research and education activities, and provide collective solutions to cyberinfrastructure challenges of regional and national importance. The proposal must also describe how robust, reliable environments, capabilities, and capacities will be provided to deliver long term value across science and engineering disciplines. These awards will enhance discovery, learning, and economic development through the use of cyberinfrastructure.
NSF Program Solicitation 11-513
NSF Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) - Deadline: March 21, 2011
- Posted 12/23/10
NOTE: The solicitation has been updated to: eliminate the Small category of proposals; adjust the proposal size and duration for Medium proposals; encourage development of prototypes and testbeds; invite proposals for research activities that augment and amplify the CPS Virtual Organization; clarify the requirement for integrating CPS disciplinary areas and exploring highly innovative systems concepts; encourage transformative CPS research; and update program contacts.
As in the previous solicitation, we no longer invite new proposals for the CPS Virtual Organization (CPS-VO). In addition, we again ask that all proposals explicitly identify the theme(s) they address in both the Project Summary and in the Project Description.
SYNOPSIS OF PROGRAM:
The term "cyber-physical systems" refers to the tight conjoining of and coordination between computational and physical resources. We envision that the cyber-physical systems of tomorrow will far exceed those of today in terms of adaptability, autonomy, efficiency, functionality, reliability, safety, and usability. Research advances in cyber-physical systems promise to transform our world with systems that respond more quickly (e.g., autonomous collision avoidance), are more precise (e.g., robotic surgery and nano-tolerance manufacturing), work in dangerous or inaccessible environments (e.g., autonomous systems for search and rescue, firefighting, and exploration), provide large-scale, distributed coordination (e.g., automated traffic control), are highly efficient (e.g., zero-net energy buildings), augment human capabilities, and enhance societal wellbeing (e.g., assistive technologies and ubiquitous healthcare monitoring and delivery).
Congruent with the recommendations in the August 2007 report of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), Leadership Under Challenge: Information Technology R&D in a Competitive World, NSF's Directorates for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) and Engineering (ENG) are spear-heading the Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) program because of its scientific and technological importance as well as its potential impact on grand challenges in a number of sectors critical to U.S. security and competitiveness, including aerospace, automotive, chemical production, civil infrastructure, energy, healthcare, manufacturing, materials and transportation. By abstracting from the particulars of specific applications in these domains, the CPS program aims to reveal cross-cutting fundamental scientific and engineering principles that underpin the integration of cyber and physical elements across all application sectors. The CPS program will also support the development of methods and tools as well as hardware and software components, run-time substrates, systems based upon these principles to expedite and accelerate the realization of cyber-physical systems in a wide range of applications, and associated prototypes and testbeds. Furthermore, the program aims to augment and amplify the recently-funded CPS Virtual Organization http://www.cps-vo.org/ in order to create a research and education community committed to the study and application of cyber-physical system innovations, and to hold regular PI meetings.
The CPS program is seeking proposals that address research challenges in three CPS themes: Foundations; Methods and Tools; and Components, Run-time Substrates, and Systems. Foundations research will develop new scientific and engineering principles, algorithms, models, and theories for the analysis and design of cyber-physical systems. Research on Methods and Tools will bridge the gaps between approaches to the cyber and physical elements of systems through innovations such as novel support for multiple views, new programming languages, and algorithms for reasoning about and formally verifying properties of complex integrations of cyber and physical resources. The third CPS theme concerns new hardware and software Components, Run-time Substrates (infrastructure and platforms), and (engineered) Systems motivated by grand challenge applications. In all CPS themes, concepts should be developed that contribute to new Cyber-Physical Systems science. These concepts may include fault tolerance, availability, reliability, reconfigurability, and cybersecurity aspects of certifiably-dependable CPS.
Two types of research and education projects will be considered:
- Medium Projects span one or more CPS themes and include two or more PIs and a research team of students and/or postdocs. Funding for Medium Projects will be provided at levels ranging from $300,000/year to $500,000/year and durations of three to four years.
- Large Projects are multi-investigator and multi-university projects involving teams of researchers and their students and/or postdocs representing multiple disciplines in computer science, engineering, and physical application domains, who together address a coherent set of research issues that either cut across multiple CPS themes or that explore in great depth a particular theme. Funding will be provided at levels up to $1,000,000/year for up to five years.
