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Past Funding Opportunities

July 2019

NSF 17-537 Faculty Early Career Development Program

Deadline:
  • Minimum $500,000 total costs for 5 years for BIO, OPP
  • Minimum $400,000 total costs for 5 years for all other directorates
  • PIs can only participate in 3 CAREER submissions; must be tenure-track associate professors as of 10/1 following proposal submission
  • 450 awards; funding $222 million

The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation's most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization. Activities pursued by early-career faculty should build a firm foundation for a lifetime of leadership in integrating education and research.

ISGC Iowa Space Grant Consortium Curriculum Development Program

Deadline:
  • Up to $10,000 per course from Aug 01, 2019 – Jun 21, 2020
  • Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Jay Staker to see if their ideas are in scope with this opportunity.

(ISGC) requests proposals for the curriculum development program which is to develop or utilize innovative approaches to improve Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) learning and instruction in a university setting through project-based course development, capstone courses, curriculum or course redesign, and could include preservice education courses to prepare STEM K-12 educators. Such projects should provide experiences that will equip the future STEM workforce for careers in aerospace or related industries important to NASA.

NIH RFA-NS-19-037 Research Program Award (R35 Clinical Trial Optional)

Deadline:
  • Eligibility limited to PDs/PIs who have had at least one of the following types of active NINDS grants in each of the past 5 years (that is FY15-19), with no more than one of those years in a no cost extension: R00, R01, R37, R56, DP1, DP2.
  • Applicants may request up to a maximum of $750,000 direct costs per year; however, the requested RPA budget must be commensurate with the investigator's recent level of NINDS support.
  • Funding $20 million, ~30 awards expected

This program seeks to provide longer-term support and increased flexibility to Program Directors (PDs) Principal Investigators (PIs) whose records of research achievement demonstrate their ability to make major contributions to neuroscience.

NSF Career Compass Challenge

Deadline:

As Part 2 of the NSF Career Compass Challenge, NSF is inviting you to build a functional prototype that helps the U.S. workforce, including federal agencies, learn new skills to keep up with the advances in technology. The winning prototype will receive a one-time prize of $75,000!  Participants are being encouraged to build upon five White Paper concepts selected in Part 1. All working prototypes must be submitted for Government testing and evaluation by deadline.

Webinars are scheduled for May 23 and June 19 (see link above).

Letter of Intent: HHMI IE3 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Inclusive Excellence Initiative

Deadline:
  • Must be invited to submit a full proposal; will be notified by Jan 14, 2020
  • $1 million for 5 years; 30 awards expected

This is the third round of the Inclusive Excellence Initiative (IE3), which is designed to promote diversity and inclusion in science education. The program challenges colleges and universities to work with faculty to examine and change campus cultures so that a diverse group of students feel included in science. The current 57 grantee schools have each embarked on their own experiments and are taking different approaches to dismantling barriers to inclusion on campus.

USDA-NIFA-AFRI-006772 FAS Program: 6. Agriculture economics and rural communities; 6a. Small and Medium-Sized Farms

Deadline:

6a. Small and Medium-Sized Farms A1601

  • Up to $500,000 for up to four years
  • Research or Integrated Projects only
  • Standard, Conference

The scope of this program area priority includes, but is not limited to:

LOI: USDA-NIFA-AFRI-006772 FAS Program: 7. Crosscutting programs; 7b. Agricultural Microbiomes

Deadline:

7b. Agricultural Microbiomes A1402

  • Up to $750,000 for up to four years
  • Research Projects only
  • Standard, Conference

Applications must address one of the following:

June 2019

EPA-G2019-STAR-C2 Chemical Mechanisms to Address New Challenges in Air Quality Modeling

Deadline:
  • Early Career: Up to $400,000 for 3 years
  • Regular: up to $800,000 for up to 3 years
  • Funding $6 million; 10 Early Career awards; 10 Regular awards

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program is seeking applications proposing research to improve air quality models relevant to ozone, particulate matter (PM), regional haze, air toxics, and emerging pollutants. Specifically, this Request for Applications (RFA) is seeking research on the development of the component of an air quality model that represents the relevant atmospheric chemical reactions, which is known in this field of modeling as "the chemical mechanism

NIH PAR-18-797 NIOSH Small Research Grant Program (R03)

