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Sponsor:Office of Naval Research
Deadline(s): Open
Objectives:
The sponsor supports basic and applied cognitive, neural and biomolecular science research
of importance to naval operations. General areas of interest are:
NEURAL COMPUTATION--fosters research to elucidate the organization, structural bases, and operational algorithms characterizing information-processing networks within neural systems. The goal is to uncover neural architectures and algorithms that can profitably be emulated technologically to yield artificial information-processing capabilities of kinds now unique to biological systems.
LEGGED LOCOMOTION--seeks to develop neural models that reproduce the experimentally derived characteristics of the neuronal circuitry underlying legged locomotion and new controller architectures for autonomous legged robots which exhibit stable locomotion, and which respond adaptively to unknown terrain and obstacles.
HYBRID NEURAL SYSTEMS--seek to develop hybrid architectures that integrate physical models and neural networks into adaptive systems that allow prediction in complex physical systems, and also permit physical interpretation of the predictions.
GENE REGULATION NETWORKS--seek to identify and exploit the design principles and motifs that are responsible for the dynamic signal and information processing capabilities of intracellular biological regulatory networks that involve gene activation.
ADAPTIVE NEURAL SYSTEMS--seek to uncover the range of neural mechanisms that contribute to learning, memory, and adaptive performance.
NEUROMORPHIC SYSTEMS--seek to develop an understanding of the computational principles emerging from the spatio-temporal dynamics of locally connected neurons and electronic devices. The ultimate goal is a new discipline (Synthetic Neuroscience) which uses electronics technology to assist in a quantitative understanding of the brain.
BIOMIMETIC ROBOTICS--seek to discover principles of control and biomechanics that underlie the agility, dexterity, and intelligence of biological systems, and to formalize these principles and apply them to the design robots that can function in complex, unstructured environments.
IMAGE ANALYSIS--preproposals are invited which address one or more of the following issues: computational understanding of the mechanistic basis of effective image interpretation in biological vision; formal, biologically inspired algorithms to provide seeing machines with functionalities approximating those of biological systems; mechanistic understanding of effective signal classification and source segmentation in audition; and computational principles and operational algorithms formally characterizing acoustic signal classification performance in biological systems.
COGNITIVE SCIENCE BASE PROGRAM--seeks to provide formal computational theories of the fundamental information processing characteristics of the human performer and learner of complex cognitive skills, of the nature of acquired skill and knowledge, of the process of learning such skill and knowledge, and of instructional strategies to foster such learning.
HYBRID ARCHITECTURES FOR COMPLEX LEARNING--explores the potential of hybrid architectures for learning that combine the virtues of both neural net and symbolic AI models of learning. The aim is to understand human learning processes so that they can be provided the precise information and experience needed to learn the right things as efficiently as possible.
VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT TECHNOLOGIES--integrates high-risk basic research and applied research. The sponsor invests in fundamental research in areas that include: haptics, cross-sensory display substitution, depth perception, and modeling of individual differences in spatial cognition at the individual and team level.
Restrictions:
Eligible applicants are U.S. and foreign researchers, for-profit and non-profit
institutions, university professors, colleges and universities, business organizations,
government laboratories, and educational institutions. Funding amounts vary from project to
project. Both direct and indirect costs are allowed. Applicants should consult the
sponsor's website for more detailed information.
Sponsor:National Science Foundation
Deadline(s):02/15, 08/08 annually
Objectives:
The sponsor supports arctic research within the social sciences. The program is
multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary, encompassing anthropology, archaeology, economics,
geography, linguistics, political science, psychology, science studies, sociology, and
related subjects. Although unsolicited proposals in any of the social sciences mentioned
above are welcome, areas of particular interest include culture and environment, resources
and economic change, development of social and political institutions, ethnic and regional
identities, and knowledge systems. The sponsor especially encourages projects that are
circumpolar and/or comparative; involve collaborations between researchers and those living
in the Arctic; or form connections among disciplines, regions, researchers, communities,
and/or students (K-12, undergraduate, or graduate). Dissertation research proposals will be
accepted.
