Research Matters

Index to Vol. 32 (2005)

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Lead Articles
  • Changes Are Afoot: Electronic Proposal Submissions, Limited (Restricted) Proposal Submissions, New Indirect Cost Rates, more.....June (#6)
  • Dept. of Homeland Security: Funding Opportunities.....May (#5)
  • F&A ("Indirect") Costs and You: Some FAQs....November (#11)
  • New Programs and Approaches in ORDA....September (#9)
  • ORDA Welcomes New Staff; Changes College Assignments.....January (#1)
  • SIUC Proposal Review and Approval: Who Does What, and What Do Those Signatures Really Mean?.....February (#2)
  • State University Fringe Benefit Rates Increase Again; Principal Investigators Need to Be Aware of Ramifications for Budgets.....July (#7)
  • Welcome Back and Welcome Aboard.....August (#8)

Of Special Note
Research Digest
  • AAAS to Survey the Rise in Research Patents.....March (#3)
  • Academic Grants at Issue....November (#11)
  • A Plan to Close the Technology Gap....November (#11)
  • Appropriations Chair Seeks More Research Funds.....April (#4)
  • Boost for African Science Academies.....April (#4)
  • British Research Agencies Endorse Public Access.....August (#8)
  • Building Bridges Between Industry and Academia and Across Disciplines.....August (#8)
  • Bush Administration Outlines R&D Budget Priorities for 2007.....August (#8)
  • Business Groups Warn of Gap in Science and Math....September (#9)
  • Chemistry Meets Computer, Data, and Networking Technologies.....December (#12)
  • Commercializing Research....November (#11)
  • Communicating Chemistry....November (#11)
  • Congress Proposes Increases for NEH and NEA.....July (#7)
  • Congressional Demand for Climate Data Chills Scientists.....August (#8)
  • DOE Pushes for Solar Power.....July (#7)
  • Education Program Cuts Proposed to Pay for Hurricane Relief....November (#11)
  • Eight Receive National Medal of Science.....April (#4)
  • EPA Ponders Voluntary Nanotechnology Regulations.....August (#8)
  • Federal Appeals Court Upholds Denial of DNA Patent....November (#11)
  • Federal Priorities Set for Education Research.....October (#10)
  • Final Biodefense Centers Announced.....July (#7)
  • Financial Anatomy of Biomedical Research.....October (#10)
  • Follow the Money....September (#9)
  • Foundations Join Forces for Brain Tumor Research.....August (#8)
  • Fusion Research: House Votes to Hold Funding for ITER.....July (#7)
  • The Ghosts of Stanford: Constraints on Overhead....September (#9)
  • Head of House Panel Urges Increased Spending on Basic Research.....June (#6)
  • HHS Revises Research Misconduct Rules.....June (#6)
  • High Court to Rule on Patent Limits.....December (#12)
  • Homeland Security Details Research Plans.....April (#4)
  • House "Peer Review" Kills Two NIH Grants.....August (#8)
  • Illinois Uses Executive Order to Fund Stem Cell Research.....August (#8)
  • Kaiser Foundation Launches Global Health News Web Site.....May (#5)
  • National Academies Requests More Scholarships....November (#11)
  • New Education Dept. Research Advisory Board Convenes.....March (#3)
  • New NIH Awards....November (#11)
  • New Project to Study Nanotechnology and Policy.....June (#6)
  • New Report Addresses Restoring the Core Values of Higher Education.....March (#3)
  • New Trans-Disciplinary Journal Launched.....April (#4)
  • NIH Aims to Create "Homes" for Clinical Science.....December (#12)
  • NIH Announces Policy on Public Access to Archived Publications.....March (#3)
  • NIH Gives Less to Women.....October (#10)
  • NIH Issues Rules on Intramural Conflict of Interest.....October (#10)
  • NIH Sets Up National Stem-Cell Bank in Wisconsin....November (#11)
  • NSF Awards Grants for Research on Biocomplexity.....December (#12)
  • NSF to Increase Monitoring Efforts.....March (#3)
  • NSF Makes Semi-Annual Report to Congress.....July (#7)
  • NSF Names Distinguished Teaching Scholars.....July (#7)
  • NSF Promotes Research on Impact of Nanotechnology....November (#11)
  • NSF Redefines "Research Center".....October (#10)
  • Petition Seeks Support for Women in Science.....June (#6)
  • Playing It Safe with Research Risk....September (#9)
  • Registration Now Required for Clinical Trials to be Published.....June (#6)
  • Research Budgets Increased in New Zealand and Canada.....March (#3)
  • Research Misconduct Guidelines Set.....December (#12)
  • Research Needed on Student Aid.....October (#10)
  • Researchers, Protect Your Patent Rights.....June (#6)
  • Rural Education Center at UNC Begins Work.....May (#5)
  • Savannah Lab Saved for Now.....August (#8)
  • Scientist Nominated to Head EPA.....May (#5)
  • Scientists Question NIH Biodefense Spending Increases.....April (#4)
  • "Security Breach" Leaks NIH Grant Apps onto Web.....December (#12)
  • Stem Cell Law Decelerated.....December (#12)
  • Stem Cell Research Could Have Substantial Economic Benefits.....December (#12)
  • Study of Researchers Finds Rampant Misbehavior.....July (#7)
  • Surplus Energy-Related Equipment Available.....February (#2)
  • Vermont Researcher Faces Prison for Fraud.....May (#5)
  • Web $ources.....January (#1)
  • Universities Concerned About NSF Limiting Institutional Grant Applications.....July (#7)

