Category: Funding Opportunities 2020

Funding Opportunities NewsletterFunding NewsScientists Fear That ‘Covidization’ is Distorting Research NIH Announces New Funding for Diverse Scholars Trump Signs Stopgap Bill to Avert Government Shutdown “For Comment” version of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide NSF releases Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on Current & Pending Support Clarification on Prohibition on Expending NIH Grant Funds for Covered Telecommunications […]

Funding Opportunities NewsletterFunding NewsPurdue professor faces up to 6 years in prison on fraud charges AAAS names 7 Washington University faculty as 2020 fellows Biden has bold agenda, but a divided Congress could constrain him Election 2020: Implications for Science Policy in Congress Shutdown deadline nears as White House, Congress tangle over VA funding Trump Fills Out National Science Board […]

Funding Opportunities NewsletterFunding NewsDelete offensive language? Change recommendations? Some editors say it’s okay to alter peer reviews NIH Releases New Policy for Data Management and Sharing NIH Virtual Seminar on Funding Still Available White House Races to Complete Regulations Before Trump Exits Senate Releases FY21 Spending Proposals Trump Removes Head of Climate Science Research Program NSF Announces Revised Terms and Conditions […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News Scientists Decry Trump’s Policies But Benefit from Congressional Spending and Some Agency Heads  Student Visa Changes Could Hurt U.S. Competitiveness  NSF Launches Research.gov Proposal Preparation Demonstration Site  Science, politics, and public health  The Time for Teamwork Is Now  U.S. elections bring wins and losses for research community Spotlight Opportunities SPONSOR […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News Colleges Under Fire for Foreign Gift Reporting  FY21 Budget Outlook: NASA Spotlight Opportunities SPONSOR PROGRAM FUNDING DEADLINE NOTES DARPA Science of Atomic Vapors for New Technologies (SAVaNT)   Deadline: 10/27/2020 Soliciting innovative research proposals that significantly advance the performance of atomic vapors for electric field sensing and imaging, magnetic field […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News Former Los Alamos physicist gets probation for failing to disclose China ties The Next Administration Must Get Science and Technology Policy Right CMMC clears key regulatory hurdle FY21 House Appropriations Bill: National Science Foundation Reminder: New NSF Biosketch and Current & Pending Formats Now in Effect Spotlight Opportunities SPONSOR PROGRAM […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News NSF and DOE Support Research Priorities With Spate of New Center Awards Universities Make Case for Pandemic Relief Funds Major Changes to Student Visa Rules Proposed Spotlight Opportunities SPONSOR PROGRAM FUNDING DEADLINE NOTES Whitehall Foundation Research Grants $225,000 Letter of Intent Deadline: 10/1/2020 The sponsor will provide awards ranging from […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News Chinese Researcher Charged With Destroying Evidence NSF Issuance of Proposal Preparation & Award Administration FAQs related to the NSF PAPPG New COGR White Paper: Research Impact Under COVID-19: Financial Crisis and the “Pandemic Normal” White House Announces Investment of $765 Million in Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Information Science Texas professor […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News NSF Defends New Emphases in Graduate Research Fellowship Program New “All About Grants” Podcast – Invention Reporting and Patent Protection for Grantees NIH imposes ‘outrageous’ conditions on resuming coronavirus grant targeted by Trump White House Releases R&D Budget Priorities ‘Make Research Fun Again’: UK’s Powerful Funding Chief is on a […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for NSF 20-087, Dear Colleague Letter (DCL): Removal of Deadlines for Proposals for Small Projects Submitted to the Core Research Programs in the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for Budgeting for Cloud Computing Resources via CloudBank in NSF Proposals […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News In surprise move, Trump administration reverses course on barring many foreign students NIH-Wide Strategic Plan for COVID-19 Research Now Available Leadership Transition Announced at National Institute of Food and Agriculture EU leaders slash science spending in €1.8 trillion deal The Crucial Need for Public Service Scientists Indicted Researcher Accused of […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News House Spending Panels to Boost NIH, DOE Science Budgets Senators Propose to Overhaul US Research Security Policies Panchanathan Takes Up Baton as NSF Director Spotlight Opportunities SPONSOR PROGRAM FUNDING DEADLINE NOTES NSF Algorithms for Modern Power Systems (AMPS) $1,200,000 Deadline: 2/8/2021 NIH Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) for Early Stage […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News U.S. science groups wary of new Senate bills to curb foreign influences U.S. academic research funding stays healthy despite pandemic Spotlight Opportunities SPONSOR PROGRAM FUNDING DEADLINE NOTES DOD CCDC-ARL Manufacturing Technology Deadline: 9/30/2023 Topic 1: INTELLIGENT, MOBILE, ADAPTIVE MANUFACTURING CELL (IMAC) FORMING MT Topic 2: DEVELOPMENT OF MANUFACTURE TECHNOLOGIES AND […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News Bill Aims to Stop Theft of U.S. University Research by China, Others Apply for NIH’s Early Career Reviewer (ECR) Program Fifty-four scientists have lost their jobs as a result of NIH probe into foreign ties NIH strengthens policies to alert agency to sexual harassment by grantees Spotlight Opportunities SPONSOR PROGRAM […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News Trump Wants to Curb Work Authorization for Foreign Graduates. Here’s What’s at Stake for Higher Ed. U.S. lawmakers unveil $100 billion plan to remake NSF Will Trump Opt to Restrict Foreign Student Work Program? Trump Proclamation Bars Entry of Certain Chinese Students Inside Trump’s Immigration Order To Restrict Chinese Students […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News GAO Recommends Stepped-Up Guidance on Export Controls Federal Prosecutors Pursue Professors Over China Ties What IS the Power of the Research Question? How to Manage an Employee Who’s Struggling to Perform Remotely DOE Office of Science Shuffles Top-Level Management WU Lab Research Ramp-up FAQs Spotlight Opportunities SPONSOR PROGRAM FUNDING DEADLINE […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News New on the Engineering Toolkit: SciENcv for Biosketches and Current & Pending Docs Leadership change in store at International Center for Energy, Environment and Sustainability (InCEES) How the Coronavirus Might — or Might Not — Slow Research Universities’ Ambitions NGA Tech Focus Areas chart path for geospatial technologies Harvard Settles […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Spotlight Opportunities: DOE Scientific Machine Learning for Modeling and Simulations Required letter of intent due: May 1, 2020 Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Harvey Prize — Nominations Requested Deadline for nominations: May 1, 2020 Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support for Complex Systems Required pre-application due: May 6, 2020; 5:00 pm ET Full applications […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Spotlight Opportunities: University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program — Tier 1 Competition Letter of intent (requested but not required) due: April 29, 2020 Deadline: May 29, 2020 RFP — Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) (Dept. of the Army) Pre-proposals (required for some topics) due: May 01, 2020 Full proposals due: […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Spotlight Opportunities: Dear Colleague Letter: Open Science for Research Data D.2 Transformational Tools and Technologies (TTT) Project (NASA) Required NOI due: April 2, 2020 Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI) Deadline: April 9, 2020 Spectrum Forward Consortium Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) (Dept. of the Army) This Solicitation is a request for […]

