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LONG TERM RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY
http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?nsf07588
Synopsis of Program: Through the LTREB program, the Division of Environmental Biology encourages the submission of proposals aimed at generating extended time series of biological and environmental data that address ecological and evolutionary processes aimed at resolving important issues in environmental biology. Researchers must have collected at least six years of previous data to qualify for funding. The proposal also must present a cohesive conceptual rationale or framework for ten years of research. Questions or hypotheses outlined in this conceptual framework must guide an initial 5-year proposalas well as a subsequent, abbreviated renewal. Together, these will constitute a decadal research plan appropriate to begin to address critical and novel long-term questions in environmental biology. As part of the requirements for funding, projects must show how collected data will be shared broadly with the scientific community and the interested public. All proposals submitted to the LTREB program are co-reviewed by participating Clusters in the Division of Environmental Biology: Ecosystem Science, Ecological Biology, and Population and Evolutionary Processes. Proposals must address topics supported by these programs. Researchers who are uncertain about the suitability of their project for the LTREB Program are encouraged to contact the cognizant program director.
Anticipated Type of Award : Standard Grant or Continuing Grant
Estimated Number of Awards : 15 to 20 per year
Anticipated Funding Amount : $2,000,000
Full Proposal Due Date(s) : January 09, 2008, Annually Thereafter — July 9, Annually Thereafter
Program Title:
MAJOR RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION PROGRAM (MRI)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08503/nsf08503.htm
Synopsis of Program:
The Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI) is designed to increase access to scientific and engineering equipment for research and research training in our Nation's organizations of higher education, research museums and non-profit research organizations. This program seeks to improve the quality and expand the scope of research and research training in science and engineering, and to foster the integration of research and education by providing instrumentation for research-intensive learning environments. The MRI program encourages the development and acquisition of research instrumentation for shared inter- and/or intra-organizational use and in concert with private sector partners.
The MRI program assists in the acquisition or development of major research instrumentation by organizations that is, in general, too costly for support through other NSF programs. For proposals over $2 million, requests must be for the acquisition of a single instrument. For proposals requesting $2 million or less, investigators may seek support for instrument development or for acquisition of a single instrument, a large system of instruments, or multiple instruments that share a common or specific research focus.
Estimated Number of Awards: 225 including 6-7 mid-range awards
Anticipated Funding Amount: $110,000,000 (Proposals submitted in response to this program solicitation will be competing for about $110 million, pending availability of funds, in Fiscal Year 2008. Up to $20 million of these funds will be available for the acquisition of single instruments costing between $2 million - $4 million, i.e., mid-range instrumentation.)
Letter of Intent Due Date(s) (required):
December 21, 2007
Required only for acquisition requests between $2 million and $4 million. See full text of this solicitation for details.
Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. proposer's local time):
January 24, 2008
Fourth Thursday in January, Annually Thereafter
Program Title:
INSTRUMENTATION FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH (IMR)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07600/nsf07600.pdf
Synopsis of Program:
The IMR Program supports the acquisition and/or development of research instruments that will provide new capability and/or advance current capability to: (1) discover fundamental phenomena in materials; (2) synthesize, process, and/or characterize the composition, structure, properties, and performance of materials; and (3) improve the quality, expand the scope, and foster and enable the integration of research and education in research-intensive environments.
Estimated Number of Awards: 20 to 25 Approximately 20 to 25 new awards are made each year, depending on the quality of the competing proposals and available funds
Anticipated Funding Amount: See individual funding announcements
Anticipated Funding Amount: $4,000,000 in FY 2008. Subject to change annually depending on the availability of funds.
Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. proposer's local time): January 10, 2008. Second Thursday in January, Annually Thereafter
Program Title:
CHEMICAL, BIOENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND TRANSPORT SYSTEMS (CBET) ACTIVE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_list.jsp?org=CBET
Synopsis of Program:
The Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems Division (CBET) supports research and education in the rapidly evolving fields of bioengineering and environmental engineering and in areas that involve the transformation and/or transport of matter and energy by chemical, thermal, or mechanical means. CBET research and education investments contribute significantly to the knowledge base and to the development of the workforce for major components of the U.S. economy, including chemicals, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, forest products, metals, petroleum, food, textiles, utilities, and microelectronics. Support for environmental work encompasses pollution prevention and remediation as well as life cycle analysis.
Proposal Deadline Dates: See individual funding announcements.
Anticipated Funding Amount: See individual funding announcements
Program Title:
NATIONAL RESEARCH INITIATIVE (NRI) COMPETITIVE GRANTS PROGRAM
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/nri/nri_topics.html
Synopsis of Program:
The National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program (NRI) at the Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service (CSREES) is charged with funding research, education, and extension activities to address key problems of national and regional importance in biological, environmental, physical, and social sciences relevant to agriculture, food, the environment, and communities on a peer-reviewed, competitive basis. To address these problems, NRI advances scientific knowledge in support of agriculture, forestry, and related topics. The program also supports
the integration of research, education, and extension to generate, translate, and transfer new technology and knowledge into practical applications focused on solving problems of national importance.
Proposal Deadline Dates: See individual funding announcements.
Anticipated Funding Amount: See individual funding announcements
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