Restrictions:
Proposals for field work should be submitted well in advance. Eligible applicants are those
normally supported by the sponsor, including universities and colleges; non-profit,
non-academic organizations; for-profit organizations; state and local governments; and
unaffiliated researchers. For all Arctic Research Opportunities, approximately one hundred
thirty to one hundred sixty awards, totaling $20-25 million, per year, are expected to be
made, with a combination of standard and continuing awards. Sizes will vary depending on the
type of work proposed. Indirect costs are allowed based on agreed upon rates. Cost-sharing
at a minimum of one percent is required. Application forms and guidelines are available.
Proposals should be prepared and submitted in accordance with the Grant Proposal Guide
(00-2), which may be obtained from the NSF Publications Clearinghouse, 301-947-2722,
pubs@nsf.gov. Preliminary inquiry is encouraged. FastLane use is required.
Sponsor:United States Department of Defense (DOD); Department of
the Air Force
(USAF); Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR); Broad Agency Announcement (BAA);
AFOSR Research Interests Brochure and Broad Agency Announcement 2000-1; Chemistry and Life
Sciences
Deadline:Continuous. Those interested are strongly encouraged to
contact the
point of contact for additional information prior to submitting proposals. This announcement
is open-ended until revised.
Eligibility:
AFOSR will consider requests for support of basic research relevant to the Air Force from
any organization. Grants are awarded to nonprofit institutions of higher education and to
nonprofit organizations whose primary purpose is to conduct scientific research. Cooperative
agreements or contracts may be awarded to these institutions, as well as to consortia, and
commercial concerns.
Objectives:
This program supports behavioral research on higher order aspects of human information
processing that contribute to skilled human performance. The overall objective is
quantitative modeling of ways that humans - both individuals and small teams, process
information to learn, solve problems, and make decisions. Specific objectives include, but
are not limited to, quantitative models and new research methods that will enable progress
in understanding (a) multisensory perceptual integration, (b) cognitive and perceptual
factors in the acquisition of complex skills, including motor skills, (c) quantitative
assessment and identification of individual attributes that determine or constrain human
performance, especially in complex information-processing environments, and (d) fundamental
constraints of attention and memory on human performance. The study of these topics under
high workloads, in training environments, or in team situations is encouraged.
Multidisciplinary approaches are also encouraged, especially if used in development of
quantitative models of these human performance issues. AFOSR's foreign research offices, in
London (the European Office of Aerospace Research and Development-EOARD) and Tokyo (the
Asian Office of Aerospace Research and Development-AOARD) also employ this BAA.
Sponsor:Alcoholic Beverage Medical Research Foundation
(ABMRF)
Deadline:February 15, September 01 annually
Eligibility:
Eligible applicants are researchers at academic and scientific institutions in the United
States and Canada. The investigator should have completed formal training, and not yet have
achieved independent research status. Applications may be submitted by public or private
nonprofit organizations such as universities, colleges, hospitals, research institutes and
organizations, governmental research agencies, and laboratories. The proposed principal
investigator of the research project must be a faculty or staff member of the applicant
institution. This person must be qualified to direct the research and is responsible for its
conduct. Persons on training status, such as undergraduate, graduate and medical students,
postdoctoral fellows, interns, and residents, are not eligible to serve as principal
investigators, unless they will be in independent faculty positions, or the equivalent, at
the start of the grant period.
Objectives:
The Alcoholic Beverage Medical Research Foundation supports innovative research on the use,
and prevention of misuse, of alcoholic beverages. Funding is provided for interdisciplinary
research in the biological, medical, epidemiological, behavioral, and social sciences in
this field. The mission of the foundation is to support innovative research on the use of
alcohol by awarding grants to acquire new knowledge in order to prevent alcohol-related
problems for the benefit of society. Pilot or Preliminary Studies funds may be requested to
conduct preliminary studies to determine the feasibility of conducting a study of
interactions of biological and behavioral variables which would result in a larger and more
expensive research project. Such a study may be designed to test a new method or approach to
study biobehavioral events, or to collect data on a sample of subjects to document the
practicality of an interdisciplinary project.
