Index to Vol. 34 (2007)
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Lead Articles
Of Special Note
Research Digest
- 2007 Ig Nobel Prize Winners....November (#11)
- America in Science Race....November (#11)
- Benefits of Undergraduate Research Experiences in STEM Fields Substantiated....June (#6)
- Bleak Prospects for Young Science Researchers....October (#10)
- Cap on Indirect Costs Proposed for DOD Grants....October (#10)
- CDC Halts Research on Microbes at Texas A&M....August (#8)
- Chemistry Reports Warn of Eroding American Lead in Research....May (#5)
- Congressmen Attack NSF Research Grants....June (#6)
- Cross-Cultural Research: DOD Seeks Help to Understand Its Enemies....June (#6)
- Dealing with Deception....March (#3)
- Doris Duke Fund to Back Global Warming Research....May (#5)
- Drawing a Map for NIH's 27 Divisions....September (#9)
- Education Researchers and Policy Makers Not in Sync....June (#6)
- Error Costs Chance at a DOE Grant....August (#8)
- Europe Launches Its Own NSF....April (#4)
- FBI Encourages Universities To Be Aware....August (#8)
- Foreigners Welcome, Bush Aide Says....June (#6)
- Grant Writing for Tight Times....September (#9)
- Higher Fines for Mistreating Lab Animals....December (#12)
- Higher Stakes for NSF Grants....February (#2)
- Highest Number of Misconduct Findings in 10 Years....April (#4)
- Industry Support for Research Rebounds....March (#3)
- Influenza Virus Genomes Accessible....March (#3)
- Joint U.S./Russia Program Reunites Research and Academe....April (#4)
- Metabolic Research Database Available....March (#3)
- More Support Promised for NIH....April (#4)
- Nanotech: Safety Research Slated for Gains....April (#4)
- New Fulbright Grant Brings Scientists to U.S.....December (#12)
- NIH Director Predicts Tighter Grant Squeeze....January (#1)
- NIH Fosters Interdisciplinary Research....October (#10)
- NIH's Multiple PI Program May Someday Allow Collaborative PIs....June (#6)
- NIH Releases Rules on Genetic Database....October (#10)
- No Lifeline for Proposed Breast Cancer Prevention Trial....July (#7)
- NSF, NIH Emphasize the Importance of Mentoring....October (#10)
- NSF Revisits Cost-Sharing Policies....May (#5)
- NSF Survey of Grant Applicants Finds a System Teetering on the Brink....September (#9)
- NSF Wonders Why U.S. Scientific Publishing Output Is Flat....September (#9)
- Oversight Lax in Sensitive Research....January (#1)
- Peer Review Reviewed....July (#7)
- Pentagon Is Looking for a Few Good Scientists....August (#8)
- Pentagon Research Chief Seeks 11% Boost....December (#12)
- Proposed Biosecurity Review Plan Endorses Self-Regulation....May (#5)
- Report Backs Smaller NSF Prizes to Spur Innovation....March (#3)
- Report Charts Decline in NSF Grant Success Rate....October (#10)
- Report Urges More Coordination to Improve Science and Math....June (#6)
- Researchers Fault U.S. Report Critiquing Education Programs....July (#7)
- Scientific Publishing: Don't Pretty Up That Picture....February (#2)
- A Shot in the Arm for Biodefense....February (#2)
- Space for Rent....October (#10)
- Statistics Reveal Increase in Federal Agency Support of R&D....January (#1)
- Sustainability in Your Lab....December (#12)
- Technology Research Program Rescued....April (#4)
- Universities Make Case for Increased NIH Funding....May (#5)
- U.S. Agencies Quiz Universities on the Status of Women in Science....May (#5)
- U.S. Not to Participate in Next Global Test of Advanced Math, Science Students....November (#11)
- U.S. Science Adviser Tells Researchers to Look Elsewhere....June (#6)
- A War Over Indirect Costs....September (#9)
- When Is an NIH Application Too Big?....February (#2)
- Young and Innovative....October (#10)
Funding Opportunities
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Administration for Children and Families (ACF): Compassion Capital Fund....April (#4)
Agriculture, U.S. Dept. of (USDA):
----Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems (USFS joint with NSF)....October (#10)
----Economics of Invasive Species Management (PREISM program)....April (#4)
----Microbial Genome Sequencing Program (joint with NSF)....January (#1), December (#12)
----Nanoscale Science and Engineering for Agriculture and Food Systems....November (#11)
Air Force Office of Scientific Research: University Nanosat Program....September (#9)
Ajinomoto Co.: Amino Acid Research....February (#2)
American Association for Cancer Research....August (#8)
American Cancer Society, Illinois Division: Psychosocial and Behavioral Research....March (#3)
American Chemical Society: Women Chemists Travel Awards....January (#1)
American Diabetes Association....November (#11)
American Educational Research Association: Research Grants Program....December (#12)
American Federation for Aging Research....October (#10)
American Heart Association:
----Fellow-to-Faculty Transition Awards....November (#11)
----General....May (#5)
American Philosophical Society: Franklin Research Grants....September (#9)
Anheuser-Busch Renewable Energy and Wildlife Conservation Research Prize....May (#5)
Army, U.S.: Medical Research....November (#11)
