Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Funding Opportunities Program: AALAS Grants for Laboratory Science Agency: American Association for Laboratory Animal Science Foundation Next Deadline: Feb 01, 2015 Supports competitive short-term research grants (up to $50,000 over one year) in the laboratory animal science field. Examples of research interest are environmental conditions; housing and enrichment; pain and distress; health and welfare; euthanasia; and, advancements in animal care and use. PIs must hold AALAS membership and are strongly encouraged to include collaboration in their proposals. AALAS membership is not required for collaborators. Annual deadline is 2/1. New solicitation will be released 12/1. See https://www.aalas.org/glas#.VF0-kMkjTl8 for details. Email: glas@aalas.org CFDA Number:N/A Contact: Program Office 9190 Crestwyn Hills Drive Memphis, TN 38125 901/754-8620 ---------------------------------------------------- Program: Fellowship and Grant Opportunities Agency: American Museum of Natural History Next Deadline: Jan 30, 2015 Provides fellowships and research grants across several disciplines: comparative biology, anthropology, invertebrate zoology, paleontology, physical sciences (astrophysics and earth and planetary sciences), and vertebrate zoology. Programs available for undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral researchers with varying award amounts and deadlines. See http://www.amnh.org/our-research/richard-gilder-graduate-school/academics-

and-research/fellowship-and-grant-opportunities for details. Email: Fellowships-rggs@amnh.org

CFDA Number:N/A Contact: Maria Rios, Assistant Director for Student Affairs and Fellowships Office of Grants and Fellowships Central Park West at 79th Street New York, NY 10024-5192 212/769-5017 ---------------------------------------------------- Program: Mathematics Travel and Mentoring Grants for Women Researchers Agency: Association for Women in Mathematics Next Deadline: Feb 01, 2015 Travel grants for women mathematics researchers and educators (annual deadlines: 2/1, 5/1, 10/1) enable women to attend conferences in fields supported by the NSF's Mathematical Sciences Division. Up to $2,300 is available for domestic travel and $3,500 for foreign travel. Mathematics mentoring travel grants and mathematics education research mentoring grants for women (annual deadline: 2/1) provide up to seven awards of up to $5,000 each to help junior women researchers develop long-term working relationships with senior mathematicians. Other awards offered. See http://www.awm-math.org/travelgrants.html Email: jennifer@awm-math.org CFDA Number:N/A Contact: Jennifer Lewis, Managing Director (ext. 213) 11240 Waples Mill Road Suite 200 Fairfax, VA 22030 703/934-0163 ---------------------------------------------------- Program: Teacher-Scholar Awards in Chemical Sciences

Agency: Dreyfus Foundation Next Deadline: Feb 10, 2015 Camille Dreyfus (annual deadline: 2/10) and Henry Dreyfus (5/18) Teacher-Scholar awards support research and teaching careers of talented young faculty in chemical sciences. Camille Dreyfus awards provide $75,000 based on an independent body of scholarship and demonstrated commitment to education. Henry Dreyfus awards provide $60,000 based on accomplishment in scholarly research with undergraduates and compelling commitment to teaching. Limited submission: one application per institution. See http://www.dreyfus.org/awards/overview_and_programs.shtml for details. Email: programs@dreyfus.org or admin@dreyfus.org CFDA Number:N/A Contact: Mark Cardillo, Executive Director 555 Madison Avenue 20th Floor New York, NY 10022 212/753-1760 ---------------------------------------------------- Program: Graduate and Undergraduate Student Research Grants Agency: Geological Society of America Next Deadline: Feb 02, 2015 Graduate Student Research Grants provide partial support of master's and doctoral thesis research in the geological sciences for graduate students enrolled in universities in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Central America. Undergraduate Student Research Grants (deadlines vary by region) support individual research by sophomore or junior undergraduates. Applicants must be GSA members. Annual deadline: 2/1. See http://www.geosociety.org/grants/ for details. Email: jrecio@geosociety.org CFDA Number:N/A Contact: Jamie Recio, Program Officer PO Box 9140 Boulder, CO 80301-9140

303/357-1028 ---------------------------------------------------- Program: Undergraduate and Graduate Fellowships Agency: Hudson River Foundation Next Deadline: Feb 17, 2015 Supports research and dissemination projects on science, ecology, education, and public policy issues relevant to the Hudson River. Graduate Fellowships (3/16/15) provide stipends of up to $11,000 for masters and up to $15,000 for doctoral students, plus $1,000 incidental research funding. Tibor T. Polgar Summer Fellowships (2/17/15) provide up to $3,800, plus $1,000 in research funding, for undergraduate and graduate students. Additional opportunities (such as Hudson River Improvement Fund (9/15/14) are available. See http://www.hudsonriver.org/ for updates. Email: info@hudsonriver.org CFDA Number:N/A Contact: Helena Andreyko, Administrator 17 Battery Place Suite 915 New York, NY 10004 212/483-7667 ---------------------------------------------------- Program: SMD Science Education Cooperative Agreement Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Next Deadline: Dec 08, 2014 Supports team-based proposals to enable STEM education, improve U.S. science literacy; advance national education goals; and leverage science education through partnerships. See

