Announcements
Learn what is going on in the world of research through announcements and reports from various funding agencies, the federal government, and Howard University.
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| January 25, 2011 | Obama Calls for Spending Freeze but Says He'll Spare Education | |||||||||||
| In a State of the Union address on Tuesday, President Obama proposed a five-year freeze in discretionary spending on nondefense programs and vowed to veto any bill containing earmarks...Read More | ||||||||||||
| January 25, 2011 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA) EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES IN NASA STEM 2011 (EONS-2011) | |||||||||||
| This National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Research Announcement (NRA), entitled Education Opportunities in NASA STEM (EONS) – 2011, is a pilot that solicits education opportunities in support of NASA’s Office of Education (OE) under the Minority University Research and Education Program (MUREP)...Read More | ||||||||||||
| January 24, 2011 | USDA Strengthens Commitment to Military Families | |||||||||||
| In an effort to serve military families, the USDA is partnering with the White House to address the concerns and challenges of our military families...Read More | ||||||||||||
| January 23, 2011 | ONR-funded Researchers Among Popular Science Magazine's 'Brilliant 10' | |||||||||||
| Two researchers who made the "Brilliant 10" list, a list of top young scientists, in Popular Science's November 2010 magazine issue received funding from the Office of Naval Research (ONR)...Read More | ||||||||||||
| January 21, 2011 | 7 Historically Black Colleges to Receive Aid for Internationalizing | |||||||||||
| The American Council on Education has selected seven historically black universities to receive assistance on how to internationalize their campuses and curricula...Read More | ||||||||||||
| January 20, 2011 | Office of Naval Research Achieves Milestone in Free Electron Laser Program | |||||||||||
| Scientists at Los Alamos National Lab in Los Alamos, N.M., have achieved a remarkable breakthrough with the Office of Naval Research's (ONR) Free Electron Laser (FEL) program, setting the stage for a preliminary design review scheduled Jan. 20-21 in Virginia...Read More | ||||||||||||
| January 6, 2011 | Black Colleges Step Up Pursuit of Sponsored Research | |||||||||||
When Claflin University President Henry Tisdale challenged his faculty to pursue an aggressive research agenda, he knew the university needed to be dogged in going after lucrative federal research and development contracts to support that research. ..Read More |
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| 2010 | ||||||||||||
| November 8, 2010 | AAUP Plans to Develop New Guidelines for Corporate-Sponsored Research | |||||||||||
The American Association of University Professors plans to join the Canadian Association of University Professors in developing new guidelines for colleges and faculty members who receive corporate financing for research...Read More |
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| November 1, 2010 | Supreme Court to Hear Case on Universities' Rights to Own Faculty Inventions | |||||||||||
The U.S. Supreme Court, siding with Stanford University and a host of other research universities, has agreed to hear a case that could solidify the legal grounds for universities to claim ownership of faculty inventions derived from federally sponsored research. ..Read More |
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October 1, 2010 |
New Responsibilities for Research Administration | |||||||||||
| With the announcement of Dr. Bonner's Sabbatical, President Ribeau asked that the CFO's office manage the transition and re-design of Research Administration...Read More |
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| September 10, 2010 | NIH, AHRQ, and NIOSH to Eliminate Error Correction Window for Due Dates On or After January 25, 2011 | |||||||||||
| Beginning with due dates on or after January 25, 2011, NIH, AHRQ and NIOSH will eliminate the error correction window from the application submission process...Read More |
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| September 07, 2010 | NIH FOAs in Health Economics | |||||||||||
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| September 07, 2010 | New FOAs from NIH's OppNet | |||||||||||
| Several new Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs) have recently come out of OppNet...Read More |
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| September 07, 2010 | NIGMS U01 Grant Opportunity | |||||||||||
| This Request for Applications solicits applications that propose to develop computational models of the dynamics of the scientific workforce in the United States...Read More |
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| September 07, 2010 | Postdocs at Penn State | |||||||||||
| The Methodology Center at The Pennsylvania State University is accepting applications for postdoctoral fellows and research associates in methodology for building behavioral interventions...Read More |