Avon Foundation: Early Detection of Breast Cancer....June (#6)
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Borchard Center on Law and Aging....February (#2)
Brookdale Foundation: Leadership in Aging Fellowship....September (#9)
Burroughs Wellcome Fund:
----Career Awards for Medical Scientists....September (#9)
----Career Awards at the Scientific Interface....March (#3)
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Commonwealth Fund: Research on Health and Social Issues....September (#9)
Creative Capital Foundation: Visual Arts and Film/Video Grants....February (#2)
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Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation:
----Fellowships....June (#6)
----Innovation Awards....May (#5)
Defense, U.S. Dept. of (DOD):
----Fundamental Research in Behavioral Science....April (#4)
Doctors Cancer Foundation........August (#8)
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Energy, U.S. Dept. of (DOE):
----Discovering the Nature of Dark Energy....February (#2)
----Fate, Transport, Transformation, and Exposure of Engineered Nanomaterials (joint with EPA and NSF)....June (#6)
----Office of Science: Basic Energy Sciences, High Energy Physics, Nuclear Physics, Advanced Scientific Computing, Fusion Energy Sciences, Biological and Environmental Research, and Energy Research Analyses....August (#8)
----Solar Energy Technologies....May (#5)
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA):
----Fate, Transport, Transformation, and Exposure of Engineered Nanomaterials (joint with DOE and NSF)....June (#6)
----Nutrients Benefits Valuation....March (#3)
----Pollution Prevention....March (#3)
Eppendorf Prize for Neurobiology....April (#4)
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Forest Service, U.S.: see Agriculture
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Gerber Foundation: Pediatric Health and Nutrition....April (#4)
GRAMMY Foundation: Music Archiving, Preservation, and Scientific Research....June (#6)
William T. Grant Foundation: Scholars Awards....May (#5)
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Homeland Security, U.S. Dept. of: Student Summer Internships....November (#11)
Horticultural Research Institute....April (#4)
Human Frontier Science Program: International Basic Life Science Research....December (#12)
Human Growth Foundation: Small Grants....April (#4)
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Germany): TransCoop Programme in Humanities, Social Sciences, Economics, and Law....February (#2)
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Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE):
----HECA (Higher Education Cooperation Act) Innovation Grants....May (#5)
Illinois Children's Healthcare Foundation: Mental/Behavioral Health Services....June (#6)
Illinois Conservation Foundation....March (#3)
Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources (IDNR): Small Projects Program for Non-Game Wildlife and Native Plant Preservation....March (#3)
Illinois Office of Lieutenant Governor: Paul Simon Fellowship....May (#5)
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Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership: Education Projects....July (#7)
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation:
----Health and Society Scholars....July (#7)
----Local Initiative Funding Partners....June (#6)
----Scholars in Health Policy Research Program....September (#9)
Justice, U.S. Dept. of: see National Institute of Justice
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Labor, U.S. Dept. of: Job Training for Long-Term Health Care Industry....March (#3)
Lance Armstrong Foundation: Community-Based Cancer Survivors Program....March (#3)
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society....January (#1)
Life Sciences Research Foundation: Postdoctoral Fellowships....June (#6)
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MacArthur Foundation: Digital Media and Learning Innovation Awards....September (#9)
Microsoft Research: New Faculty Fellowship Program....October (#10)
Missouri Historical Society: Small Grants....April (#4)
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NAMM Foundation: Scientific Grants on Music Making....November (#11)
National Archives and Records Administration:
----Presidential Library Research (Hoover, Kennedy, Ford, Bush)....February (#2)
----Professional Development Grants....June (#6)
----Strategies and Tools for Preservation and Use of Historical Documents....August (#8)
----Truman Library: Scholar's Award....October (#10)
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH):
----Collaborative Research Grants....July (#7)
----Digital Humanities Start-up Grants....January (#1)
----Faculty Humanities Workshops....July (#7)
----Summer Stipends Program....July (#7)
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation:
----Anheuser-Busch Renewable Energy and Wildlife Conservation Research Prize....May (#5)
National Headache Foundation....October (#10)
National Historical Publications and Records Commission: see National Archives
National Institutes of Health (NIH):
