Community Services

Community Services

Social Innovation Fund FY 2012 Competition for New Grantees:awards grants to and works with existing grant making institutions to direct resources to innovative community-based nonprofit organizations to identify, validate, and grow promising approaches to overcoming challenges facing local communities. Applications are due March 27, 2012. For more information, visit

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services AdministrationDrug Free Communities Support Program:is seeking applications to establish and strengthen collaboration to support the efforts of community coalitions working to prevent and reduce substance use among youth.Applications are due March 22, 2012. For more information, visit

Computers and Technology

NIH; Improving Diet and Physical Activity Assessment: encourages innovative research to enhance the quality of measurements of dietary intake and physical activity. Applications submitted under this FOA may include development of: novel assessment approaches; better methods to evaluate instruments; assessment tools for culturally diverse population or various age groups, including older adults; improved technology or applications of existing technology; statistical methods to assess or correct for measurement errors or biases, methods to investigate the multidimensionality of diet and physical activity behavior through pattern analysis; or integrated measurement of diet and physical activity along with the environmental context of such behaviors. Applications are due September 7, 2012. For more information, visit

Education

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; Learning Disabilities Innovation Hubs: is seeking applications to tackle under-researched topics and populations as well as topics that have been some of the most challenging in the area of learning disabilities impacting reading, writing, and mathematics.Applications are due April 11, 2012. For more information, visit

NIH; Improving Diet and Physical Activity Assessment: encourages innovative research to enhance the quality of measurements of dietary intake and physical activity. Applications submitted under this FOA may include development of: novel assessment approaches; better methods to evaluate instruments; assessment tools for culturally diverse population or various age groups, including older adults; improved technology or applications of existing technology; statistical methods to assess or correct for measurement errors or biases, methods to investigate the multidimensionality of diet and physical activity behavior through pattern analysis; or integrated measurement of diet and physical activity along with the environmental context of such behaviors. Applications are due September 7, 2012. For more information, visit

Environment

NIH; Improving Diet and Physical Activity Assessment: encourages innovative research to enhance the quality of measurements of dietary intake and physical activity. Applications submitted under this FOA may include development of: novel assessment approaches; better methods to evaluate instruments; assessment tools for culturally diverse population or various age groups, including older adults; improved technology or applications of existing technology; statistical methods to assess or correct for measurement errors or biases, methods to investigate the multidimensionality of diet and physical activity behavior through pattern analysis; or integrated measurement of diet and physical activity along with the environmental context of such behaviors. Applications are due September 7, 2012. For more information, visit

U.S. Department of Agriculture; National Institute of Food and Agriculture; Higher Education Challenge Grants Program: is seeking applications to increase the number and diversity of students who will pursue and complete a postsecondary degree in the food and agricultural sciences and enhance the quality of secondary and postsecondary instruction in order to help meet current and future national food and agricultural sciences workplace needs. Applications are due March 30, 2012. For more information, visit

Health

NIH; Improving Diet and Physical Activity Assessment: encourages innovative research to enhance the quality of measurements of dietary intake and physical activity. Applications submitted under this FOA may include development of: novel assessment approaches; better methods to evaluate instruments; assessment tools for culturally diverse population or various age groups, including older adults; improved technology or applications of existing technology; statistical methods to assess or correct for measurement errors or biases, methods to investigate the multidimensionality of diet and physical activity behavior through pattern analysis; or integrated measurement of diet and physical activity along with the environmental context of such behaviors. Applications are due September 7,2012. For more information, visit

U.S. Department of Justice; Office of Justice Programs; National Institute of Justice; Determining the Relationship Between Stress and Unexplained In-Custody Deaths:is seeking applications for further research into the potential for the physiologic and metabolic effects of stress to be a cause for in-custody deaths.Applications are due April 25, 2012. For more information, visit

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health; Multiple Institutes; NIH Health Care Systems Research Collaboratory - Pragmatic Clinical Trials Demonstration Projects:is seeking applications for efficient, large-scale pragmatic clinical trials to be conducted within the NIH Health Care Systems (HCS) Research Collaboratory supported through the NIH Common Fund.Applications are due May 2, 2012. For more information, visit

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health; Multiple Institutes; NIH Health Care Systems Research Collaboratory - Coordinating Center:is seeking applications for a Coordinating Center to provide national leadership for the NIH Health Care Systems (HCS) Research Collaboratory program. The Coordinating Center will 1) develop, adapt, and adopt technical and policy guidelines and best practices for the effective conduct of research studies in partnership with health care systems; 2) work collaboratively with each Demonstration Project team, including their partnering health care systems, to develop and test an implementation plan for the proposed Demonstration Projects while providing technical, design, and coordination support; and 3) disseminate widely Collaboratory endorsed policies and practices and lessons learned in the Demonstration Projects to inform best practices for broad participation of health care systems and their patients, practitioners, and staff in research studies to improve health and care delivery.Applications are due April 27, 2012. For more information, visit

U.S. Department of Justice; Office of Justice Programs; National Institute of Justice; Longitudinal Data on Teen Dating Violence: Postdoctoral Fellowship: is seeking proposals for research related to teen dating violence (a.k.a. adolescent relationship abuse). In particular, NIJ seeks proposals that explore predictors and consequences of teen dating violence using longitudinal data, through the support of postdoctoral fellows, to analyze existing data. Applications are due April 24, 2012. For more information, visit

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health; Multiple Institutes; Jointly Sponsored Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Institutional Predoctoral Training Program in the Neurosciences:is seeking applications that supports broad and fundamental research training in the neurosciences via institutional NRSA research training grants.Applications are due May 25, 2012. For more information, visit

