Funding Opportunities

Education

Program: NIDRR: Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training Projects
Agency: U.S. Department of Education
Next Deadline: Sep 30, 1999
Supports projects that provide advanced training in rehabilitation research to individuals with advanced degrees in medicine, allied health professions, engineering, or related fields. In FY 00, five awards will be made. See the July 15, 1999 Federal Register for FY 00 program information.
CFDA Number: 84.133P
Contact:

Donna Nangle, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Switzer Building, Room 3423
Washington, DC 20202-2645
202/205-8801

Program: Grants Program
Agency: American Honda Foundation
Next Deadline: Nov 01, 1999
Awards are made to non-profit organizations, including colleges and universities, for projects that meet the most pressing needs of youth (especially minority students), as related to science education, environmental education and job training. Emphasis is on broad, innovative and forward-thinking projects with national scope. Grants during the past year ranged from $20,000 to $50,000. Feedback will be given if the proposal is received one month before deadline. See http://www.flstw.fsu.edu/honda.html.
Contact:

Kathryn Carey, Manager
1919 Torrance Blvd., Bldg. 100
P.O. Box 2205
Torrance, CA 90509-2746
310/781-4090

AGENCY:U.S. Department of Education; Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
ITEM: Notice inviting applications for new awards for FY 2000 under the Projects With Industry Program, which creates and expands job and career opportunities for individuals with disabilities in the competitive labor market by engaging the talent and leadership of private industry as partners in the rehabilitation process.
ACTION: The deadline for transmittal of applications is January 10, 2000. Applicants may find additional information at the following Web site: http://wtw.doleta.gov/documents/census. Electronic access to this document is available at http://ocfo.ed.gov/fedreg.htm or http://www.ed.gov/news.html.
CONTACT: Martha Muskie, 202/205-3293, or Mary Jane Kane, 202/205-8206.

Science/Engineering

Program: Computer-Communications Research
Agency: National Science Foundation
Next Deadline: Nov 23, 1999
Supports research in a broad array of areas including design automation; computer systems architecture; software engineering and languages, operating systems and compilers; theory of computing; numeric, symbolic, and geometric computation; communications; and signal processing systems. Also supports interdisciplinary research in the context of computer science and engineering, including research on challenge problems, biocomputing, and computational biology. See http://www.cise.nsf.gov/ccr/index.html.
CFDA Number: 47.070
Contact:

Rodge Ziemer, Program Director, Networking and Communications
Networking and Communications
4201 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22230
703/306-1912

Program: CISE Research Infrastructure Program
Agency: National Science Foundation
Next Deadline: Oct 18, 1999
A limited number of five-year awards are made for the establishment, enhancement, and operation of major experimental research facilities to conduct research activities in all areas supported by NSF's Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE), including information, robotics and intelligent systems, microelectronic information processing, and advanced scientific computing. Proposals are accepted from institutions with Ph.D.-degree granting departments in any one or more of the CISE-research areas. See also, http://www.cise.nsf.gov/eia/index.html.
CFDA Number: 47.070
Contact:

Steve Mahaney, Program Director, CISE
Institutional Infrastructure
Office of Cross-Disciplinary Activities
4201 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22230
703/306-1980

Program: Division of Materials Research
Agency: National Science Foundation
Next Deadline: Nov 01, 1999 (target date)
Supports research on the fundamental understanding of materials, education and training of materials researchers, development of new materials, and the transfer of materials knowledge to technology. Program areas include: metals, ceramics and electronic materials; condensed-matter physics, solid-state chemistry and polymers; National Facilities and Instrumentation; and materials theory. Division also supports Materials Research Groups and Labs. Cited application deadline is for Facilities and Instrumentation Program. See http://www.nsf.gov/mps/dmr/target.htm.
CFDA Number: 47.049
Contact:

Tom Weber, Division Director
4201 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22230
703/306-1811

Agriculture

Program: Plant Responses to the Environment
Agency: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Next Deadline: Nov 15, 1999
Supports studies of fundamental plant responses to environmental factors such as water, temperature, light (including UV-B), nutrient, and atmospheric chemical composition (including carbon dioxide, ozone, and sulfur dioxide). Mechanisms may be studied at the ecophysiological, whole plant, cellular, or molecular levels. Research areas include: expression and regulation of genes and gene products; identification of biochemical, cellular, morphological, and phenological changes in plants; and interaction of multiple factors. See http://www.reeusda.gov/nri/ for FY 99 information.
CFDA Number: 10.206
Contact:

Anne Datko, Assoc. Program Manager,
Competitive Research Grants
Office of Grants and Program Systems
901 D Street, SW, Room 303
Washington, DC 20251-2200
202/401-4871