American Physical Society: Excellence in Physics Education Award

Due: July 1, 2009

Award: $5,000 and an allwoance for travel expenses to the meeting where the award is presented

To honor a team, collaboration or individual who have exhibited a sustained commitment to excellent in physics education

The award may be give for, but not restricted to, such accomplishments as: outreach programs, a specific program or project that has had a major ongoing influence on physics education at the national level; outstanding teacher enhancement or teacher preparation programs over a number of years; long-lasting professional service related to physics education that has had a demonstrated positive impact.

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NSF: Earth Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowships

Due: July 1, 2009

Award:  $85,000 per year per fellowship during fiscal years 2009 to 2011

The Division of Earth Sciences (EAR) awards Postdoctoral Fellowships to highly qualified investigators within 3 years of obtaining their PhD to carry out an integrated program of independent research and education. The research and education plans of each fellowship must address scientific questions within the scope of EAR disciplines.  The program supports researchers for a period of up to 2 years with fellowships that can be taken to the institution or national facility of their choice. The program is intended to recognize beginning investigators of significant potential, and provide them with experience in research and education that will establish them in leadership positions in the Earth Sciences community.

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Entomological Society of America: Early Career Innovation Award

Due: July 1, 2009

Award: $1,000

This award is made to honor young professionals working within the field of entomology who have demonstrated innovation through contributions within any area of specialization (research, teaching, extension, product development, public service, etc.).

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American Physical Society: Excellence in Physics Education Award 

Due: July 1, 2009

Award: $1,500

To recognize and honor a team or group of individuals (such as a collaboration), or exceptionally a single individual, who have exhibited a sustained commitment to excellence in physics education

The award may be a given for, but not necessarily restricted to, such accomplishments as: outreach programs; a specific program or project that has had a major ongoing influence on physics education at the national level; outstanding teacher enhancement or teacher preparation programs over a number of years; long-lasting professional service related to physics education that has had a demonstrated positive impact.

More information is available here.

 

NSF: Ecological Biology

Due: July 9, 2009

Award: Unspecified

The Ecological Biology Cluster supports research that advances the conceptual or theoretical understanding of species interactions and community dynamics in terrestrial, wetland and freshwater habitats. The sponsor encourages projects that integrate theoretical, modeling, and empirical approaches, or that promote synthesis, across spatial and temporal scales. The cluster seeks to fund projects that are transformative -- that is those that will change the conceptual bases of ecology and have broad implications for future research. Proposals that develop research questions within the context of existing theory, consider alternate mechanisms, and design critical tests to distinguish among mechanisms are particularly encouraged, together with those that use contemporary approaches to develop new paradigms. Inter- and multi-disciplinary proposals that cross traditional programmatic boundaries are welcomed in the Ecological Biology Cluster. Research focused on dynamics of single species should be directed to the Population and Evolutionary Processes Cluster. Studies that focus on the ecology of marine organisms should be directed to the Biological Oceanography Program in the Division of Ocean Sciences. Research focused on human disease or health is not supported. The Ecological Biology Cluster funds projects within the Ecology Program as well as LTREB, OPUS, and CAREER. The Ecology Program supports studies of interspecific interactions and species diversity at diverse spatial and temporal scales. These include, but are not limited to: food-web structure and trophic dynamics; biotic interactions, including mutualism, competition, predation and parasitism; mechanisms of coexistence, community assembly and the maintenance of species diversity; co-evolution; and landscape ecology, habitat fragmentation and macroecology. Ecology particularly encourages studies that can be applied to a wide range of habitats and taxa across multiple scales.

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NSF: Evolutionary Processes 

Due: July 9, 2009

Award: Unspecified

The Evolutionary Processes Cluster supports research on microevolutionary processes and their macroevolutionary consequences. Topics include mutation, gene flow, recombination, natural selection, genetic drift, assortative mating acting within species, speciation, and long-term features of evolution.

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DOC: Recovery Act Measurement Science and Engineering Research Grants Program

Due: July 13, 2009

Award: $1.5 million for three years

Awards are to support measurement science and engineering research proposals in the following six focus areas: energy, environment and climate change, information technology/cybersecurity, biosciences/healthcare, manufacturing, and physical infrastructure as part of NIST’s activities implementing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

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NSF: Decision Making Under Uncertainty Collaborative Groups (DMUU)

Due: July 14, 2009

Award: Up to $1.5 million annually for five years

The Decision Making Under Uncertainty (DMUU) collaborative groups competition offers awards to support teams of researchers who will advance fundamental understanding of decision making under uncertainty for climate change and related long-term environmental risks. The focus of these collaborative groups will be to generate fundamental new knowledge as well as information and tools that decision makers will find useful to help them incorporate climate change and related long-term environmental risks in their decision making. The focus of these collaborative groups should be to provide new knowledge about how public officials, firms in the private sector, other groups, and/or individuals can incorporate existing knowledge about climate change and related long-term environmental risks into their decisions.  In addition to generating societally useful information and tools, DMUU collaborative groups should enhance basic understanding within and across the social and behavioral sciences as well as related science and engineering disciplines.

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Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) Global Research Collaboration (GRC): Company Modeling White Papers

Due: July 16, 2009 at 2pm

Award: Up to $500,000 over three years

Specific and prioritized Research Needs are summarized in a report (research needs document ) recently prepared by Device Sciences' Memory Technologies Technical Advisory Board. Research focusing in the areas of Circuit Design and Compact Modeling, although may be related to memory applications, are addressed by separate calls and are not included in this solicitation which is device- and technology-oriented.