Deadline:
  • Up $100,000 in Direct (including consortium F&A) Costs for 2 years
  • Funding $2 million; 5-10 awards per year

The purpose of the R03 grant program is (1) to develop an understanding of the risks and conditions associated with occupational diseases and injuries, (2) to explore methods for reducing risks and preventing or minimizing exposure to hazardous conditions in the workplace, and (3) to translate significant scientific findings into prevention practices and products that will effectively reduce work-related illnesses and injuries. The NIOSH Small Research grant mechanism (R03) supports occupational safety and health research projects that can be carried out with limited resources, such as pilot and feasibility.

LOI: USDA-NIFA-AFRI-006772 FAS Program: 7. Crosscutting programs; 7a. Agricultural Innovation through Gene Editing

Deadline:

7b. Agricultural Microbiomes A1402

  • Up to $750,000 for up to four years
  • Research Projects only
  • Standard, Conference

Applications must address one of the following:

NSF 19-559 Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes (QLCI)

Deadline:

Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes are large-scale interdisciplinary research projects that aim to advance the frontiers of quantum information science and engineering.  Research at these Institutes will span the focus areas of quantum computation, quantum communication, quantum simulation and/or quantum sensing.  The institutes are expected to foster multidisciplinary approaches to specific scientific, technological, educational workforce development goals in these fields.  Two types of awards will be supported under this program: (i) 12-month Conceptualization Grants (CGs) to support teams envisioning subsequent Institute proposals and (ii) 5-year Challenge Institute (CI) awards to establish and operate Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes.

NIH PAR-19-253 Focused Technology Research and Development (R01 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Deadline:
  • Extra consideration for new and early stage investigators.
  • Projects that have significant remaining risk but are supported by early feasibility studies might be appropriate for a three-year R01 application with reduced budget to better manage risk and investment.
  • Projects that are well supported by feasibility studies and propose to develop fully functional prototypes might require higher budgets and a four-year duration (five years for Early Stage Investigators).
  • R21 opportunity available here.

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) will support projects that focus solely on development of technologies with the potential to enable acquisition of basic biomedical knowledge.

ISGC Iowa Space Grant Consortium Undergraduate Scholarships

Deadline:
  • Preservice: $5,000, $2,500 per semester
  • Merit: 5,000, $2,500 per semester
  • Research Fellow, $7,000, $3,500 per semester

The application period is now open for the 2019-2020 Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Undergraduate Merit Scholarship and Undergraduate Preservice Educator STEM Scholarship programs. A part of NASA’s National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program, the ISGC strives to improve Iowa’s future in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education and provides outreach activities through numerous programs, including scholarships and fellowships.

DOE DE-FOA-0002029 Concept Paper: FY19 Bioenergy Technologies Office Multi-Topic Funding Opportunity Announcement

Deadline:
  • Budgets between $300,000 - $10 million
  • Funding $79.3 million; 28-49 awards expected

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) will provide funding to address the highest priority R&D areas within biofuel technologies, bioproducts, and biopower. It includes Areas of Interest (AOIs) from all five BETO programs: Feedstock Supply and Logistics; Advanced Algal Systems; Conversion; Advanced Development and Optimization; and Sustainability and Strategic Analysis. Each AOI supports BETO’s objectives to reduce the minimum selling price of drop-in biofuels, lower the cost of biopower, enable high-value products from biomass or waste resources, and improve the quality of feedstock characterization and reliability of biorefinery operations.

Topics under this FOA include:

Letter of Intent: USDA-NIFA-AFRI-006769 Agriculture and Food Research Initiative - Education and Workforce Development.

Deadline:

NEW Program Area in FY19: Agricultural Workforce Training Grants

  • Up to $500,000 for up to 5 years
  • Limited submission – only 3 proposals per institution

The Agriculture and Food Research Initiative - Education and Workforce Development (EWD) focuses on developing the next generation of research, education, and extension professionals in the food and agricultural sciences. In FY 2019, EWD invites applications to a brand new program for agricultural workforce training. 