Sponsor:National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental
Disabilities/CDC/DHHS
Deadline:Open
Objectives:
The purpose of this program is to support research in ADHD and the
exploration of other health conditions and health risk behaviors to
children and adolescents with the disorder.
This program consists of two types of research (Type I and Type II):
Type I--Research Targeting Children With ADHD Ages 4 to 10. The purpose
of Type I funding is to determine the prevalence or treated prevalence of
children with ADHD in a defined community, to identify rates of select
comorbid or secondary conditions in children with ADHD in a defined
community, to identify types and rates of health risk behaviors in
children with ADHD, and to describe current and previous receipt of
treatment in children with ADHD.
Type II--Research Targeting Adolescents With ADHD Ages 11 to 17. Similar to Type I, the purpose of Type II funding is to describe the prevalence or treated prevalence of ADHD in adolescents in a defined community, to identify rates of comorbidity and secondary conditions in adolescents with ADHD in the defined community, to identify rates of health risk behaviors in adolescents with ADHD, and to describe current and previous receipt of treatment in adolescents with ADHD.
Eligibility:
Applications may be submitted by public and private nonprofit
organizations and by governments and their agencies; that is,
universities, colleges, technical schools, research institutions,
hospitals, other public and private nonprofit organizations,
community-based organizations, faith-based organizations, State and local
governments or their bona fide agents, including the District of Columbia,
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of
the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States
of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of
Palau, federally recognized Indian tribal governments, Indian tribes, or
Indial tribal organizations. Only one application from each organization
may be submitted. The applicant can apply for only one Type (Type I or
Type II). To be eligible for Type I or Type II awards, applicants must
document a population of at least 5,000 youths either aged 4 to 10 or aged
11 to 17 from which screening for ADHD will be conducted.
Sponsor:Alcoholic Beverage Medical Research Foundation
(ABMRF)
Deadline:February 01, September 01 annually
Eligibility:
Eligible applicants are researchers at academic and scientific institutions in the United
States and Canada. The investigator should have completed formal training, and not yet have
achieved independent research status. Applications may be submitted by public or private
nonprofit organizations such as universities, colleges, hospitals, research institutes and
organizations, governmental research agencies, and laboratories. The proposed principal
investigator of the research project must be a faculty or staff member of the applicant
institution. This person must be qualified to direct the research and is responsible for its
conduct. Persons on training status, such as undergraduate, graduate and medical students,
postdoctoral fellows, interns, and residents, are not eligible to serve as principal
investigators, unless they will be in independent faculty positions, or the equivalent, at
the start of the grant period.
Objectives:
The Alcoholic Beverage Medical Research Foundation supports innovative research on the use,
and prevention of misuse, of alcoholic beverages. Funding is provided for interdisciplinary
research in the biological, medical, epidemiological, behavioral, and social sciences in
this field. The mission of the foundation is to support innovative research on the use of
alcohol by awarding grants to acquire new knowledge in order to prevent alcohol-related
problems for the benefit of society. Project Supplement Grants are intended to enrich an
ongoing research project by providing funds to expand it. Such studies may include, for
instance, projects to follow up on new leads developed by the ongoing program that could not
be supported by the funds already available. Funds may be requested to expand the project by
adding expertise not currently available in the applicant's research team. The grant is not
intended to provide funds as a general supplement to ongoing research.
Sponsor:National Science Foundation (NSF); Directorate for
Education and Human
Resources (EHR); Division of Research, Evaluation, and Communication (REC)
Deadline:Preliminary proposals have a target date of March 1 and
September 1.
