Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Summer/Short-Term Research Publication Grants

American Association of University Women (AAUW) offers summer/short-term research publication grants of $6,000 for an eight-week grant period. These grants provide support to women scholars to prepare research manuscripts for publication, and independent researchers to prepare research for publication. Time must be available for eight consecutive weeks of final manuscript preparation. All applicants must demonstrate that the support will result in a reduction of their ongoing work-related activities. The grants are not for preliminary research. Activities undertaken during the grant period can include drafting, editing, or modifying manuscripts; replicating research components; responding to issues raised through critical review; and other initiatives to increase the likelihood of publication. It must be an original publication and cannot be co-authored. These grants are part of the American Fellowships, which support women doctoral candidates completing dissertations or scholars seeking funds for postdoctoral research leave from accredited institutions. Candidates are evaluated on the basis of scholarly excellence, the quality and originality of project design, and active commitment to helping women and girls through service in their communities, professions, or fields of research. Preference will be given to applicants whose work supports the vision of AAUW: to break through educational and economic barriers so that all women have a fair chance. 
Award amount: $6,000

Deadline: November 15, 2013

Read entire solicitation

Friday, August 9, 2013

National Science Foundation Grants Conference

Hosted By: Colorado State University

Location:
Westin Denver Downtown
1672 Lawrence Street
Denver, Colorado 80202

The first National Science Foundation Grants Conference of fiscal year 2014 will be held in Denver, Colorado, and hosted by Colorado State University on October 21-22, 2013.
Key representatives from the National Science Foundation (NSF), as well as your colleagues - faculty, researchers, and grant administrators - representing colleges and universities from around the U.S. will participate.

This two-day conference is a must, especially for new faculty, researchers, educators, and administrators who want to gain key insight into a wide range of current issues at NSF including the state of current funding; new and current policies and procedures; and pertinent administrative issues. NSF program officers representing each NSF directorate will be on hand to provide up-to-date information about specific funding opportunities and answer your questions.

Highlights include: 
  • New programs and initiatives; 
  • Future directions and strategies for national science policy; 
  • Proposal preparation; 
  • NSF's merit review process; 
  • Cross-disciplinary and special interest programs; 
  • Conflict of interest policies; 
  • Breakout sessions by discipline. 

Link to more information and registration

Monday, August 5, 2013

Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Gulf Coast CESU

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), National Wetlands Research Center (NWRC), Lafayette, LA is offering a funding opportunity to upgrade existing USGS simulation models for hurricane, sea-level, and ecosystem application.These model upgrades will support a forest damage assessment study of Hurricane Sandy wind and storm surge impact on coastal forested ecosystems of the Atlantic Coast. The model upgrades will be applied to quantify wind, climate, and storm tide behavior of Hurricane Sandy and previous hurricanes, runoff, climate and sea-level change over the past century or more. Executable programs and datasets will be delivered and updated to provide the necessary functional aspects of multiple models developed by USGS scientists for modeling hurricane impact and ecosystem response of coastal wetlands. The models and datasets are outdated, having been originally developed and applied years and decades ago and now require upgrades to supplement project goals and objectives for comparing Hurricane Sandy effects with previous storms and climate history. This project requires mutual cooperation of advanced computing, geographic information systems (GIS), programming advancements, visualization tools, and database design as well as technical and subject matter expertise of both USGS and University staff. Frequent interaction and close collaboration between cooperating institutions will be required to exchange model code and to review computer program performance to enhance proper integration and project efficiency based on programming skills and institutional strengths. CFDA 15.808


Deadline: August 12, 2013
Award Amount: $250,000