Program Area Priority: Research, Education, Extension or Integrated Projects must address the following:

Full Proposal: NSF 19-571 NSF Program on Fairness in Artificial Intelligence in Collaboration with Amazon (FAI)

Deadline:
  • $750,000 -1.2 million total for up to 3 years
  • Funding $7.6 million; 6-9 awards

NSF and Amazon are partnering to jointly support computational research focused on fairness in AI, with the goal of contributing to trustworthy AI systems that are readily accepted and deployed to tackle grand challenges facing society. Specific topics of interest include, but are not limited to transparency, explainability, accountability, potential adverse biases and effects, mitigation strategies, validation of fairness, and considerations of inclusivity. Funded projects will enable broadened acceptance of AI systems, helping the U.S. further capitalize on the potential of AI technologies. Although Amazon provides partial funding for this program, it will not play a role in the selection of proposals for award.

USDA-NIFA-FASLP-006736 Food and Agriculture Service Learning Program (FASLP)

Deadline:
  • Up to $225,000 for 24 months
  • Funding ~$870,000, # awards TBD
  • 1:1 match required; new applications only

Food and Agriculture Service Implementation Projects are intended for eligible applicants to scale up or further develop existing farm to school initiatives and other food and agriculture experiential learning initiatives within a distinct area of communities and schools in a State or region. Applicants should also add to existing activities or include new activities such as training and technical assistance, evaluation activities, curriculum development, or incorporate farm to school strategies in trainings and professional opportunities along with working closely with agricultural producers in the local and regional areas.

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Preapplication: Symbiosis in Aquatic Systems Initiative

Deadline:
  • PI must be tenured, or be tenure-tracked for at least 4 years, and have served as PI on one or more major competitive research grant
  • $200,000-$400,000 direct costs/year for five years
  • 12 awards expected

The Symbiosis in Aquatic Systems Initiative will advance knowledge of how symbiotic associations function and participate in ecology and evolution in marine and freshwater systems through four strategic approaches:

USDA-NIFA-RHSE-006746 Rural Health and Safety Education Competitive Grants Program (RHSE)

Deadline:
  • $250,000- $350,000 for two years
  • Funding $2.9 million, 8-10 awards expected; no match requirement

In FY19 Applications are solicited in the area of Individual and Family Health Education.

LOI: USDA-NIFA-AFRI-006772 FAS Program: 7. Crosscutting programs; 7e. Inter-Disciplinary Engagement in Animal Systems (IDEAS)

Deadline:

7e. Inter-Disciplinary Engagement in Animal Systems (IDEAS) A1261

  • Up to $1 million for up to five years
  • Integrated Projects only
  • Standard, Conference

This program area priority encourages university-based research as well as public and private partnerships. With animal and veterinary medical science at the core, some broad emphasis areas to be supported by this program area priority include, but are not limited to:

USAID ERA RFQ-SEV-19-0039 Procurement of services on development of Strategic Plan for Luhansk National Agrarian University (LNAU) to modernize its educational model and curriculum

Deadline:
  • $70,000-$105,000 total costs; firm fixed price subcontract from DAI, USAID Economic Resilience Activity (ERA) in Ukraine
  • Any questions must be received to ProcurementERAInbox@dai.com by Jun 03

USAID ERA seeks a university with an agricultural focus in the United States to assist LNAU in developing a strategic plan for 2019-2024 that will be viable in the context of a university network structure (five locations in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts), which accommodates the agricultural and socio-economic context of the region and which will allow LNAU to attract, retain, and effectively prepare students for jobs in the East and across the country.

Dear Colleague Letter: NSF Convergence Accelerator Pilot (NSF C-Accel) Full Proposals

Deadline:
  • Phase 1: Research Concept Full Proposals - up to $1 million for up to 9 months
  • Funding $50 million; 50 awards expected
  • In 2020, Phase 1 projects will be eligible to apply for Phase 2 C-Accel support, for up to $5 million per project.

