Oversight Changes for NSF Funded Animal Research

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The following announcement was issued by NIH staff in late August regarding changes in oversight of NSF funded animal research:

In August, NIH and the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced an agreement to harmonize oversight of the welfare of animals used in NSF-supported research activities, and to reduce regulatory burden to grantee institutions. As of October 1, 2015, institutions receiving NSF funding will need to:

  1. include NSF-supported activities with live vertebrate animals as covered activities in their PHS Animal Welfare Assurance (Assurance), and
  2. promptly report situations involving NSF-supported animal activities to OLAW as required by PHS Policy.

To learn more about the new requirements concerning animal research and your responsibilities as a researcher please visit the NIH web-posting.

Health/Biomedical Research

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Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences: Investigator-initiated research projects (MCB)

Deadline: November 16, 2015

The Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB) supports quantitative, predictive, and theory-driven fundamental research and related activities designed to promote understanding of complex living systems at the molecular, subcellular, and cellular levels.

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Broad Agency Announcement for Extramural Biomedical Research and Development

Deadline: November 19, 2015

The USSOCOM seeks novel biomedical solutions to preserve the high level of performance and save the lives of Special Operations Forces (SOF) in field environments. Any projects proposed must be unique to the requirements of SOF who typically conduct combat operations in austere, remote locations without timely access to medical evacuation or elevated levels of medical care. It is these far-forward and/or isolated operations that make SOF medicine unique and result in material solutions characterized by ruggedness, light weight, small volume, and low power requirements.

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Want to Find More Health/Biomedical Research Grant Opportunities?

To view numerous other Engineering opportunities make sure to visit SPIN by clicking the link below! From the spin database homepage visit the Saved Searches > Public Searches and choose from the available categories in the list of Available Shared Searches; click on the Run icon in the first column to load the available opportunities in a specific category.

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Social Sciences & Humanities

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George Washington Book Prize

Deadline: November 30, 2015

The prize is awarded annually for the finest scholarly work in English that contributes to a greater understanding of the American founding era (c. 1760-1820). Publishers and authors are invited to submit books that meet these criteria.

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Grinnell College Young Innovator for Social Justice Prize

Deadline: November 9, 2015

Up to two $100,000 prizes will be presented to individuals less than 15 years out of their bachelor program who demonstrate leadership in their fields and who show creativity, commitment, and extraordinary accomplishment in effecting positive social change. Half of the monetary prize will be given to the recipient (or shared between two recipients, in case of a shared prize) and half will be contributed to an organization designated by the winner.

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The Arts

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Arts Grants

Deadline: November 15, 2015

The Foundation values and supports the role the arts play in making Cleveland and its region a more desirable place to live, fostering the growth of a creative workforce, catalyzing development in neighborhoods and serving as a bridge between various segments of the community. The Foundation encourages a lively, diverse arts community in Greater Cleveland by funding local projects that emphasize artistic quality, innovative programming, reaching new audiences and organizational development.

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George Washington Book Prize

Deadline: November 30, 2015

The prize is awarded annually for the finest scholarly work in English that contributes to a greater understanding of the American founding era (c. 1760-1820). Publishers and authors are invited to submit books that meet these criteria.

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Engineering & Technology

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Process Systems, Reaction Engineering and Molecular Thermodynamics

Deadline: October 20, 2015

The goal of the Process Systems, Reaction Engineering and Molecular Thermodynamics (PRM) program is to advance fundamental engineering research on the rates and mechanisms of important classes of catalyzed and uncatalyzed chemical reactions as they relate to the design, production, and application of catalysts, chemical processes, biochemical processes, and specialized materials that have important impacts on society.

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Energy for Sustainability

Deadline: October 20, 2015

The goal of the Energy for Sustainability program is to support fundamental engineering research that will enable innovative processes for the sustainable production of electricity and fuels. Processes for sustainable energy production must be environmentally benign, reduce greenhouse gas production, and utilize renewable resources.

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Environmental Engineering

Deadline: October 20, 2015

The goal of the Environmental Engineering program is to encourage transformative research which applies scientific and engineering principles to avoid or minimize solid, liquid, and gaseous discharges, resulting from human activities on land, inland and coastal waters, and air, while promoting resource and energy conservation and recovery. The program also fosters cutting-edge scientific research for identifying, evaluating, and monitoring the waste assimilative capacity of the natural environment and for removing or reducing contaminants from polluted air, water, and soils. Any proposal investigating sensors, materials or devices that does not integrate these products with an environmental engineering activity or area of research may be returned without review.

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Combustion and Fire Systems

Deadline: October 20, 2015

The goal of the Combustion and Fire Systems program is to generate cleaner global and local environments, enhance public safety, improve energy and homeland security, manufacture new materials, and enable more energy-efficient manufacturing. The program endeavors to create basic engineering knowledge and solutions that are needed to develop useful combustion applications (such as flame-assisted synthesis of novel materials) and for mitigating the effects of fire.

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