Full proposals have corresponding deadlines of June 1 and December 1.
Eligibility:
Proposals may be submitted by any organization eligible for NSF support. Synergistic
collaboration among researchers and collaboration or partnerships with other educational
institutions (including schools or school systems), scientific organizations, industry or
government laboratories is encouraged when appropriate. The citizenship of the PI is
unrestricted.
Objectives:
Advances in many related fields have transformed research on learning and education in
recent years. These advances have contributed to an emerging, multidisciplinary science of
learning that bears directly on the educational and research goals of the National Science
Foundation (NSF). New opportunities promise to advance educational research and practice,
and to improve the level, quality, and accessibility of science, mathematics, engineering,
and technology (SMET) education. With these opportunities in mind, the Directorate for
Education and Human Resources (EHR) is broadening the scope of its research program,
calibrating the program's development through a continuing process of consultation with
researchers and educators. Research on Learning and Education (ROLE) is a transitional
program. It seeks to integrate advances across methodologies and disciplines within a
single, stable program. Development of the continuing program will be guided in part by
theoretical papers and workshops, Principal Investigator meetings, and discussions in other
venues addressing current needs and opportunities. This participatory development process is
crucial for maintaining the proper balance between expanding the frontiers of knowledge and
creating conditions that ensure sustainable implementation of improved educational
practices.
The ROLE program will support research across a four- quadrant science of learning
continuum that include the following:
- Brain research as a foundation for research on human learning;
- Fundamental research on behavioral, cognitive, affective and social aspects of human
learning;
- Research on SMET learning in formal and informal educational settings; and
- Research on SMET learning in complex educational systems.
Proposers interested in submitting projects for either organizing meetings or workshops,
increasing the research capacity in the field, or exploring high-risk, high-gain ideas, may
submit proposals under this announcement. The Division of Research, Evaluation, and
Communication (REC) will also consider unsolicited proposals for Small Grants for
Exploratory Research (SGER).
Sponsor:Alcoholic Beverage Medical Research Foundation
(ABMRF)
Deadline:February 15, September 01 annually
Eligibility:
Eligible applicants are researchers at academic and scientific institutions in the United
States and Canada. Applications may be submitted by public or private nonprofit institutions
such as universities, colleges, hospitals, research institutes and organizations,
governmental research agencies, and laboratories. The proposed principal investigator of the
research project must be a faculty or staff member of the applicant institution. This person
must be qualified to direct the research and is responsible for its conduct. Persons on
training status, such as undergraduate, graduate and medical students, postdoctoral fellows,
interns, and residents, are not eligible to serve as principal investigators, unless they
will be in independent faculty positions, or the equivalent, at the start of the grant
period.
Objectives:
The Alcoholic Beverage Medical Research
Foundation supports
innovative research on the use, and prevention or misuse, of alcoholic beverages. Funding is
provided for interdisciplinary research in the biological, medical, epidemiological,
behavioral, and social sciences in this field. The mission of the foundation is to support
innovative research on the use of alcohol by awarding grants to acquire new knowledge in
order to prevent alcohol-related problems for the benefit of society. Research Project
grants provide funds for a specific research project to be conducted by the named principal
investigator. The project must be original research to develop new knowledge in a wide range
of topics relevant to alcohol use and misuse.
Sponsor:Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS); National
Institutes of
Health (NIH); National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Deadline:February 01, June 01, October 01 annually until 2005
Eligibility:
Applications may be submitted by domestic and foreign, for-profit and nonprofit
organizations, public and private, such as universities, colleges, hospitals, laboratories,
units of state and local governments, and eligible agencies of the federal government.
Foreign institutions are not eligible for NIMH R03 awards. The citizenship of the PI is
unrestricted.