----Behavioral/Social Research on the Effects of Disasters on Health....January (#1)
----Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Human Genomics Research (ELSI Regular Program)....December (#12)
----Exploratory/Developmental Research....December (#12)
----High-End Instrumentation....August (#8)
----Juvenile Protective Factors and Their Effects on Aging....August (#8)
----Mental Disorders in Children and Adolescents....January (#1)
----Methodology and Measurement in the Behavioral and Social Sciences....December (#12)
----NCI: Biology of Breast Pre-Malignancies....June (#6)
----NCI: Cancer Prevention Research Small Grants....May (#5), October (#10)
----NCI: Lung Cancer and Inflammation....March (#3)
----NCI: Small Grants for Cancer Epidemiology....September (#9)
----NIEHS: Outstanding New Environmental Scientist Award....October (#10)
----NIGMS: Basic Research on Human Embryonic Stem Cells....June (#6)
----NIH Director's New Innovator Award Program....April (#4)
----NIH Partners in Research....November (#11)
----NIMH: Mental Health Economics....January (#1)
----NLM (National Library of Medicine): Grants for Scholarly Works in Biomedicine/Health....April (#4)
----Novel Methods for DNA Sequence Data Analysis....July (#7)
----Nutrition and the Prevention, Care, and Treatment of HIV/AIDS....February (#2)
----Older Americans Independence Centers Grants....February (#2)
National Institute of Justice:
----Graduate Research Fellowships....May (#5)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA):
----National Estuarine Research Reserve Graduate Fellowships....September (#9)
National Park Service:
----Saving America's Treasures....February (#2)
National Science Foundation (NSF):
----Advancing Theory in Biology....May (#5), December (#12)
----CAREER Awards....May (#5)
----Cognitive Neuroscience....November (#11)
----Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement....February (#2)
----Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems (joint with U.S. Forest Service)....October (#10)
----East Asia/Pacific Summer Institutes for Graduate Students....September (#9)
----Engineering: Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI)....September (#9)
----Environmental Sustainability....February (#2)
----Fate, Transport, Transformation, and Exposure of Engineered Nanomaterials (joint with EPA and DOE)....June (#6)
----Graduate Research Fellowships....August (#8)
----Graduate Teaching Fellowships in K-12 Education....May (#5)
----Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) Program....February (#2)
----Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Training in Biological and Mathematical Sciences....December (#12)
----MARGINS Program....March (#3)
----Microbial Genome Sequencing Program (joint with USDA)....January (#1), December (#12)
----Political Science....November (#11)
----Population and Evolutionary Processes....May (#5)
----Research and Evaluation on Education in Science and Engineering....November (#11)
----Research Experiences for Teachers in Engineering....September (#9)
----Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)....July (#7)
----Research on Gender in Science & Engineering....August (#8)
----Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers (ADVANCE Program)....September (#9)
NEA Foundation for the Improvement of Education....July (#7)
Nine Sigma (Dow): Glyoxal-Free, Rapidly Hydratable Cellulose Ethers....June (#6)
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Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU):
----Fusion Energy Postdoctoral Research....January (#1)
----Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards....November (#11)
Organic Farming Research Foundation....May (#5), October (#10)
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Research Corporation:
----Cottrell Scholars Awards....July (#7)
----Research Opportunity Awards....April (#4)
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: see J
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Schlesinger Library on the History of Women: Research Support Grants....March (#3)
SIUC:
----Faculty Seed Grants....August (#8)
----Matching Funds Program....August (#8)
----Undergraduate Research/Creative Activity Awards (REACH Awards)....August (#8), November (#11)
Sloan Foundation (science): Research Fellowships....August (#8)
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Tilker Foundation: Research on Neurodegenerative Diseases....January (#1)
Truman Library: Scholar's Award....October (#10)
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United Engineering Foundation: Education Grants....April (#4)
United Soybean Board: Soy Health Research....February (#2)
University of Chicago, Arete Initiative: Defining Wisdom....October (#10)
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VFW Ladies Auxiliary: Postdoctoral Cancer Research Fellowships....January (#1)
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Wilson International Center for Scholars: East European & Russian Studies....August (#8); October (#10)
World Anti-Doping Agency: Scientific Research....April (#4)
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