NSF Program Solicitation 11-516
Time Warner Cable Research Program - Deadline: April 1, 2011 (Posted 3/19/10)
Time Warner Cable has a call for proposals to their Program on Digital Communications. These are for small awards ($20 K) intended to support the production of a 25 to 35-page report over a period of six months. Teams of two or more researchers are encouraged. Graduate students may be part of a team submitting a proposal and are eligible to be funded from an award – but they can’t be the primary author of a proposal. Proposals must be focused on one of the seven topics identified by the program:
- Advertising, two-sided markets, and the role of network operators (ISPs, MSOs)
- Customer equipment and program navigation devices, guides, and menus
- Video programming in a digital world
- The future of cable networking and infrastructure
- The future of local programming
- Video convergence and internet video
- Innovation in broadband networks, network design, and network management
You will need a three-page project description and a resume (maximum of three pages per author).
More detail on these topics, as well as specific application instructions, can be found on the Time Warner Cable Research Website
If you are interested in this program, please contact Becky O’Brien.
NSF Computing Education for the 21st Century (CE21) - Deadline: April 27, 2011 (Posted 9/27/10)
The Computing Education for the 21st Century (CE21) program aims to build a computationally savvy 21st century workforce that positions the US to demonstrate a leadership role in the global economy. Innovations in computing and more broadly, information technology (IT), drive our economy, underlie many new advances in science and engineering, and contribute to our national security. Projected job growth in IT is very strong.
The CE21 program focuses special attention on activities targeted at the middle and high school levels (i.e., secondary education) and in early undergraduate education.
The goals of the CE21 program are to:
- Increase the number and diversity of K-14 students and teachers who develop and practice computational competencies in a variety of contexts; and
- Increase the number and diversity of early postsecondary students who are engaged and have the background in computing necessary to successfully pursue degrees in computing-related and computationally-intensive fields of study.
- Type I proposals will contribute to the research base on the effective teaching and learning of computing, draw on partnerships of informed and committed stakeholders, and create and study the effectiveness of new instructional materials and interventions and/or strategies to develop K-14 teaching expertise. Type I proposals typically describe smaller scale efficacy studies.
- Type II proposals will contribute to the research base on the effective teaching and learning of computing, draw on partnerships of informed and committed stakeholders, and create and study the effectiveness of new instructional materials and interventions and strategies to develop K-14 teaching expertise. Type II proposals demonstrate implementations at scale, where the interventions to be taken to scale have already proven effective in smaller-scale efficacy studies (studies that may or may not have been funded by NSF).
For more information please see NSF Solicitation 10-619
NIH Social Network Analysis and Health (R01) - Deadline: May 11, 2011 (posted 6/8/10)
- This FOA encourages research that aims to accomplish one or more specific goals: (1) generate new theories that would enhance the capabilities and value of Social Network Analysis (SNA); (2) address fundamental questions about social interactions and processes in social networks; (3) address fundamental questions about social networks in relation to health and health-related behaviors; (4) develop innovative methodologies and technologies to facilitate, improve, and expand the capabilities of SNA.
Applicants should strive to ensure that their proposed research responds to one or more of these four goals of the FOA. Detailed information on each of these goals and illustrative examples of specific types of research sought under each goal are provided below in subsection III, under Research Objectives.
Social Network and Analysis Health FOA
NIH Technologies for Healthy Independent Living (R01 & R21) - Deadline: May 19, 2011
Technologies for Healthy Independent Living (R01)
This FOA encourages Research Project Grant (R01) applications for research, development, and evaluation of systems that monitor health, inform clinical decisions, or deliver therapies in a real-time and minimally obtrusive way. These are technologies that enable monitoring of personal motion, vital signs, and physiological measures in a manner that minimizes disruption to an individual’s daily routine and at all times protects their privacy, dignity and comfort. These systems are expected to integrate, process, analyze, communicate, and present data so that the individuals are engaged and empowered in their own healthcare with reduced burden to care providers. Effective application of home-based and mobile technologies has the potential to increase adherence to rehabilitation and medical regimens, reduce incidence of avoidable post-acute complications, and improve self-care management of chronic conditions.
Some examples of appropriate topics for this FOA include but are not limited to:
- Activity monitoring systems to detect personal care needs
- Activity monitoring systems to detect acute medical events
- Systems to ensure adherence to rehabilitation and medical regimens
- Real-time monitoring and management of chronic conditions
- Monitoring systems to detect progressive decline in physical and cognitive abilities
- Therapeutic or management systems to address physical or cognitive decline
- Fall detection or prevention systems
- Systems to monitor and facilitate sleep health
- Technologies aimed at helping the lay care-giver or professional provider
Design and Development of Novel Technologies for Healthy Independent Living (R21)
This FOA encourages Exploratory/Developmental Research Project Grant (R21) applications for research and development of novel technologies that monitor health, inform clinical decisions, or deliver therapies in a real-time and minimally obtrusive way. These are technologies that enable monitoring of personal motion, vital signs, and physiological measures in a manner that minimizes disruption to an individual’s daily routine and at all times protects their privacy, dignity and comfort. These systems are expected to integrate, process, analyze, communicate, and present data so that the individuals are engaged and empowered in their own healthcare with reduced burden to care providers. Effective application of home-based and mobile technologies has the potential to increase adherence to rehabilitation and medical regimens, reduce incidence of avoidable post-acute complications, and improve self-care management of chronic conditions.
