{"id":39415,"date":"2016-11-21T13:21:44","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T18:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/researchnewsinfo\/?p=39415"},"modified":"2016-11-21T13:21:44","modified_gmt":"2016-11-21T18:21:44","slug":"february-nsf-grant-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/researchnewsinfo\/2016\/11\/21\/february-nsf-grant-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"February NSF Grant Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/funding\/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505381&amp;org=NSF&amp;sel_org=NSF&amp;from=fund\" target=\"_blank\">Earth Sciences: Laboratory Technician Support<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Deadline:<\/strong> February 9, 2017<\/p>\n<p>Under this solicitation EAR\/IF will consider proposals for <strong><em>Laboratory Technician Support <\/em><\/strong>to provide for optimal and efficient operation of advanced instrumentation, analytical protocol development, and user training for Earth science research instrumentation.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/funding\/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503621&amp;org=NSF&amp;sel_org=NSF&amp;from=fund\" target=\"_blank\">Geography and Spatial Sciences Program &#8211; Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Awards<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Deadline:<\/strong> February 9, 2017<\/p>\n<p>As specified in the Geography and Spatial Sciences Program <a title=\"GSS Strategic Plan\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/sbe\/bcs\/grs\/GSS_StrategicPlan_2011.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">strategic plan<\/a>, the goals of the NSF Geography and Spatial Sciences (GSS) Program are the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To promote scientific research in geography and the spatial sciences that advances theory and basic understanding and that addresses the challenges facing society.<\/li>\n<li>To promote the integration of geographers and spatial scientists in interdisciplinary research.<\/li>\n<li>To promote education and training of geographers and spatial scientists in order to enhance the capabilities of current and future generations of researchers.<\/li>\n<li>To promote the development and use of scientific methods and tools for geographic research.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/funding\/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504984&amp;org=NSF&amp;sel_org=NSF&amp;from=fund\" target=\"_blank\">Cyberlearning and Future Learning Technologies<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Deadline:<\/strong> February 10, 2017<\/p>\n<p>The intention of this program is to advance technologies that specifically focus on the experiences of learners; innovations that simply focus on making teaching easier will not be funded. Proposals that focus on teachers or facilitators as learners are invited; the aim in these proposals should be to help teachers and facilitators capitalize on the affordances of technology and fundamental knowledge about how people learn to make the learning experiences of learners more effective.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/funding\/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505322&amp;org=NSF&amp;sel_org=NSF&amp;from=fund\" target=\"_blank\">Algorithms for Modern Power Systems \u00a0(AMPS)<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Deadline:<\/strong> February 13, 2017<\/p>\n<p>The Algorithms for Modern Power Systems (AMPS) program will support research projects to develop the next generation of mathematical and statistical algorithms for improvement of the security, reliability, and efficiency of the modern power grid. The program is a partnership between the Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS) at the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Office of Electricity Delivery &amp; Energy Reliability (OE) at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/funding\/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505289&amp;org=NSF&amp;sel_org=NSF&amp;from=fund\" target=\"_blank\">Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Deadline:<\/strong> Preliminary, February 14, 2017; Full Proposal, May 16, 2017<\/p>\n<p>Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (NSF INCLUDES) is a comprehensive national initiative designed to enhance U.S. leadership in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) discoveries and innovations focused on NSF&#8217;s commitment to diversity, inclusion,\u00a0and broadening participation in these fields.\u00a0 NSF INCLUDES supports efforts to create networked relationships among organizations whose goals include developing talent from all sectors of society to build the STEM workforce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earth Sciences: Laboratory Technician Support Deadline: February 9, 2017 Under this solicitation EAR\/IF will consider proposals for Laboratory Technician Support to provide for optimal and efficient operation of advanced instrumentation, analytical protocol development, and user training for Earth science research &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/researchnewsinfo\/2016\/11\/21\/february-nsf-grant-opportunities\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2334,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56267],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deadline-feb-2017"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/researchnewsinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/researchnewsinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/researchnewsinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/researchnewsinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2334"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/researchnewsinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39415"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/researchnewsinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39419,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/researchnewsinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39415\/revisions\/39419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/researchnewsinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/researchnewsinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/researchnewsinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}