The attached table summarizes all research topics related to memory technologies. Also indicated is the consensus of priorities from our sponsor companies. Among the three areas of Embedded Memory, Nonvolatile Memory, and Selection Device, we have listed more detailed topics. From these, 6 topics have been identified as high priority (H) and 6 as medium priority (M). We encourage submission in the areas of high priority and they will be weighted more favorably, although all submission will be considered. These areas of high priority are new material and device concepts for embedded memories, in particular as replacement for SRAM and DRAM cells, and also for nonvolatile memories.

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NSF: EarthScope

Due: July 16, 2009

Award: $800,000 for FY 2010

EarthScope is an Earth science program to explore the 4-dimensional structure of the North American continent. The EarthScope Program provides a framework for broad, integrated studies across the Earth sciences, including research on fault properties and the earthquake process, strain transfer, magmatic and hydrous fluids in the crust and mantle, plate boundary processes, large-scale continental deformation, continental structure and evolution, and composition and structure of the deep-Earth. In addition, EarthScope offers a centralized forum for Earth science education at all levels and an excellent opportunity to develop cyberinfrastructure to integrate, distribute, and analyze diverse data sets. The EarthScope facilities, consisting of the Plate Boundary Observatory (PBO), the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD), and the USArray, are a multi-purpose array of instruments and observatories that greatly expands the observational capabilities of the Earth Sciences and permits us to advance our understanding of the structure, evolution and dynamics of the North American continent.

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National Institute of Justice: Evaluation of the Statewide Automated Victim Information and Notification (SAVIN) Program

Due: July 20, 2009

Award: $2 million for three years

In order to assess the effectiveness of the SAVIN program, including State and local investment and victim participation and satisfaction, and provide a guide for current and new SAVIN grantees, NIJ is seeking applications for a national evaluation including State-level analyses of the SAVIN program and the development of a promising practices toolkit. The evaluation should examine implementation, process, outcome, and cost-effectiveness of SAVIN-funded programs. The toolkit should provide information on and strategies for the implementation, development, and enhancement of notification programs. The toolkit should be developed in a format that is easily accessible and understandable to the target audience of the SAVIN program.

Evaluation Research: Within applications proposing evaluation research, funding priority will be given to experimental research designs that use random selection and assignment of participants to experimental and control conditions. When randomized designs are not feasible, priority will be given to quasi-experimental designs that include contemporary procedures like Propensity Score Matching and Regression Discontinuity Design to address selection bias in evaluating outcomes and impacts.

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Department of Energy: Energy Efficient Information and Communications Technology

Due: July 21, 2009

Award: Up to $10 million for two years

There are three broad areas of interest. Each proposal may address only one of these areas of interest and must be a standalone proposal. The areas of interest are I) Concept Definition Studies for Energy Efficient Information and Communications Technology; II) Information and Communications R&D For Energy Efficiency; and III) Demonstration and Field Testing of Highly Energy Efficient and Emerging Technologies for Data Center or Telecommunications Use.

I. Concept Definition Studies for Energy Efficient Information and Communication Technology: Technologies considered for Concept Definition Studies must be at Stage Two as defined by the ITP Stage-Gate Innovation Management Guidelines. The proposed concept-definition study will focus on a specific, promising ICT technology that offers the potential for major energy, carbon, and economic benefits. While the focus technology must be in the early stages of research, the study will also indicate how the technology will eventually fit into commercial markets. The study will identify the technical barriers and critical R&D paths for developing a commercial application or product that addresses a significant market opportunity.

II. Information and Communications Technologies R&D For Energy Efficiency: Proposals for research and development are being sought in the areas of Equipment and Software, Power Supply Chain, and Cooling.

III. Demonstration and Field Testing of Highly Energy Efficient and Emerging Technologies for Data Center or Telecommunication Use: DOE is interested in field testing and independently validating the energy performance of emerging technologies that show the potential to improve energy efficiency while not compromising data center or telecommunication reliability. The demonstration sites will be early adopters of the technologies and must be willing to share information about the cost-benefit results of the field-tested technology projects so as to encourage more rapid market acceptance of the technologies.

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DOC: Recovery Act Measurement Science and Engineering Fellowship Program

Due: July 27, 2009

Award: Up to $20 million for three years

The primary program objectives of the NIST Recovery Act Measurement Science and Engineering Fellowship Program are:

1. To provide opportunities for scientists and engineers in training to perform research in broad areas of measurement science at NIST through research fellowships called Research Training Fellowships. Research Training Fellowships will be offered to qualified undergraduate students and graduate students at U.S. universities and colleges, and to postdoctoral researchers, in fields of science and engineering that contribute to NIST’s measurement science programs.

2. To provide opportunities for practicing scientists and engineers in the public and private sectors to perform research in broad areas of measurement science at NIST through research fellowships called Senior Research Fellowships. Senior Research Fellowships will be offered to qualified scientists and engineers working at U.S. private firms, U.S. non-profit organizations, U.S. universities and colleges, and other organizations in fields of science and engineering that contribute to NIST’s measurement science programs.

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Army: IARPA Advanced Materials and Fabrication for Coherent Superconducting Qubits Program

Due: July 31, 2009

Award: Not specified

Two Levels of proposals are sought, with particular interest in application to the phase qubit:

• Level I proposals will seek to accomplish all of the following Program Goals: (1) fundamental understanding and insights into defects in superconducting qubits that currently limit coherence time and readout contrast; (2) means to characterize, measure and definitively discriminate between these separate defects; and (3) advanced materials, constructions and fabrication methods to eliminate these defects.
• Level II proposals will seek to accomplish Level I goals as well as the following additional Program Goal: (4) demonstrate substantially extended coherence times in superconducting qubits fabricated from foregoing developments.

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