The NSF C-Accel pilot seeks to accelerate use-inspired convergence research in areas of national importance by facilitating convergent team-building capacity around exploratory, potentially high-risk proposals.  The initiative reflects NSF’s commitment to be at the cutting edge, supporting fundamental research while encouraging rapid advances through partnerships between academic and non-academic stakeholders.  It will begin with three convergence tracks that align with two of NSF’s 10 Big Idea themes: (1) Harnessing the Data Revolut

USDA-NIFA-OP-006747 New Technologies for Ag Extension (NTAE)

Deadline:
  • $1,488,000 including F&A for 12 months
  • Funding: 1,488,000, only one award to be made; no match requirement

NIFA requests applications for the New Technologies for Ag Extension (NTAE) Competitive Grants Program RFA for fiscal year (FY) 2019 that contribute to “Enhancing Electronic Extension (E3),” a national web-based information and education delivery system. E3 engages land-grant institutions and the Cooperative Extension Service to provide objective, scientific information to the public that answer questions and guide decisions. By creating web-based access to high-quality, non-duplicative, research-based information, E3 can help better serve the needs of the public seeking real-time information.

USDA-NIFA-AFRI-006769 Agriculture and Food Research Initiative - Education and Workforce Development (EWD)

Deadline:

Program Area: Professional development for Agriculture Literacy (formerly PD-STEP)

  • Up to $300,000 for up to 4 years
  • Limited submission– only 3 proposals per institution

The Agriculture and Food Research Initiative - Education and Workforce Development (EWD) focuses on developing the next generation of research, education, and extension professionals in the food and agricultural sciences. 

Program Area Priorities:

USDA-NIFA-AFRI-006739 Agriculture and Food Research Initiative - Sustainable Agricultural Systems (SAS) LOI

Deadline:

Detailed program information and RFA available here.

NSF Dear Colleague Letter: Models for Uncovering Rules and Unexpected Phenomena in Biological Systems (MODULUS)

Deadline:

A paradigm shift in the current, oftentimes conservative approach to interdisciplinary mathematical biology is needed to promote the realization of modeling platforms that facilitate discovery of novel biological phenomena, rules, and theories.

Woodard & Curran Foundation Impact Grant

Deadline:
  • $300,000 total for 3 years
  • Indirect costs allowed, no specific policy

Woodard & Curran Foundation awards one Impact Grant annually to an innovative project that applies or advances technology by addressing water issues (e.g. water, wastewater, stormwater). Recording of May 2019 application information session Listen to a recording of May 2019 application information session.

May 2019

Letter of Intent: NSF 19-571 NSF Program on Fairness in Artificial Intelligence in Collaboration with Amazon (FAI)

Deadline:
  • $750,000 -1.2 million total for up to 3 years
  • Funding $7.6 million; 6-9 awards

NSF and Amazon are partnering to jointly support computational research focused on fairness in AI, with the goal of contributing to trustworthy AI systems that are readily accepted and deployed to tackle grand challenges facing society. Specific topics of interest include, but are not limited to transparency, explainability, accountability, potential adverse biases and effects, mitigation strategies, validation of fairness, and considerations of inclusivity. Funded projects will enable broadened acceptance of AI systems, helping the U.S. further capitalize on the potential of AI technologies. Although Amazon provides partial funding for this program, it will not play a role in the selection of proposals for award.

USDA-FAS-FFPR-19 Food for Progress Program

Deadline:
  • $8-$25 Million for five years; cost share encouraged
  • Funding $155 Million, # awards not specified

The FFPr program has two principal objectives: “to improve agricultural productivity and to expand trade of agricultural products.” Priority countries include:  Ethiopia, Indonesia, West Africa Regional, The Philippines, East African Community and its member states, Venezuela and Paraguay.  FAS thematic areas are: specialty crops, sanitary and phytosanitary systems (SPS), and trade facilitation.

Cochran Fellowship Program Opportunities

Deadline:

The objective is to assist eligible countries to develop agricultural systems necessary to meet the food and fiber needs of their domestic populations; and strengthen and enhance trade linkages between eligible countries and agricultural interests in the United States.  Contact ayk@iastate.edu for a notice of funding opportunity.

Asia Region: 

Cochran Fellowship Program Opportunities:

Deadline:

The objective is to assist eligible countries to develop agricultural systems necessary to meet the food and fiber needs of their domestic populations; and strengthen and enhance trade linkages between eligible countries and agricultural interests in the United States.  

Contact ayk@iastate.edu for the notice of funding opportunity if interested.