Funding Opportunities

-A-
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ): Conference Support in Health Care.....December (#12)
Agriculture, U.S. Dept. of (USDA): Higher Education Challenge Grants.....November (#11)
American Association for Cancer Research: Gertrude B. Elion Award.....June (#6)
American Cancer Society, Illinois Division: Psychosocial and Behavioral Research on Cancer.....February (#2)
American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS): Digital Innovation Fellowships.....October (#10)
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention: Research Grants....August (#8)
American Joint Committee on Cancer: Staging Algorithms.....November (#11)
American Lung Association.....May (#5)
American Medical Association (AMA) Foundation: Seed Grants.....October (#10)
American Museum of Natural History: Research in Ornithology.....September (#9)
American Philosophical Society:
----Franklin Research Grants.....November (#11)
----Lewis and Clark Fund for Field Research.....December (#12)
----Native American Studies....August (#8)

-B-
BARD (U.S./Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund).....July (#7)
Bosch Foundation Fellowships (work/study in Germany).....March (#3)

-C-
Cardiovascular Medical Research & Education Fund (CMREF): Research Networks.....January (#1)

-D-
Delta Regional Authority: Economic Development Grants.....March (#3)
Defense, U.S. Dept. of (DOD):
----Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP).....June (#6)
----Upcoming DOD Programs.....January (#1)

-E-
East-West Center: Asia Pacific Leadership Program.....January (#1)
Education, U.S. Dept. of:
----SBIR Program.....April (#4)
----Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language Program....November (#11)
----Women's Educational Equity Act Program.....March (#3)
Energy, U.S. Dept. of (DOE):
----Basic Research for Chemical Imaging.....October (#10)
----Computational Chemistry for Hydrogen Production and Storage....June (#6)
Environmental Protection Agency:
----Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms.....October (#10)
----Environmental Education.....October (#10)
----Innovative Energy Systems Challenge.....November (#11)
----Water Quality Cooperative Agreements.....July (#7)

-F-
Fish & Wildlife Service, U.S. (FWS): Sea Duck Joint Venture.....July (#7)
Foundation for Child Development: Immigrant Children.....July (#7)
Fulbright Scholar Programs.....April (#4)

-G-
Geological Survey, U.S. (USGS): Water Supply and Availability Research.....November (#11)
Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities: Postdoctoral Fellowships.....September (#9)
Great Lakes Commission: Sea Grant Fellowship.....February (#2)

-H-
Health Effects Institute: Air Pollution Research.....December (#12)
Health and Human Services, Dept. of (DHHS): see National Institutes of Health and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Holocaust Memorial Museum, U.S.: Visiting Scholars.....September (#9)
Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy: Social Sciences Research.....December (#12)

-I-
Illinois Board of Higher Education: HECA Grants.....May (#5)
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant Program.....January (#1)
International Research and Exchanges Board: Short-Term Travel Grants.....January (#1)

