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This webpage contains a calendar containing highlights of NSF funding opportunity announcements which pertain to bioscience and bioengineering.
For a complete listing of all current NSF funding opportunities, please use the
NSF "Find Funding" Search Tool webpage >>.
Biomedical and Bioengineering funding opportunity
announcement 04/19/12 >>
NSF 11-690 Faculty Early Career Development Award
Unlimited applicants are permitted.
These are the most prestigious awards in support of junior faculty [assistant professors with UTL faculty appointments] who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations.
Various deadlines (link to separate webpage >>)
Earth and Ocean Science Funding Opportunities
Link to separate webpage >>
Graduate Students
NSF, NIH, and other graduate student funding opportunities
Link to separate webpage >>
Limited Programs-requiring an internal selection process
NSF limits the number of applicants from the institution so an internal selection process is required.
National Science Foundation
Scalable Nanomanufacturing (SNM) NSF 12-544
One application is permitted.
Eligibility: faculty with PI eligibility
Internal Dean of Research deadline: May 1, 2012, 12 noon
Internal submission guidelines
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program-CIF21 Track (IGERT-CIF21) NSF 12-555
One application is permitted.
Eligibility: faculty with PI eligibility
This new IGERT-CIF21 track RFA* has been created as a mechanism to permit an additional application which addresses a new topic: the training and education needs in computational and data enabled science and engineering (CDS&E) and cyberinfrastructure research.
*Note: This new RFA, permits a separate applicant for the above topic, and is an amendment to the previously issued NSF-11-533 IGERT (for which a separate internal selection process was completed in Nov. 2011 and a separate applicant selected).
Internal Dean of Research Office deadline: May 15, 2012, 12 noon
Internal submission guidelines
National Science Foundation (NSF)
NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) NSF 12-529
*An internal selection process will be set up by the Dean's Office within each of the following schools:
-Humanities and Sciences
-Earth Sciences
-Engineering
Each of the above schools is permitted one applicant.
Sponsor deadline: Aug. 14, 2012 (also offered in Aug. 14, 2013, and Aug. 14, 2014)
Guidelines
NSF Medical Research/Disease-related goal restrictions
NSF Grant Proposal Guidelines Chapter 1. B: "Research with disease-related goals, including work on the etiology, diagnosis or treatment of physical or mental disease, abnormality, or malfunction in human beings or animals, is normally not supported. Animal models of such conditions or the development or testing of drugs or other procedures for their treatment also are not eligible for support.
Exceptions: However, research in bioengineering, with diagnosis- or treatment-related goals, that applies engineering principles to problems in biology and medicine while advancing engineering knowledge is eligible for support. Bioengineering research to aid persons with disabilities also is eligible."
Resources for faculty:
Grants.gov@Stanford resources
How to set up your computer, eSubmit, and other resources ORA webpage >>
Institutional Representatives:
School of Medicine: Research Process Manager (RPM) department assignments >>
Other Schools: Office of Sponsored Research department assignments>>
Center Grant Coordinator
Pam Jahnke, Dean of Research Office, is an additional resource for faculty throughout the university who are preparing center grant and other complex grant applications. Pam's work is expected to be supplemental and complementary to the assistance that faculty receive from research administration staff in their departments and schools (RPMs/RMG, OSR, ERA). Pam can be reached at pam.jahnke@stanford.edu. Additional information:
http://med.stanford.edu/rmg/funding/center_grants_coord.html
Shared Facility/Service Center Resource
You are encouraged to discuss shared facility, service center, core facility resources with Bruce Koch, Senior Director, Discovery and Technological Service Centers, Office of the Senior Associate Dean for Research at bruce.koch@stanford.edu.
Calendar of the NSF Funding Opportunity Highlights
NOTE; THIS SECTION IS "UNDER CONSTRUCTION" (CHECK BACK FOR FUTURE UPDATES
This calendar contains many, but not all, of the NSF funding opportunities. For a complete list of NSF funding opportunities please see the NSF Funding Opportunity Search webpage >>. These dates are subject to change.