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| September 07, 2010 | AJPH Call for Papers | |||||||||||
| The American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) intends to publish a theme issue on the science of environmental justice and health disparities and the policy applications of science to address environmental justice...Read More |
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| September 07, 2010 | Grant Opportunity: Gates Foundation Grand Challenge | |||||||||||
| The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is now accepting grant proposals for Round 6 of Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative to encourage innovative and unconventional global health solutions...Read More |
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| September 07, 2010 | Position Openings at American Legacy Foundation | |||||||||||
| The American Legacy Foundation in Washington, D.C. is looking to fill the following two research positions...Read More |
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| August 30, 2010 | New OppNet RFAs | |||||||||||
| Three additional OppNet FY2011 RFAs are available to the public. At present, there are seven active OppNet funding opportunities...Read More |
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| August 30, 2010 | Final Meeting of the Tobacco Research Network on Disparities (TReND) | |||||||||||
| The Tobacco Research Network on Disparities (TReND), funded by the National Cancer Institute and Legacy, will hold its final capstone meeting on October 25-26, 2010...Read More |
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| August 9, 2010 | New OppNet RFAs | |||||||||||
| The Basic Behavioral and Social Science Opportunity Network (OppNet) has three new Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs)...Read More |
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| August 9, 2010 | New NIH Climate Change and Health Funding Opportunity Announcement | |||||||||||
| The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has released a new funding opportunity to support small research projects examining the differential risk factors of populations that lead to or are associated with increased vulnerability to exposures, diseases and other adverse health outcomes related to climate change....Read More |
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| August 9, 2010 | NIH Pioneer and New Innovator Funding Opportunities | |||||||||||
| NIH welcomes proposals for 2011 NIH Director's Pioneer Awards and New Innovator Awards....Read More |
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| July 27, 2010 | FY2010 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Partnership in Research Transition (PIRT) Program (W911NF-10-R-0008) | |||||||||||
| The US Department of Army announces the fiscal year 2010 Partnership in Research Transition (PIRT) program...Read More |
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| June 10, 2010 | The Continuing Challenge of Subrecipient Monitoring | |||||||||||
| The billions of dollars that are awarded by federal agencies to thousands of grantees nationwide often don't stop there. They get passed through as subgrants to thousands more "subrecipients."...Read More |
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| June 09, 2010 | Funding of the DC - Developmental Center for AIDS Research | |||||||||||
| Dr. Anthony K. Wutoh, professor and senior fellow for Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy Sciences, has received funding as a Co-PI for the DC-Developmental Center for AIDS Research (DC-DCFAR) grant (1P30AI087714-01)...Read More |
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| June 04, 2010 | HBCU Faculty & Students Awards | |||||||||||
| Ten travel awards to support the participation of HBCU faculty and students at the Biennial conference on “The Science of Global Prostate Cancer Disparities in Black Men”....Read More |
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| June 04, 2010 | FY10 DOD CDMRP PRCRP Program Announcements Released | |||||||||||
| The Fiscal Year 2010 (FY10) Defense Appropriations Act provides $15M to the Department of Defense (DOD) Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program (PRCRP) to provide support for cancer research....Read More |
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| March 30, 2010 | Grants.gov Opportunities Posting Update | |||||||||||
| A list of funding opportunities posted on Grants.gov...Read More |
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| March 30, 2010 | Deadlines approaching for $240,000 in Monetary Awards | |||||||||||
| The Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation, a Federal government agency, is now accepting Nominations for: eight Agriscience Awards and seven Life Sciences Awards...Read More |
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| March 24, 2010 | TMCF/ Department of Defense Air Force Office of Scientific Research Project | |||||||||||
| The Thurgood Marshall College Fund is pleased to invite you to apply for an opportunity to get $10,000 in funding for the TMCF/ Department of Defense Air Force Office of Scientific Research Project...Read More |