Objectives:
Under this program announcement (PA), the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
encourages extensive and innovative use of existing data sets to study the development of
psychopathology or resilience in order to guide the development of prevention and early
intervention strategies. The aims of the announcement are to mine the full potential of
public use and other extant data sets to increase our knowledge of risk and protective
factors for the development of psychopathology or resilience in community-based and clinical
populations, and to encourage applications from new investigators to examine these research
areas using state-of-the-art data analytic procedures. Under this PA, NIMH encourages
proposals to conduct analyses using mental health research data that is in public use format
or that is privately held by a principal investigator. Examples of research topics for
analyses of existing data sets include, but are not limited to, the following:
- analyses of the developmental pathways into and out of mental disorders and
psychopathological symptomatology over the life span;
- analyses of adaptive factors related to positive outcomes for high risk children;
analyses of factors and processes that alter negative trajectories;
- innovative person-oriented analyses to identify different configurations of risk and
alternative pathways to psychopathology or resilience;
- analyses of dimensions of behavioral expression, (i.e. impulse control, executive
function, affect regulation) as they inform understanding of the development, course, or
outcomes of psychopathology;
- analyses of levels and patterns of symptomatology and impairment, as these relate to
the nosology of mental disorders, categorical and dimensional diagnoses of psychopathology,
and use of mental health services, with an emphasis on child and adolescent populations;
- modeling of risk and protective processes in mediating symptoms of psychopathology,
impairment, and functioning; analyses of components or mechanisms underlying mediating
processes;
- identification of risk factors that interact with an existing mental disorder to
predict the development of subsequent, comorbid disorders; identification of patterns of
risk and symptomatology that increase the likelihood of developing multiple disorders;
- analyses of processes underlying different patterns of co-occurring mental health
symptomatology, substance abuse, and risk-taking behaviors, particularly in adolescents and
young adults;
- analyses of attributable risk associated with the development of psychopathology;
- analyses examining the role of adolescent psychopathology (including depression and
antisocial behavior) on intermittent or chronic participation in violence, high risk sexual
behavior, and other problem behaviors;
- analyses examining the mechanisms underlying long-term effects of abuse, neglect, or
other trauma;
- secondary analyses of longitudinal research, including prevention/intervention trials,
to evaluate mechanisms accounting for variation in response to intervention (including
social class disparities); moderating effects of contextual factors such as neighborhood,
classroom structure, family changes, and level of ongoing environmental stress on
psychological processes and mental health symptoms; and
- analyses across data sets of assessment measures and risk and protective factors for
disorders with low base rates in community populations, such as suicidal behaviors.
Applicants under this PA should use either the National Institutes of Health (NIH) small
grant (R03) award mechanism or the research project grant (R01).
Sponsor:Johnson (Robert Wood) Foundation
Deadline(s): Open
Objectives:
The sponsor supports projects designed to improve the health and health care of Americans.
Current areas of major focus include assuring that all Americans have access to basic health
care at a reasonable cost; improving the care and support for people with chronic health
conditions; and promoting health and preventing disease by reducing the harm caused by
substance abuse, including tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs. The sponsor funds a wide
variety of projects including: demonstrations, gathering and monitoring health-related
statistics, training and fellowship programs, policy analysis, health services research,
technical assistance, public education, communications, and evaluation.
Restrictions:
The sponsor gives preference to applicants that are public agencies or are tax-exempt, and
are not private foundations. The sponsor generally does not support ongoing general
operating expenses or existing deficits; endowment or capital costs; international programs
and institutions; basic biomedical research; conferences, symposia, publications, or media
projects; research on drug therapies or devices; lobbying of any kind; or direct support to
individuals. If grants are made for conferences, symposia, publications, and media
projects, they should be clearly related to the sponsor's program objectives or an outgrowth
of one of its grant programs. Indirect costs are allowed. Guidelines are available. For
projects initiated by applicants and reflecting their own interests, there are no formal
application forms. Prospective applicants should send a preliminary letter of inquiry to the
person listed above. If your letter is accepted, you will be invited to submit a complete
application.