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| Jan. 15, 2013 (see also July 15) | Developmental and Learning Sciences (DLS) PD 08-1698 |
| Jan. 15, 2013 (see also July 15) | Social Psychology NSF PD 98-1332 |
| Limited Program-internal selection process required: Internal deadline (Dean of Research Office): Nov. TBA Sponsor deadline: Jan. 2013 TBA (and the 4th Thurs. in January thereafter) |
Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) $100,000-$4 million Eligibility and Submission Guidelines |
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| May | |
| May 18, 2012 | NIH / NSF Transforming Biomedicine at the Interface of the Life and Physical Sciences (R01) PAR-10-141 NSF; NIH NIBIB, NIGMS, NIAMS |
May 18, 2012 |
NIH / NSF: New Biomedical Frontiers at the Interface of the Life and Physical Sciences (R01) PAR-10-142 NSF; NIH NIBIB, NIGMS, NIAMS |
| June | |
June 15, 2012*(and June 15, 2012) *for RCN UBE and UBE Incubator Track (Undergraduate Biology Education) (see also Feb.) |
Research Coordination Networks (RCN) NSF 11-531 Approximately 5 awards are anticipated for the RCN-UBE track, approximately 7 for RCN-UBE Incubator awards, and approximately 7 for RCN-SEES awards. Individual awards for the general RCN, and RCN-UBE may be up to $500,000 over a duration of five years and up to $750,000 over a duration of 5 years for RCN-SEES awards. Awards for RCN-UBE Incubator proposals may be up to $50,000 for one year. |
| June 15, 2012 (see also: Sept. 9, 2011; Dec. 15, 2011; March 15, 2012; June 15, 2012; Sept. 15, 2012) | Innovation Corps Program (I-Corps) NSF 11-560 Eligibility: for faculty with existing NSF grants. $50K for six months. |
| July | |
| July 1, 2012 (and July 1st thereafter) | Earth Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship NSF 10-500 Applications are submitted directly by the individual researcher, unlike standard NSF proposals that are submitted through the researcher's U.S. institutional representative. |
| July 10, 2012 | Advances in Biological Informatics (ABI) NSF 10-567 |
| July 15, 2012 July 15 annually thereafter (see also Jan. 15) |
Social Psychology NSF PD 98-1332 |
| July 15, 2012 July 15 annually thereafter |
Developmental and Learning Sciences (DLS) PD 08-1698 |
| July 23, 2012 (and July 22, 2013) | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program NSF 11-690 BIO-Biological Sciences, CISE-Computer and Information Science and Engineering, EHR-Education and Human Resources, OCI -Office of Cyberinfrastructure List of directorate contacts>> |
| July 24, 2012 (and July 23, 2013) | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program NSF 11-690 ENG (Engineering) List of directorate contacts>> |
| July 25, 2012 (and July 24, 2013) |
Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program NSF 11-690 Geo-Geociences MPS-Mathematical and Physical Sciences SBE-Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences OPP-Office of Polar Programs List of directorate contacts>> |
| July 27, 2012 (then last Friday in July thereafter) | Instrument Development for Biological Research (IDBR) NSF 10-563 In the selection of projects for funding, the program does not support the development of biological instrumentation that would be used for clinical or biomedical applications. |
| August | |
| Aug. 1, 2012 (see also Feb. 1) |
Perception, Action & Cognition PD 09-7252 |
| Aug. 2, 2012 (see also Jan. 9, 2012) | Division of Environmental Biology NSF-11-573 Core Programs: Ecosystem Science Cluster; Evolutionary Process Cluster, Population and Community Cluster, Systematics and Biodiversity Cluser |
| Aug. 27, 2011 (and Aug. 27 thereafter; see also Jan. 24) |
Cognitive Neuroscience NSF 09-563 |
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| Sept. 1, 2011 and Sept. 1 thereafter (see also March 1, 2011) | Catalyzing New International Collaborations NSF 11-508 |
| Sept. 6, 2011 (see also May 21, 2012, and Jan. 28, 2013) | Division of Molecular and Cellular Bioscences Investigator-Initiated Research Projects NSF 11-545 (This replaces the separate cluster funding opportunities: Biomolecular dynamics, structure, and function; Cellular processes; Genetic mechanisms; Networks and regulation) |
| Sept. 9, 2011 (see also: Dec. 15, 2011; March 15, 2012; June 15, 2012; Sept. 15, 2012) | Innovation Corps Program (I-Corps) NSF 11-560 Eligibility: for faculty with existing NSF grants. $50K for six months. |
| Sept. 9, 2011 & Sept. 9 thereafter |
Science of Science and Innovation Policy (SciSIP) |
| Sept. 12, 2012 and 2nd Tuesday in September, Annually Thereafter |
International Research Fellowship Program (IRFP) Applications are submitted directly by the individual researcher, unlike standard NSF proposals that are submitted through the researcher's U.S. institutional representative. NSF 06-582 |
| Sept. 15, 2011 (see also March 3, 2012) |
General & Age-Related Disabilities Engineering (GARDE) PD 12-5342 Biotechnology, Biochemical, and Biomass Engineering (BBBE) PD 12-1491 Biomedical Engineering (BME) PD 12-5345 Biophotonics (for Human Health) PD-12-7236 Biosensing PD 12-7909 |
| Sept. 15, 2011 |
Chemical and Biological Separations (CBS) PD 12-1417 Catalysis and Biocatalysis NSF PD 12-1401 Process and Reaction Engineering NSF PD 12-1403 Interfacial Processes and Thermodynamics NSF PD 12-1414 |