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| March 22, 2010 | New funding announcement on Social Network Analysis and Health | |||||||||||
| We are happy to announce that OBSSR is issuing two funding opportunity announcements (FOAs) for basic research on social network analysis and that nine Institutes and Centers (ICs) are participating...Read More |
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| March 22, 2010 | Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Admin is making $8 million available for about 27 grants to prevent HIV | |||||||||||
| Capacity Building Initiative for Substance Abuse and HIV Prevention Services for At-Risk Racial/Ethnic Minority Young Adults...Read More |
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| March 22, 2010 | New Connections: Increasing Diversity Of RWJF Programming | |||||||||||
| Are you a diverse researcher or evaluator interested in funding, mentoring and training opportunities?...Read More |
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| March 16, 2010 | AHA Research Promotions | |||||||||||
| Following are the programs and deadlines being offered this July for awards that will begin on January 1, 2011...Read More |
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| March 16, 2010 | AHA Call for Abstract Submissions | |||||||||||
| AHA encourages awardees to submit the results of their work for presentation at our professional meetings. Upcoming meetings with abstract opportunities are:...Read More |
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| March 1, 2010 | Obama Signs Order Boosting HBCU Funding | |||||||||||
President Barack Obama signed the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities on Friday afternoon, proposing $98 million in new money for these historic institutions for the 2011 fiscal year....Read More |
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| February 2, 2010 | The LFA is Accepting Research Applications for 2010 | |||||||||||
| The LFA is now accepting applications for the 2010 Gina M. Finzi Memorial Student Summer Fellowship Program, which seeks to foster an interest in lupus research among young investigators. The application deadline is March 5, 2010 at 5 p.m. Eastern...Read More |
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| January 28, 2010 | DoD Ovarian Cancer Research Program | |||||||||||
| The Department of Defense (DoD) Ovarian Cancer Research Program (OCRP) has released program announcements for Pilot Awards...Read More |
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| January 14, 2010 | PHSI Summer Internship Program: Project IMHOTEP | |||||||||||
| Project: IMHOTEP is an eleven-week internship designed to increase their knowledge and skills of undergraduate and graduate students in biostatistics, epidemiology, and occupational safety and health...Read More |
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| January 4, 2010 | NIDA Meeting Jan 13-14, 2010: Exploring Interconnections | |||||||||||
| Supports research teams from Minority Serving Institutions composed of a faculty member and up to two students for a 10-week summer internship doing research at a DHS Center of Excellence. Successful applicants will collaborate directly with the National Center for Food Protection and Defense on food system issues...Read More |
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| January 1, 2010 | Major Changes to NIH Applications | |||||||||||
| Are you planning to submit an NIH grant application? If so, please note that all applications intended for due dates on or after January 25, 2010* require the use of new forms and instructions...Read More |
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| January 1, 2010 | Propose Research Using the World’s Most Powerful Supercomputer | |||||||||||
| The Blue Waters petascale computing system, under construction by the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) Exit icon at the University of Illinois, will be the most powerful computer in the world when it comes online in 2011...Read More |
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| January 1, 2010 | First Human Embryonic Stem Cell Lines Approved Under New Guidelines Now Available | |||||||||||
| NIH Director Francis Collins announced that the first 13 human embryonic stem cell (hESC) lines to be approved under the new NIH Guidelines for Human Stem Cell Research have been placed on the NIH Human Embryonic Stem Cell Registry, and NIH grantees may now use them...Read More |
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| January 1, 2010 | Summer Research Team Program for Minority Serving Institutions | |||||||||||
| Supports research teams from Minority Serving Institutions composed of a faculty member and up to two students for a 10-week summer internship doing research at a DHS Center of Excellence. Successful applicants will collaborate directly with the National Center for Food Protection and Defense on food system issues...Read More |
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