ANNOUNCEMENTS & FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Funding and research-related announcements for Georgia State's research community

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[cid:2FA86C22-7AEC-45AC-B72C-C8F6BCC91F02]Many of these funding opportunities listed below are pulled from the COS-Pivot funding database.  GSU faculty, staff, and students are encouraged to register for COS-PIVOT (at no cost) to create their own search profile and receive weekly alerts to all new funding in their areas of research interest.  For more information on using COS-PIVOT to find funding, visit the URSA Funding Opportunities<http://www.gsu.edu/research/funding_opportunities.html> webpage.

Prestigious Prizes and Awards
AAAS: Lifetime Mentor Award<http://www.aaas.org/aboutaaas/awards/mentor/index.shtml>
AAAS: Mentor Award<http://www.aaas.org/aboutaaas/awards/mentor/index.shtml>
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Awards<http://www.asbmb.org/Page.aspx?id=2196>

External Announcements
NIH Reminds Grantee Institutions of the Requirement to Use the Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR) for All SNAP and Fellowship Progress Reports for Awards with Start Dates On or After July 1, 2013?(NOT-OD-13-061)<http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-13-061.html>
Updated American Veterinary Medical Association Guidelines<https://www.avma.org/KB/Policies/Documents/euthanasia.pdf>, for those using animal models in medical research.

Arts and Humanities
NEH: Humanities Collections and Reference Resources<http://www.neh.gov/grants/preservation/humanities-collections-and-reference-resources?utm_source=Funding+Supplement&utm_campaign=6c72d17508-FS_04_23_20134_23_2013&utm_medium=email>

Business, Economics, Law, Criminal Justice and Public Policy Studies
Booth Center for Decision Research: New Paths to Purpose<http://newpathstopurpose.org/grants/rfp>
DOJ: Research and Evaluation on Transnational Issues: Trafficking in Persons, Organized Crime, and Violent Extremism<http://www.nij.gov/nij/funding/current.htm>
DoJ: FY2013 Field-initiated Research and Evaluation Program<http://www.nij.gov/nij/funding/current.htm>
DoJ; Testing Geospatial Predictive Policing Strategies<http://www.nij.gov/nij/funding/current.htm>
DoJ: Basic Research to Assess Youth with Sexual Offending Behavior<http://www.nij.gov/nij/funding/current.htm>
Global Food & Health Innovation Challenge<http://gfhichallenge.com>
HUD: Transformation Initiative: Sustainable Communities Research Grant program<http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=wqlLRtLGGxVsyKlrsfYrRhG0bYT1Gy2x8c1cbpyB1HnnnpkFKyJK!-1898900577?oppId=230694&mode=VIEW>
NIH:  Academic-Community Partnership Conference Series (R13<http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-102.html>) (Limited submission)
NIH: The Developing Evidence to Inform Decisions about Effectiveness (DEcIDE) Research Network (U19)<http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HS-13-009.html>

Computer, Math, Engineering, Environmental Sciences, and Physical Sciences
DoD: Air Force Research Laboratory Technology for Sustained Supersonic Combustion<https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=0176aaed6015fff2e62a107b66b6c0ff&tab=core&_cview=1>
DoD: Air Force Research Laboratory Cooperative Technologies for Unmanned Systems<http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=230814&utm_source=Funding+Supplement&utm_campaign=6c72d17508-FS_04_23_20134_23_2013&utm_medium=email>
DoD: Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Information Operations and Information Technology System Research<https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&tab=core&id=6909bfe2a47fa9c7c1fc01c8904fa714>
DoD: Probabilistic Programming for Advancing Machine Learning (PPAML)<https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=62b7512e2df3bc1fe220197e70a972d7&tab=core&_cview=1>
Dreyfus Foundation: Special Grant Program in the Chemical Sciences<http://www.dreyfus.org/awards/special_grant_program_chemical.shtml>
NSF: Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers<http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2013/nsf13556/nsf13556.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click>
NSF: Online Resource Center for Ethics Education in Science and Engineering (ORCEESE)<http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2013/nsf13558/nsf13558.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click>
NSF: Materials Research Centers and Teams (MRCT)<http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5295> (Limited submission)
NSF: LIGO Research Support <http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504855> (Gravitational Physics)
NSF: Major Research Instrumentation Program: (MRI) Instrument Acquisition or Development<http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2013/nsf13517/nsf13517.htm> (Limited submission)
NSF: Earthcube<http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504780&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39&WT.mc_ev=click>
NSF: Fluid Dynamics<http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13365>
NSF: Energy for Sustainability<http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=501026>
NSF-CBMS: Regional Research Conferences in the Mathematical Sciences<http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf13550>
NSF: EHR Core Research (STEM)<http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2013/nsf13555/nsf13555.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click>
NSF: Widening Implementation and Demonstration of Evidence-based Reforms (WIDER)<http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2013/nsf13552/nsf13552.htm> (Limited Submission)
NSF: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program (STEP)<http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11550/nsf11550.htm> (Limited submission)
NSF: Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs)<http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5517&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39&WT.mc_ev=click>