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| Oct. 1, 2012 | Chemical Catalysis Program NSF PD 09-6884 Chemical Structure, Dynamics, and Mechanisms Program NSF PD 09-6879 Chemical Synthesis (SYN) NSF PD 09-6878 Chemical Theory, Models and Computational Methods program NSF PD 09-6881 |
| Oct. 1, 2011(and Oct. 1st thereafter) (see also Feb. 15, 2012) | Biomechanics and Mechanobiology (BMMB) PD 11-7479 |
| Oct. 3, 2011 | Joint DMS/NIGMS Initiative to Support Research at the Interface of the Biological and Mathematical Sciences (DMS/NIGMS) NSF 10-579 |
| Letter of intent (required): Oct. 1, 2011 Full proposal: Nov. 3, 2011 |
NSF 11-553 National Robotics Initiative (NRI) Small proposals** ($100K-$250K direct costs per year for 1-5 yrs) deadlines**: Multi-agency: NSF; NIH-NIBIB, NIA, NCRR, NICHD, NINDS, NINR; NASA; USDA Unlimited applicants are permitted but an individual can only be a PI or Co-PI on two proposals per year. **NIH and USDA will only fund small projects. NSF and NASA will fund both types of proposals. See Dec. 15 for Large projects |
| Oct. 5, 2011 (and first Wed in Oct.. thereafter) |
Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) NSF 10-520 |
| Oct. 7, 2011 (and also Oct. 05, 2012 |
NSF/DOE Partnership in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering NSF 09-596 |
| Oct. 12, 2011 (and the second Wednesday in October, Annually Thereafter) |
Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship (AAPF) Applications are submitted directly by the individual researcher, unlike standard NSF proposals that are submitted through the researcher's U.S. institutional representative. NSF 08-581 |
| Oct. 11, 2011 (and the second Tuesday in October thereafter) |
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biology Applications are submitted online directly by the individual researcher, unlike standard NSF proposals that are submitted through the researcher's U.S. institutional representative NSF 10-587 |
| Oct. 17, 2011 (see also Feb.) |
Strategic Technologies for Cyberinfrastructure (STCI) Program NSF PD 11-7684 |
| Oct. 19, 2011 (and the Third Wednesday in October, Annually Thereafter) |
Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (MSPRF) |
| Oct. 26, 2011 | Physics of Living Systems (PoLS) PD-11-7246 |
| Oct. 31, 2011 and Oct. 31st annually thereafter | Biomaterials PD-06-7623 |
| Oct. 31, 2012 | Macromolecular, Supramolecular and Nanochemistry (MSN) Program NSF PD 09-6885 Chemistry of Life Process NSF PD 09-6883 Environmental Chemical Sciences (ECS) Program NSF PD 09-6882 Chemical Measurement and Imaging Program NSF PD 09-6880 |
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| Nov. 2, 2011 (and Nov. 2, 2012) |
NIH/ NSF Collaborative Research in Computational Neuroscience NSF 11-505 |
| Nov. 14, 2011-Engineering Nov. 15, 2011-Mathematical Sciences; Computer and Information Sciences and Engineering; Chemistry; Physics and Astronomy; Materials Research Nov. 16, 2011-Social Sciences; Psychology; Geosciences; STEM Education and Learning Nov. 18, 2011-Life Sciences; Interdisciplinary |
Graduate Research Fellowship Program NSF 11-582 This program awards Fellowships for graduate study leading to research-based master's and doctoral degrees in the fields of science and engineering relevant to the mission of the National Science Foundation. NSF supported fields of study: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11582/nsf11582.htm#appendix Each Fellowship consists of three years of support usable over a five- year period. For each year of support, NSF provides a stipend of $30,000 to the Fellow and a cost-of-education allowance of $10,500 to the degree-granting institution. |
| Limited program Internal Dean of Research office deadline: Nov. TBA Full proposal: Jan. 2013TBA |
Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program: Instrument Acquisition or Development NSF 11-503 Instrument acquisition or development proposals that request funds from NSF in the range $100,000-$4 million will be accepted from all eligible organizations. Up to 3 years for acquisition proposals; up to 5 years for development proposals. Limited to 3 proposals from the institution: at least one must be for instrument development, and two can be for acquisition. Internal submission guidelines |
| December | |
| Dec. 6, 2011 | Interface between Computer Science and Economics & Social Sciences Grant NSF 11-584 |
| Dec. 7, 2011 | Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases NSF 11-580 Multi-agency RFA: NSF, NIH (FIC & NIGMS), USDA, U.K. Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council |
| Dec. 14, 2011 | Software Infrastructure for Sustained Innovation (SI2) Scientific Software Innovation Institutes (S2I2) (NSF 11-589) |
| Dec. 15, 2011 (see also: Sept. 9, 2011; March 15, 2012; June 15, 2012; Sept. 15, 2012) | Innovation Corps Program (I-Corps) NSF 11-560 Eligibility: for faculty with existing NSF grants. $50K for six months. |
| Letter of intent (required): Dec. 15, 2011 Full proposal: Nov. 3, 2011 |
NSF 11-553 National Robotics Initiative (NRI) Large Proposal (multi-disciplinary teams) ($250,001-$1M direct costs per year for 1-5 yrs) deadlines: LOI: Dec. 15, 2011 (required) Full proposal: Jan. 18, 2012 Multi-agency: NSF; NIH-NIBIB, NIA, NCRR, NICHD, NINDS, NINR; NASA; USDA Unlimited applicants are permitted but an individual can only be a PI or Co-PI on two proposals per year. **NIH and USDA will only fund small projects. NSF and NASA will fund both types of proposals. See Oct. 1st for small projects |