Sponsor:Johnson (Robert Wood) Foundation
Deadline(s):Open
Objectives:
The sponsor provides support for research projects that will produce policy-relevant
information about ways to reduce the harm caused by the use of tobacco, alcohol, and illicit
drugs in the United States. This call for proposals is intended to encourage experts in
public health, law, political science, medicine, sociology, criminal justice, economics, and
other behavioral and policy sciences to address issues related to substance abuse. Projects
supported are expected to increase understanding of public and private policy interventions,
including the advantages, disadvantages, and potential impact of these policies. Policy
research projects will be funded in four areas: tobacco, alcohol, illicit drugs, and
combinations of tobacco, alcohol, and/or illicit drugs. Projects may address policies at
the national, state, or local levels in the public-sector, or they may address
private-sector policies within companies, associations, unions, or trade groups. In
general, studies are needed on the effects of policies, their unintended consequences, their
development, implementation, and enforcement. Multidisciplinary studies are
encouraged.
Letters of intent for projects requesting under $100,000 may be submitted at any time. For projects over $100,000 the deadline for letters of intent is February 4, 2002 and complete proposals are due on June 3, 2002.
Sponsor:University of New Hampshire Family Research
Laboratory
Deadline: Open
Objectives:
The sponser awards fellowships for research on family violence. Positions
are open to new and experienced researchers with doctorates in the fields
of psychology, sociology, social work, law, nursing, public health and
medicine. The fellowships are intended for work in the area of child
abuse, marital violence, elder abuse, sexual abuse, child victimization,
rape, homicide and other family-violence related topics with special
attention to mental health impact. Scholars use the one-year fellowships
(with possible one-year extension) to collaborate with Family Research
Laboratory (FRL) faculty on a current project, to work on one of the many
data sets archived at the FRL, or, in the case of senior candidates, to
work on their own projects.
Eligibility:
Applications from scholars with backgrounds in developmental or cognitive
psychology, or interests in family violence in minority families, or
families of persons with disabilities are particularily encouraged. The
individual to be trained must be a citizen or a non-citizen national of
the United States, or have been lawfully admitted for permanent residence
at the time of the award. A non-citizen national is a person who, although
not a citizen of the United States, owes permanent alliegance to the
United States. They are generally persons born in outlying possessions of
the United States (e.g., American Samoa and Swains Island). Individuals
who have been lawfully admitted for permanent residence must be in
possession of a valid Alien Registration Receipt Card (I-551), or must be
in possession of other legal verification of such status (e.g., proper
validation on his/her passport, or a notarized photocopy of properly
validated passport could suffice).
Sponsor:Spencer Foundation
Deadline:Open
Objectives:
The sponsor's mission is to fund activities, anywhere in the world, which
foster new ideas in education and encourage creativity. The sponsor
prefers to fund specific initiatives that conform to the mission
statement.
Eligibility:
The sponsor funds activities from anywhere in the world.
Sponsor:Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences
Deadline: Open
Objectives:
The sponsor provides support for residential postdoctoral fellowships at
The Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences. The sponsor supports
endeavors related to increasing knowledge of the principles that govern
human behavior. These fields include, but are not limited to,
anthropology, art history, biology, classics, economics, education,
geography, history, law, linguistics, literature, mathematical and
statistical specialties, medicine, musicology, philosophy, political
science, psychiatry, psychology, and sociology.
Eligibility:
Eligible candidates are postdoctoral scientists and scholars from the
United States and abroad who show exceptional accomplishments or promise
in their respective fields. Self-nominations are accepted from
post-doctoral scholars who have a record of publication.
Sponsor:Wolinsky Family Foundation
Deadline:Open
Objectives:
The sponser will consider applications for support in all areas of need,
including, but not limited to education, health and human services, arts
and culture, social welfare, and community development. Special regard
will be given to Jewish-related projects or organizations, but all worthy
causes will be given due consideration.
Eligibility:
Applicants must have tax-exempt status.
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