Some examples of appropriate topics for this FOA include but are not limited to:
- Activity monitoring devices or sensors to detect personal care needs
- Activity monitoring devices or sensors to detect acute medical events
- Devices to ensure adherence to rehabilitation and medical regimens
- Real-time monitoring and management of chronic conditions
- Monitoring systems to detect progressive decline in physical and cognitive abilities
- Therapeutic or management systems to address physical or cognitive decline
- Fall detection or prevention systems
- Devices to monitor and facilitate sleep health
- Technologies aimed at helping the lay care-giver or professional provider
- Research and development for improved human-computer interfaces for home-use technologies
Related to Both calls:
Health care and medicine rely on effective detection and characterization of a person's physical and mental states and of significant changes to those states. Current methods to assess these indicators of well-being are performed at the convenience of the care provider and usually assume that observations during an office visit represent typical function. Furthermore, these methods may involve contrived or burdensome tests or depend heavily on recall. Thus, current methods may miss significant acute events or important signals of declining function or may poorly characterize detected events.
Technologies designed for home and mobile monitoring are intended to overcome these limitations. They have the potential to capture rare, irregular, or transient events; symptoms that are difficult for a patient to report; and changes in condition that evolve slowly over time. These improvements, in turn, could yield more accurate and earlier detection of changes that may interfere with healthy and independent living.
Partnerships for Innovation in Sustainable Energy Technologies - Deadline: June 1, 2011
This program seeds new interdisciplinary research programs in sustainable energy science, techology, and policy with funding for Phoenix Energy Institute Research Fellow. Successful proposals will combine innovative research plans with concret timelines for establishing independent funding.
For more information please email si-ori@umich.edu or visit energy.umich.edu
CIES 2012-2013 Fulbright Competitions - Deadline: August 1, 2011
- Posted 1/24/2011
- Description: The Council for International Exchange of Scholars, on behalf of the US State Department, administers the “Core Fulbright Scholar Program,” which annually makes available fellowships in roughly 140 countries to over 800 US scholars and professionals from a wide variety of academic and professional fields. These prestigious grants are a major source of funding for lecturing or conducting research abroad.
- Eligibility: Eligible applicants must be US citizens, normally must have relevant postdoctoral academic lecturing experience if they wish to lecture—or a doctorate (or other terminal degree, including a master’s in some fields) or equivalent professional qualifications if they want to do research abroad, and for some countries must possess sufficient language competence for the project they wish to undertake.
- Benefits: Awardees generally receive roundtrip travel, a living allowance that varies with the country and number of dependents, and a small allowance for local travel abroad, books, and services. The duration of the grants usually range from 2 to 12 months.
- Deadline: The competition for 2012-13 awards is open between February 1, 2011, and the application due date on August 1, 2011.
- Submission: Interested applicants must apply online directly to CIES at www.cies.org, where complete application materials and information are also available.
- Assistance: Although the U-M International Institute does not administer any aspect of this competition or these awards, we have been trained by CIES and are able to provideinformation, instructions, editorial assistance, review criteria tailored to each application, and professional advice on how best to structure an application for this particular competition: e-mail Beni at unlisted@umich.edu.
NSF Grants for Rapid Response Research (RAPID) (Posted 3/13/09)
The RAPID funding mechanism is used for proposals having a severe urgency with regard to availability of, or access to data, facilities or specialized equipment, including quick-response research on natural or anthropogenic disasters and similar unanticipated events. PI(s) must contact the NSF program officer(s) whose expertise is most germane to the proposal topic before submitting a RAPID proposal. This will facilitate determining whether the proposed work is appropriate for RAPID funding.
- The Project Description is expected to be brief (two to five pages) and include clear statements as to why the proposed research is of an urgent nature and why a RAPID award would be the most appropriate mechanism for supporting the proposed work. Note this proposal preparation instruction deviates from the standard proposal preparation instructions contained in this Guide; RAPID proposals must otherwise be compliant with the GPG.
- The box for “RAPID” must be checked on the Cover Sheet.