Education and Social Sciences
Booth Center for Decision Research: New Paths to Purpose<http://newpathstopurpose.org/grants/rfp>
DoED: Technical Assistance and Dissemination Award to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities<http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-04-18/pdf/2013-09160.pdf?utm_source=Funding+Supplement&utm_campaign=6c72d17508-FS_04_23_20134_23_2013&utm_medium=email>
DoJ: Basic Research to Assess Youth with Sexual Offending Behavior<http://www.nij.gov/nij/funding/current.htm>
NSF: EHR Core Research (STEM)<http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2013/nsf13555/nsf13555.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click>
NSF: Widening Implementation and Demonstration of Evidence-based Reforms (WIDER)<http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2013/nsf13552/nsf13552.htm> (Limited Submission)
NSF: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program (STEP)<http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11550/nsf11550.htm> (Limited submission)
Spencer Foundation: Evidence for the Classroom: Investigating whether, when and how student performance data inform instruction<http://www.spencer.org/resources/content/2/1/4/documents/RFP.pdf>
World Anti-doping Agency: Research Grants<http://www.wada-ama.org/en/Education-Awareness/Social-Science/Applying-for-research-grant/>
W.T. Grant Foundation: Social Settings and Youth Development grants<http://www.wtgrantfoundation.org/funding_opportunities/research_grants/social-settings>

Health, Behavioral, Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Ellison Medical Foundation: New Scholar and Senior Scholar in Neuroscience: Neuroscience of Aggressive Behavior<http://www.ellisonfoundation.org/how-to-apply-neuroscience>
GlaxoSmithKline Research Grants on Bioelectronic Medicines<http://www.gsk.com/research/research-funding/bioelectronics.html>
GlaxoSmithKline: Electroceutical Ideation Challenge<https://www.innocentive.com/ar/challenge/9933143>
Global Food & Health Innovation Challenge<http://gfhichallenge.com>
Lustgarten Foundation: Cure Pancreatic Cancer<http://www.lustgarten.org/grants>
NIH: Optogenetic Tools for the Study of Neural Systems in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease (R01)<http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-14-002.html>
NIH: The Role of Extracellular RNA in Mediating the Health Effects of Alcohol (R21)<http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-13-197.html>
NIH: Optogenetic Tools for the Study of Neural Systems in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease (R01)<http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-14-002.html?utm_source=Funding+Supplement&utm_campaign=6c72d17508-FS_04_23_20134_23_2013&utm_medium=email>]
NIH: MARC Undergraduate Student Training in Academic Research (U-STAR) National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grant (T34)<http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-13-205.html> (Limited submission)
NSF: EHR Core Research (STEM)<http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2013/nsf13555/nsf13555.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click>
NSF: Widening Implementation and Demonstration of Evidence-based Reforms (WIDER)<http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2013/nsf13552/nsf13552.htm> (Limited Submission)
NSF: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program (STEP)<http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11550/nsf11550.htm> (Limited submission)
NSF: Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs)<http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5517&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39&WT.mc_ev=click>
NSF: Major Research Instrumentation Program: (MRI) Instrument Acquisition or Development<http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2013/nsf13517/nsf13517.htm> (Limited submission)

Public Health and Health Professions
Global Food & Health Innovation Challenge<http://gfhichallenge.com>
HUD: Transformation Initiative: Sustainable Communities Research Grant program<http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=wqlLRtLGGxVsyKlrsfYrRhG0bYT1Gy2x8c1cbpyB1HnnnpkFKyJK!-1898900577?oppId=230694&mode=VIEW>
NIH:  Academic-Community Partnership Conference Series (R13<http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-102.html>) (Limited submission)
NIH: Addressing Health Disparities in Maternal and Child Health through Community-Based Participatory Research (R03)<http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-11-241.html> (Limited submission)
NIH: The Developing Evidence to Inform Decisions about Effectiveness (DEcIDE) Research Network (U19)<http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HS-13-009.html>
World Anti-doping Agency: Research Grants<http://www.wada-ama.org/en/Education-Awareness/Social-Science/Applying-for-research-grant/>