Latin America and the Caribbean Region:

ARPA-E DE-FOA-0002107 Concept Paper: Design Intelligence Fostering Formidable Energy Reduction and Enabling Novel Totally Impactful Advanced Technology Enhancements (DIFFERENTIATE)

Deadline:
  • $250,000 to $5 million
  • Funding $15 million – up to 7 awards expected

The Design Intelligence for Formidable Energy Reduction Engendering Numerous Totally Impactful Advanced Technology Enhancements (DIFFERENTIATE) program seeks to enhance energy innovation by incorporating artificial intelligence and machine learning into energy technology development. In order to organize these efforts, DIFFERENTIATE identifies six general mathematical optimization problems that are common to many design processes. It then conceptualizes several machine learning tools that could help engineers execute and solve these problems in a manner that dramatically accelerates the pace of energy innovation. These projects will seek to develop enhanced artificial intelligence and machine learning tools.

North Central Soybean Research Program

Deadline:

The NCSRP is seeking collaborative multistate soybean research project renewal requests and new proposals. The NCSRP Board will fund research projects that address their goals to increase soybean grower productivity and profitability while improving environmental stewardship.  The NCSRP will fund both applied and basic research, and the communication of research results, to provide short and long term practical benefit to Midwestern soybean producers.

Contact Jill Cornelis (cornelis@iastate.edu) with questions regarding the NCSRP or ISA research programs

Robert Wood Johnson (RWJF) Call for Proposals (CFP): Building Evidence on Income Supports for Low-Income Families with Young Children.

Deadline:

May 21 brief proposal deadline, full proposal by invitation only.

SESYNC National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center - Propose a Pursuit

Deadline:
  • Teams of 10-12 members meet 3-4 times in Annapolis, MD over 18-24 month period
  • Budget covers travel, lodging and meals for participants

The National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) invites proposals for collaborative team based synthesis research (Pursuits) around emerging SES topics. We encourage proposals that synthesize data, develop and apply models, and couple quantitative and qualitative data/information in new ways. SESYNC has a tradition of announcing focal themes with each RFP and we do so again below. However, there are many potential projects with great applicability to socio-environmental problems that fall outside these themes.

DOE Full: DE-FOA-0002060 Genomics-Enabled Plant Biology for Determination of Gene Function

Deadline:
  • $250,000-$1 million/year for 2 -3 years
  • Funding: $10 million, 10-12 awards

Systems biology research on plant genomes, gene systems, and molecular processes within the DOE BER mission-space of research in bioenergy and the environment. Innovative combinations of ‘omics (e.g., genomics, epigenomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, phenomics, etc.) and computational methodologies to deduce gene function that integrate multiple disciplines, including more traditional fields of plant biology, are strongly encouraged.

Letter of Intent: William T. Grant Foundation Research Grants

Deadline:

Research Grants App Guide

Iowa Soybean Association Request for Proposals

Deadline:

The ISA Board will fund research projects that address their goals to increase soybean farmer competitiveness, especially through improved productivity and profitability while improving environmental stewardship.  The ISA will fund both applied and basic research that will provide short and long term practical benefits to Iowa’s soybean farmers.

Letter of Intent: Spencer Foundation Lyle Spencer Research Awards

Deadline:

Full proposal by invitation only 

NSF 19-551 Growing Convergence Research (GCR)

Deadline:
  • Up to $1.2 million for budget years 1 and 2; up to $2.4 million for years 3-5
  • PIs, Co-PIs, and Senior Personnel may only participate in 1 proposal
  • Funding $12 million,  ~ 10 awards

This GCR solicitation targets multi-disciplinary team research that crosses directorate or division boundaries and is currently not supported by NSF programs, initiatives and research-focused Big Ideas. The proposing team should be comprised of researchers and stakeholders from different disciplines that are crucial to catalyze the proposed scientific discovery and innovation. Involvement of Minority Serving Institutions as leads or partners is encouraged. Each of the team members should demonstrate a readiness to engage in convergence by committing time and effort throughout the project.

NSF 19-549 Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR): Institutes for Data-Intensive Research in Science and Engineering - Frameworks (I-DIRSE-FW)

Deadline:
  • Collaborative research teams develop framework for HDR institutes.
  • Up to $2.1 - $2.6 million total for 2 years
  • Funding $21 million, 8-10 awards in FY19
  • The overarching goal is to foster convergent approaches to data-driven research in science and engineering. Frameworks will consist of interdisciplinary teams to conceptualize and pilot new modalities for collaboration and convergence that go beyond institutional walls and traditional disciplinary boundaries, to build innovative connections between scientific groups and data scientists and engineers, to integrate research infrastructure and education infrastructure.