-J-
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Active Living Research.....April (#4)
Justice, U.S. Dept. of: ----Violence Against Older Women Education Project.....May (#5)
----also see National Institute of Justice

-K-
Keck Foundation: Science & Engineering and Liberal Arts Undergraduate Programs.....July (#7)
Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship.....February (#2)

-L-
Law School Admission Council: Empirical Research.....July (#7)
Lindbergh Foundation: Technology and Environment.....March (#3)

-N-
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA):
----Earth and Space Science Research.....January (#1)
----ROSES Program.....February (#2)
National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA): Invention, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Grants.....January (#1)
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA): The Arts on Radio and Television.....June (#6)
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH):
----Collaborative Research.....September (#9)
----Documenting Endangered Languages (joint with NSF).....June (#6)
----Planning Grants for Special Projects.....July (#7)
----Summer Stipends Program.....June (#6)
National Endowment for Financial Education.....November (#11)
National Geographic Society: Conservation Trust Grants.....March (#3)
National Institute of Justice (NIJ): Crime and Justice Research.....December (#12)
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST): Small Grants Program.....February (#2)
National Institutes of Health (NIH):
----Antidepressant Treatment and Suicidality.....October (#10)
----Cancer Prevention Research: Small Grants.....October (#10)
----Dissemination and Implementation Research.....November (#11)
----Mental Health in Criminal Justice.....December (#12)
----Muscular Dystrophy Research.....February (#2)
----Science Education Partnership Awards.....April (#4)
----Upcoming NIH Programs.....January (#1)
National Science Foundation (NSF):
----Active Nanostructures and Nanosystems.....September (#9)
----Biological Sciences Equipment and Instrumentation.....February (#2)
----Biological Databases and Informatics.....April (#4)
----Broadening Participation in Biological Sciences.....May (#5)
----Developmental and Learning Sciences.....December (#12)
----Discovery Corps Fellowships in Chemistry.....July (#7)
----Documenting Endangered Languages (joint with NEH).....June (#6)
----Enhancing the Mathematical Sciences Workforce.....July (#7)
----Faculty Early Career Development Awards.....February (#2)
----Frontiers in Integrative Biological Research.....August (#8)
----Geoscience Education.....September (#9)
----Graduate Teaching Fellowships in K-12 Education.....March (#3)
----Human and Social Dynamics.....December (#12)
----Innovation and Organizational Change.....November (#11)
----Long-Term Research in Environmental Biology.....May (#5)
----Materials Theory Program.....June (#6)
----Multi-User Chemistry Instrumentation.....May (#5)
----Science & Society Program.....June (#6)
----Upcoming Programs.....January (#1)
NSF/NIH: Bioengineering and Bioinformatics Summer Institutes for Students.....September (#9)
NSF/NIH/NOAA: Dynamic Data-Driven Applications Systems.....April (#4)

-O-
Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU):
----Ralph Powe Junior Faculty Awards.....November (#11), December (#12)
----Visiting Industrial Scholars Awards.....November (#11)

-S-
SIUC:
----Graduate Technology Enhancement Grants.....November (#11)
----Interdisciplinary Research Seed Grants.....September (#9), October (#10)
----Undergraduate Research/Creative Activity Awards.....December (#12)
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation: Sloan Research Fellowships (for young scientists).....May (#5)
Sloan Industry Studies Fellowships....August (#8)
Smithsonian Institution Libraries.....February (#2)
Social Sciences Research Council: Abe Fellowships for Global Issues Research.....July (#7)
State Dept.: Jefferson Science Fellows Program.....November (#11)

-T-
Tellabs Foundation: Education, Health, and Environment....August (#8), September (#9)
Tinker Foundation: Humanities Grants....August (#8)

-U-
Upjohn Institute for Employment Research:
----Grants.....January (#1)
----Priority Topic Area: Effects of Health-Care Costs on Labor Demand.....July (#7)
U.S./Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund (BARD).....July (#7)
U.S. Supreme Court: Judicial Fellows Program.....October (#10)

-W-
Wallace Genetic Foundation.....August (#8)
Whitehall Foundation: Life Sciences Research.....December (#12)


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