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; District Health System Strengthening and Quality Improvement for Service Delivery in Malawi under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief:is seeking applications to prevent or control disease or injury and improve health, or to improve a public health program or service. Applications are due March 26, 2012. For more information, visit

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Enhancement of Public, Private and Faith-Based Health Laboratory Capacity to Support HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care and Treatment in the United Republic of Tanzania under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief:is seeking applications to progressively build an indigenous, sustainable response to the national HIV epidemic in Tanzania by supplementing laboratory capacity.Applications are due March 26, 2012. For more information, visit

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Implementing Evidence Based Prevention Interventions to Prevent New HIV Infections in the United Republic of Tanzania Under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief:is seeking applications to assess the needs of each country and design a customized program of assistance that fits within the host nation's strategic plan and partnership framework.Applications are due March 27, 2012. For more information, visit

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Building the Institutional Capacity of Local Indigenous Organizations Implementing Comprehensive Clinical and Laboratory Services to Sustain and Enhance the Prevention, Care and Treatment of HIV/AIDS in the Federal Republic of Nigeria under PEPFAR:is seeking applications to build the institutional capacity of local and indigenous Nigerian organizations engaged in HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment service delivery to ensure quality of services and sustainability.Applications are due March 27, 2012. Approximately $45 million is available to support 10 awards. Colleges and universities are eligible to apply.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health; National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; Nutrition Obesity Research Centers:is seeking applications to establish core centers that are part of an integrated program of nutrition and/or obesity-research. Each proposed NORC must be organized around central themes that reflect the nutrition and/or obesity research focus of the center members.Applications are due June 29, 2012. For more information, visit

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health; National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; Interventions to Improve HIV/AIDS and Alcohol-Related Outcomes:is seeking applications to develop and strategically test coordinated interventions to reduce alcohol use and alcohol-related consequences in HIV-impacted populations.Applications are due March 26, 2012. For more information, visit

U.S. Department of Agriculture; National Institute of Food and Agriculture; Higher Education Challenge Grants Program:is seeking applications to increase the number and diversity of students who will pursue and complete a postsecondary degree in the food and agricultural sciences and enhance the quality of secondary and postsecondary instruction in order to help meet current and future national food and agricultural sciences workplace needs. Applications are due March 30, 2012. For more information, visit

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services AdministrationDrug Free Communities Support Program:is seeking applications to establish and strengthen collaboration to support the efforts of community coalitions working to prevent and reduce substance use among youth.Applications are due March 22, 2012. For more information, visit

Humanities and Language

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; Learning Disabilities Innovation Hubs: is seeking applications to tackle under-researched topics and populations as well as topics that have been some of the most challenging in the area of learning disabilities impacting reading, writing, and mathematics.Applications are due April 11, 2012. For more information, visit

International studies

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Implementing Evidence Based Prevention Interventions to Prevent New HIV Infections in the United Republic of Tanzania Under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief: is seeking applications to assess the needs of each country and design a customized program of assistance that fits within the host nation's strategic plan and partnership framework.Applications are due March 27, 2012. For more information, visit

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Building the Institutional Capacity of Local Indigenous Organizations Implementing Comprehensive Clinical and Laboratory Services to Sustain and Enhance the Prevention, Care and Treatment of HIV/AIDS in the Federal Republic of Nigeria under PEPFAR: is seeking applications to build the institutional capacity of local and indigenous Nigerian organizations engaged in HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment service delivery to ensure quality of services and sustainability.Applications are due March 27, 2012. Approximately $45 million is available to support 10 awards. Colleges and universities are eligible to apply.

Physical Sciences and Math

U.S. Department of Justice; Office of Justice Programs; National Institute of Justice; Longitudinal Data on Teen Dating Violence: Postdoctoral Fellowship:is seeking proposals for research related to teen dating violence (a.k.a. adolescent relationship abuse). In particular, NIJ seeks proposals that explore predictors and consequences of teen dating violence using longitudinal data, through the support of postdoctoral fellows, to analyze existing data. Applications are due April 24, 2012. For more information, visit

U.S. Department of Defense; Department of the Army; Materiel Command; High School Apprenticeship Program (HSAP) and Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program (URAP):is seeking applications for the High School Apprenticeship Program (HSAP)/Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program (URAP), a commuter program for high school juniors and seniors and undergraduate students who demonstrate an interest in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) to work as an apprentice in an Army funded university research laboratory. Undergraduate college students conduct research with Army-funded principal investigators and will be paid $10/hr for up to 300 hours.Applications for students are due April 1, 2012. For more information, visit

Psychology

Social Sciences

U.S. Department of Justice; Office of Justice Programs; National Institute of Justice; Research and Evaluation in Justice Systems:is seeking applications on the understudied topic of diversion programs placed at the front end of criminal case processing to minimize criminal justice system involvement and jail stays for less serious offenders.Applications are due April 23, 2012. For more information, visit

U.S. Department of Justice; Office of Justice Programs; National Institute of Justice; Determining the Relationship Between Stress and Unexplained In-Custody Deaths: is seeking applications for further research into the potential for the physiologic and metabolic effects of stress to be a cause for in-custody deaths.Applications are due April 25, 2012. For more information, visit

U.S. Department of Justice; Office of Justice Programs; National Institute of Justice; The Impact of Different Safety Equipment Modalities on Reducing Correctional Officer Injuries:is seeking applications for evaluation of how the differences in agency policies and practices regarding safety equipment affect the safety of correctional officers.Applications are due April 25, 2012. For more information, visit

U.S. Department of Justice; Office of Justice Programs; National Institute of Justice; Research on Policing:is seeking applications to conduct research on policing to improve law enforcement policies and operations. The Department of Justice is particularly interested in applications addressing either Police Integrity or Police Investigations.Applications due April 25, 2012. For more information, visit

Student Development