USDA-NIFA-BFR-006742 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP)

Deadline:
  • Standard: 
    • Large -$200,000/yr for up to 3 years; Small - $100,000/yr for up to 3 years; simplified standard -less than $50,000 for 1 year
  • Educational Team (ET) and Curriculum and Training Clearinghouse:
    • $200,000/yr for up to 3 years
  • Cost Share – at least 25% of total federal funds awarded
  • Funding $14 million; ~18% funding success

The primary goal of BFRDP is to help beginning farmers and ranchers in the U.S.

Full: NSF 19-550 Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR): Transdisciplinary Research in Principles of Data Science Phase I (HDR TRIPODS Phase I)

Deadline:
  • Small collaborative institutes – develop theoretical foundations of data science; build capacity and ability to scale activities
  • $500,000/year for 3 years
  • Funding $22 million, 14-20 awards in FY19

Harnessing the Data Revolution: Transdisciplinary Research In Principles Of Data Science (HDR TRIPODS) aims to bring together the electrical engineering, mathematics, statistics, and theoretical computer science communities to develop the theoretical foundations of data science through integrated research and training activities. Phase I, described in this solicitation, will support the development of small collaborative Institutes.

Full Proposal: USDA-NIFA-SRGP-006738 Special Research Grants Program Aquaculture Research

Deadline:
  • Standard research projects: $300,000 for 2 years
  • Small research seed projects: $50,000-$100,000 for 1 year
  • Funding $2 million;  # awards not specified
  • Cost share not required

The Aquaculture Research program will fund projects that directly address major constraints to the U.S. aquaculture industry and focus on one or more of the following program priorities: (1) genetics of commercial aquaculture species; (2) critical disease issues impacting aquaculture species; (3) design of environmentally and economically sustainable aquaculture production systems; and (4) economic research for increasing aquaculture profitability.

USDA-NIFA-CGP-006735 Higher Education Challenge (HEC) Grants Program

Deadline:

Detailed program information and RFA available here,

USDA-NIFA-HEMS-006676 Higher Education Multicultural Scholars Program (MSP)

Deadline:

Detailed program information and RFA available here.

NSF 19-556 Signals in the Soil (SitS) Program

Deadline:
  • Projects must have at least one US and one UK collaborator
  • PIs, Co-PIs, and Senior Personnel may only participate in 2 proposals
  • $800,000 total each for the US and UK project portions for up to 3 years
  • Funding $5.6 million, 5-10 awards

Convergent research that transforms existing capabilities in understanding dynamic, near-surface soil processes through advances in sensor systems and modeling. To accomplish this research, multiple disciplines must converge to produce novel sensors and/or sensing systems of multiple modalities that are adaptable to different environments and collect data and report on a wide range of chemical, biological and physical parameters.

Full - NIH PAR 19-204 Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science (RM1 Clinical Trial Optional)

Deadline:
  • Up to $1.75 million direct costs/year for up to 5 years
  • Funds for specialized equipment in excess of the limit may be requested if well justified

The Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science (CEGS) program establishes academic Centers for advanced genome research.  Each CEGS award supports a multi-investigator, interdisciplinary team to develop transformative genomic approaches to address a biomedical problem.  A CEGS project will address a critical issue in genomic science, genomic medicine, or computational genomics, proposing a highly innovative solution that would be a major advance.  Maximum length of support for a center with renewal is 10 years.

EREF Environmental Research & Education Foundation Research Grants

Deadline:
  • Full proposals by invitation only.
  • Range from 15,000 - $500,000 for 2-3 years
  • Cost sharing encouraged but not required
  • Overhead limited to 25% of direct costs

Research Topic Areas:  Waste minimization; recycling; waste conversion to energy, biofuels, chemicals or other useful products (includes, but is not limited to, the following technologies: waste-to-energy, anaerobic digestion, composting, other thermal or biological conversion technologies); strategies to promote diversion to higher and better uses (e.g. organics diversion, market analysis, optimized material management, logistics, etc.); landfilling.