Agencies are responding to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic with new and updated funding opportunities for research to support the containment, treatment, and destruction of this novel virus.

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Spotlight Opportunities: DARPA Atmosphere as a Sensor (AtmoSense) Abstract deadline: March 13, 2020 Facebook RFP: Statistics for Improving Insights, Models, and Decisions request for proposals* The following are some specific examples of topics that are important to Facebook, but we will gladly review proposals for areas that are not listed below. Learning […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Spotlight Opportunities: DARPA Habitus Habitus consists of two Technical Areas (TAs) and a Comparative Evaluation (CE) team in support of a government Testing and Evaluation (T&E) team. TA1: Model Development : TA1 will develop scalable and generalizable knowledge elicitation methods to semi-automatically and rapidly derive computational model factors and system level relationships […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Spotlight Opportunities: DARPA No Manning Required, Ship (NOMARS) This BAA encompasses two independent tracks for NOMARS Phase 1: Track A: Seaframe Design and Integration Phase 1A: Conceptual Design Phase 1B: Preliminary Design and Risk Reduction Track B: Technology Exploration and Maturation Track B Abstract due: February 14, 2020; 2:00 pm ET Full […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Spotlight Opportunities: Final Call for InvestMidwest Presenters: Venture Capital Forum Up to 45 companies seeking funding are selected to present. The conference showcases companies in three industry tracks: life sciences, technology/general business and food/ag/bioenergy. Deadline: February 3, 2020 Burroughs Wellcome Fund Collaborative Research Travel Grants Deadline: February 12, 2020 National Quantum Information […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Spotlight Opportunities: DARPA Biological Technologies Office – Atmospheric Water Extraction (AWE) Abstract deadline: January 28, 2020; 4:00 pm ET National Energy Technology Laboratory – Research Associateship Program Provides opportunities to outstanding scientists and engineers at recent postdoctoral and experienced senior levels for tenure as guest researchers at the National Energy Technology Laboratory […]