- Only internal merit review is required for RAPID proposals. Under rare circumstances, program officers may elect to obtain external reviews to inform their decision. If external review is to be obtained, then the PI will be so informed in the interest of maintaining the transparency of the review and recommendation process. The two standard NSB-approved merit review criteria will apply.
- Requests may be for up to $200K and of one year duration. The award size, however, will be consistent with the project scope and of a size comparable to grants in similar areas.
- No-cost extensions, and requests for supplemental funding, will be processed in accordance with standard NSF policies and procedures.
- Renewed funding of RAPID awards may be requested only through submission of a proposal that will be subject to full external merit review. Such proposals would be designated as “RAPID renewals.”
Army Research Laboratory - Basic and Applied Research - Deadline: Open through FY11
The U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) solicits proposals for basic and scientific research in chemistry, electronics, environmental sciences, life sciences, materials science, mathematical and computer sciences, mechanical sciences, physics, computational and information sciences, sensors and electron devices, survivability/lethality analysis, and weapons and materials research.
In order to conserve valuable offeror and Government resources and to facilitate determining whether a proposed research idea meets the guidelines described herein, prospective offerors contemplating submission of a white paper or proposal are strongly encouraged to contact the appropriate technical point of contact (TPOC) before submission. The TPOCs’ names, telephone numbers, and e-mail addresses are listed immediately after each research area of interest.
Some areas of Interest for SI (see the BAA for details, page numbers listed below):
1.2 Information Science and Technology (pages 7-8)
- d. Information and data fusion/visualization
- e. Data mining/Social network analysis
1.7 Database Technology (page 11)
New Economy Initiative for Southeast Michigan - Deadline: Open
New Economy Initiative grants support the efforts of nonprofit organizations, charities, and government agencies to transform the economy of southeast Michigan and return prosperity to the region. Grants are available for a variety of activities, but proposed activities must be focused on helping to achieve the goal of the New Economy Initiative and its objectives focused on talent, innovation and culture change.
For more information please go to New Economy Initiative Program Description
Google Research Awards - Deadline: Open
Awards through this program are typically either monetary awards (in the range from $5K-$150K) and/or potential access to anonymized data for research purposes. The awards are intended to help promote and support academic research aimed at improving information access defined broadly. Areas that are of particular interest are included in the RFP.
Participants in the award program are expected to have a primary contact at Google through which they can discuss research directions, provide updates on progress, engage in knowledge transfer, etc. Google maintains an academic environment that we would like award recipients to participate in by giving talks on their work and engaging in discussions with our research group.
By sharing new ideas and key insights, we hope that both Google and award recipients can mutually benefit from the program. Generally, we will invite the writers of promising award proposals to come to our Mountain View offices to discuss their research further with researchers here. After the research is completed, we will once again invite the award recipient to Google to discuss the results of their work. The purpose of this program is both to facilitate more interaction between Google and academia and also develop a strong relationship and partnership with universities.
NOTE: This is actually awarded as a gift and not a grant. Therefore there is no indirect cost recovery and there are tax implications for SI. Applications for gifts need to be approved by the dean prior to submission. (Contact the research office at si-ori@umich.edu if you are interested in submitting a proposal for a gift)
For more information please see the RFP
NIH Parent Announcements (For Unsolicited or Investigator-Initiated Applications)
For more information about the parent announcements follow this link.
For details on the deadlines, please follow this link.
Past Funding Announcements (new RFP expected next year)
NSF CISE Large Core & Cross Cutting Programs - Deadline: November 23, 2010 (Posted 6/16/10)
Internal Deadlines:
- Draft Budget due November 9th
- Admin Shell material and Final Budget due November 16th
- Final Material due November 22nd by 8am
Large Specific Information:
- Total budget between $1,200,001-3,000,000
- typically 2 or more investigators or oehter Senior Personnel and a team of GSRAs/PostDocs
- A Collaboration Plan is Required for all Large proposals.
- Duration up to 5 years
Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS) Program
CISE’s Division of Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS) supports research and education projects that develop new knowledge in three core programs:
- The Human-Centered Computing program
- The Information Integration and Informatics program
- The Robust Intelligence program.
The full descriptions of these programs can be found in the II. Program Description section of the IIS RFP (see link above).
IIS is also responsible for managing the review process for proposals in computer graphics and visualization; these proposals may be submitted to any of the three core programs described above.
Program Officers:
- HCC – William Bainbridge & Ephraim Glinert
- III – Lawrence Brandt & Maria Zemankova
- RI – Douglas Fisher & Kenneth Whang
Awards Anticipated:
- 200 across the various sizes and programs
Computer and Network Systems (CNS) Program
The Division of Computer and Network Systems (CNS) supports research and education activities that invent new computing and networking technologies and that explore new ways to make use of existing technologies. The Division seeks to develop a better understanding of the fundamental properties of computer and network systems and to create better abstractions and tools for designing, building, analyzing, and measuring future systems.
