22 November 2009

Funding Opportunities

Deadline	Funding Opportunity
1/22/2010	NSF Major Instrumentation Program (MRI) (National Science Foundation) Amount available per project: Proposals must be for either instrument acquisition or instrument development. Deadline for internal pre-proposal: Friday, December 4, 2009, 5:00 pm Deadline for full proposal to UAF OSP: Tuesday, January 19, 2010, 5:00 pm Deadline for submission to NSF: Friday, January 22, 2010, 5:00 pm Limited Submission Process: This solicitation limits the number of applications to three per organization, and no more than two of those can be for instrument acquisition. Because of this limit, UAF will be requiring internal pre-proposals, including a review and selection process. Pre-proposals should be approximately 1-2 pages in length and must address each of the following criteria. If any of these criteria are not addressed in the pre-proposal, it will be returned without further consideration. If UAF has existing instrumentation of this nature on campus, explain why a new instrument is needed; A demonstration of how the instrument will be useful to UAF; An explanation of where the instrument will be housed at UAF; A strategy for maintenance of the instrument; A plan for how the instrument will be available for common use (no single-investigator instruments); Details of the potential economic and workforce impacts of having the instrument available; and A scientific and outreach justification as it relates to the instrument. Pre-Proposal Format and Criteria: An internal pre-proposal in response to this solicitation should be prepared and submitted in Microsoft Word format via e-mail to fyosp@uaf.edu no later than December 4, 2009, by 5:00 PM. Evaluation of Pre-Proposals: An evaluation team consisting of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Associate Vice Chancellor for Research will review each pre-proposal. Results will be presented to applicants no later than Friday, December 11, 2009. For more information, go to www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09502.htm?org=NSF
3/5/2010	2010 Global Change Student Research Grant Competition (Center for Global Change & Arctic System Research) Amount available per project: GCSRGC provides support to students for research related to global change with a focus on arctic and boreal regions (to include but not limited to North America). We seek proposals involving the biological, physical, social or engineering components of global change (to include but not limited to climate change) and its effect upon arctic or subarctic processes, ecosystems, and/or societies. Proposers must place the proposed work in an interdisciplinary context by explaining its relevance to other academic disciplines and endeavors. Proposals may employ field studies, laboratory experiments, retrospective analyses, surveys, modeling, synthesis, or other innovative research approaches. Restrictions: Applicants must have graduate or undergraduate status in a degree-granting program at UAF or UAA For more information, go to www.cgc.uaf.edu

Deadline

Funding Opportunity

1/22/2010

NSF Major Instrumentation Program (MRI) (National Science Foundation)
Amount available per project:

Proposals must be for either instrument acquisition or instrument development. Deadline for internal pre-proposal: Friday, December 4, 2009, 5:00 pm Deadline for full proposal to UAF OSP: Tuesday, January 19, 2010, 5:00 pm Deadline for submission to NSF: Friday, January 22, 2010, 5:00 pm Limited Submission Process: This solicitation limits the number of applications to three per organization, and no more than two of those can be for instrument acquisition. Because of this limit, UAF will be requiring internal pre-proposals, including a review and selection process. Pre-proposals should be approximately 1-2 pages in length and must address each of the following criteria. If any of these criteria are not addressed in the pre-proposal, it will be returned without further consideration. If UAF has existing instrumentation of this nature on campus, explain why a new instrument is needed; *A demonstration of how the instrument will be useful to UAF; *An explanation of where the instrument will be housed at UAF; *A strategy for maintenance of the instrument; *A plan for how the instrument will be available for common use (no single-investigator instruments); *Details of the potential economic and workforce impacts of having the instrument available; and *A scientific and outreach justification as it relates to the instrument. Pre-Proposal Format and Criteria: An internal pre-proposal in response to this solicitation should be prepared and submitted in Microsoft Word format via e-mail to fyosp@uaf.edu no later than December 4, 2009, by 5:00 PM. Evaluation of Pre-Proposals: An evaluation team consisting of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Associate Vice Chancellor for Research will review each pre-proposal. Results will be presented to applicants no later than Friday, December 11, 2009.

For more information, go to www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09502.htm?org=NSF

3/5/2010

2010 Global Change Student Research Grant Competition (Center for Global Change & Arctic System Research)
Amount available per project:

GCSRGC provides support to students for research related to global change with a focus on arctic and boreal regions (to include but not limited to North America). We seek proposals involving the biological, physical, social or engineering components of global change (to include but not limited to climate change) and its effect upon arctic or subarctic processes, ecosystems, and/or societies. Proposers must place the proposed work in an interdisciplinary context by explaining its relevance to other academic disciplines and endeavors. Proposals may employ field studies, laboratory experiments, retrospective analyses, surveys, modeling, synthesis, or other innovative research approaches.

Restrictions: Applicants must have graduate or undergraduate status in a degree-granting program at UAF or UAA

For more information, go to www.cgc.uaf.edu

Additional Info

IAB Director's Office

Dorothy Parkerson (Assistant to the Director) fndrp@uaf.edu 907.474.7649

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Deseree Baker (Proposal Coordinator) fndmb2@uaf.edu 907.474.6665

Sandra Preshaw (Proposal Coordinator) fnslp@uaf.edu 907.474.6176

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