CNS supports two core programs:
- Computer Systems Research (CSR)
- Networking Technology and Systems (NeTS)
The full descriptions of these programs can be found in the II. Program Description section of the CNS RFP (see link above).
Program Officers:
- CSR – Krishna Kant
- NeTS – Alhussein Abouzeid
Awards Anticipated:
- 80 to 120 across the various sizes and programs
Computing and Communicatiosn Foundations (CCF) Program
The Division of Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF) supports research and education projects that explore the foundations of computing and communication devices and their usage. The Division seeks advances in computing and communication theory, algorithms for computer and computational sciences, and architecture and design of computers and software. CCF-supported projects also investigate revolutionary computing models and technologies based on emerging scientific ideas and integrate research and education activities to prepare future generations of computer science and engineering workers.
CCF supports three core programs
- Algorithmic Foundations (AF)
- Communications and Information Foundations (CIF)
- Software and Hardware Foundations (SHF)
The full descriptions of these programs can be found in the II. Program Description section of the CCF RFP (see link above).
Program Officers:
- AF – Dmitry Maslov
- CIF – John Cozzens
- SHF – Sol Greenspan
Awards Anticipated:
- 120 to 160 across the various sizes and programs
Cross-Cutting Program
Link to Cross-Cutting Program RFP
This solicitation seeks proposals in cross-cutting areas that are scientifically timely, and that benefit from the intellectual contributions of researchers with expertise in a number of computing fields and/or sub-fields.
The cross-cutting programs for are:
- Smart Health and Wellbeing (SHB)
- Network Science and Engineering (NetSE)
- NOTE: The NetSE program will accept proposals ONLY in the Medium and Large project classes.
- Trustworthy Computing (TC)
The full descriptions of these programs can be found in the II. Program Description section of the Cross-cutting RFP (see link above). CISE expects that over time, these cross-cutting programs will evolve or be absorbed into the core programs, and that new cross-cutting programs will be introduced.
Program Officers:
- SHB - Jie Yang
- NetSE – Darleen Fisher
- TC – Carl Landwehr
Awards Anticipated:
- 95 to 120 – up to 40 in SHB, 25 in NetSE, and 60 in TC
Packard Fellowships
Internal Nomination Deadline: February 12, 2010
Packard Deadline: April
Notes for Next Year:
- Letter Writeres
- Bios will be required for Letter Writers
- Nomination Committee will be looking for letter writers with a mix of the following credentials
- Prior Packard Fellowship receipient
- MacArthur Fellow
- Elected to NAS, NAE, or IOE
- Nobel Loreate/Fields Medal/or Touring Award
- SI Letter of Nomination
- Say upfront what area our nominee is eligible for (most likely Computer Science)
- Frame the letter writers - explain their background & qualifications (see above)
- 2-3 pages in length seems most appropriate
- Statement
- define some big picture problem
- outline a innovative and unusually creative way to solve this problem
- should be something no likely to be funded from another source (a little out there/high risk)
- should not be clinical or national security related
- Cannot be a piece of some larger research you have going on
- Benchmarks
- Previous Computer Science winners - Klienburgh and Von Ahn
NSF REESE - Deadline: November 15, 2010 (Posted 7/16/2010)
The Research and Evaluation on Education in Science and Engineering (REESE) program seeks to advance research at the frontiers of STEM learning, education, and evaluation, and to provide the foundational knowledge necessary to improve STEM teaching and learning at all educational levels and in all settings.
This solicitation calls for four types of proposals:
- Pathways
- Synthesis
- Empirical Research
- Large Empirical Research.
The goals of the REESE program are:
- to catalyze discovery and innovation at the frontiers of STEM learning, education, and evaluation;
- to stimulate the field to produce high quality and robust research results through the progress of theory, method, and human resources; and
- to coordinate and transform advances in education, learning research, and evaluation.
REESE pursues its mission by developing an interdisciplinary research portfolio focusing on core scientific questions about STEM learning in current and emerging learning contexts, both formal and informal, from childhood through adulthood, and from before school through to graduate school and beyond into the workforce. REESE places particular importance upon the involvement of young investigators in the projects, at doctoral, postdoctoral, and early career stages, as well as the involvement of STEM disciplinary experts. In addition, research questions related to educational research methodology and evaluation are central to the REESE activity.
Link to RFP