https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=25ad407a49c2013586e224a7854e5

a01&tab=core&_cview=0 for details. Email: CANsci-ed@hq.nasa.gov CFDA Number: Contact: Kristen Erickson, Program Officer 300 E Street, NW Washington, DC 20546 Washington, DC 20546 202/358-3892 ---------------------------------------------------- Program: Five Star and Urban Waters Restoration Program Agency: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Next Deadline: Feb 03, 2015 (tentative) Supports diverse local partnerships for wetland, riparian, and coastal habitat restoration. Awards range from $10,000 to $40,000. Projects must include restoration, education, and measurement components. Project sites may be public parks, streams, school campuses, or corporate facilities accessible to the public. Minimum 1:1 match required. RFP is expected to be released in November. See http://www.nfwf.org/fivestar/Pages/home.aspx for updates. Email: Cclingan@naco.org CFDA Number: Contact: Carrie Clingan, Community Services Assistant 25 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036 202/942-4246 ---------------------------------------------------- Program: Research Associateship Programs

Agency: National Research Council Next Deadline: Feb 02, 2015 Supports basic and applied research by graduate students, recent Ph.D.s and senior researchers at federal laboratories and research facilities. Stipends support research in chemistry; earth and atmospheric sciences; engineering and applied sciences; biological, health, and behavioral sciences; neuroscience; biotechnology; math; space and planetary sciences; and physics. Annual deadlines: 2/1, 5/1, 8/1, 11/1 (or next business day if deadline falls on weekend). Not all laboratories participate in all four rounds. See http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/RAP/ for details. Email: RAP@nas.edu CFDA Number:N/A Contact: Research Associateship Programs National Academies Fellowships Office 500 Fifth Street, NW, Keck 568 Washington, DC 20001 202/334-2760 ---------------------------------------------------- Program: Cultivating Cultures for Ethical STEM (CCE STEM) Agency: National Science Foundation Next Deadline: Feb 17, 2015 Supports research projects to improve ethics education in all of the fields of science and engineering that NSF supports, especially in interdisciplinary or inter-institutional contexts. Topics of interest include: honor codes, professional ethics codes and licensing requirements, an ethic of service or service learning, life-long learning requirements, curricula or memberships in organizations that stress social responsibility, institutions that serve under-represented groups. Limited submission: one proposal per institution. Email: llayne@nsf.gov See https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505027 for details. CFDA Number:

Contact: Linda Layne, Program Officer Social and Economic Sciences Division 4201 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22230 703/292-5026 ---------------------------------------------------- Program: Investigator-Initiated Research Projects (PHY) Agency: National Science Foundation Next Deadline: Feb 04, 2015 Supports broad range of physics research disciplines that span scales of space and time. Multiple programs available; see solicitation for programs that match specific annual deadlines: fourth Wednesday in October, last Wednesday in October, second Friday in November, first Thursday in December, and first Wednesday in February. See http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505058 for details Email: mcoles@nsf.gov CFDA Number:47.049 Contact: Mark Coles, Program Officer Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences 4201 Wilson Blvd Arlington, VA 703/292-4432 ---------------------------------------------------- Program: Sensors, Dynamics, and Control (SDC) Agency: National Science Foundation Next Deadline: Feb 17, 2015 Supports fundamental research on the analysis, measurement, monitoring and control of complex dynamical and structural systems, including development of new analytical, computational and

experimental tools, and novel applications to engineered and natural systems. Topics of interest include unconventional applications of control; the combined roles of feedback, feed forward and uncertainty; integrated feedback, communication and signal processing. Annual deadlines: proposal windows 9/1-9/15 and 2/1- 2/15. See http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505099 for details. Email: jberg@nsf.gov. CFDA Number: Contact: Jordan Berg, Program Officer 4201 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22230 Arlington, VA 22230 703/292-5365 ---------------------------------------------------- Program: Systems Science Agency: National Science Foundation Next Deadline: Feb 17, 2015 Supports fundamental research leading to a theoretical foundation for design and systems engineering. In particular, the Systems Science program seeks intellectual advances in which underlying theories (such as probability theory, decision theory, game theory, organizational sociology, behavioral economics or cognitive psychology) are integrated and abstracted to develop explanatory models for design and systems engineering in a general, domain-independent fashion. Annual deadlines: proposal windows 2/1- 2/15 and 9/1- 9/15. See http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504788 Email: cparedis@nsf.gov CFDA Number:47.041 Contact: Chris Paredis, Program Director 4201 Wilson Blvd Arlington, VA 22230 Arlington, VA 22230 703/292-2241

---------------------------------------------------- Program: Graduate Research Opportunities Worldwide (GROW) Agency: National Science Foundation Next Deadline: Dec 05, 2014 Program is an NSF effort to expand opportunities for U.S. graduate students to engage in international research collaboration. GROW is currently open only to active Fellows of NSF's Graduate Research Fellowship Program. GROW works with counterpart funding organizations in Norway, Finland, Denmark, Sweden, France, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Ireland, Chile and India. See http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504876 for updates when available. Email: grow@nsf.gov CFDA Number: Contact: Sonia Ortega, Program Director 4201 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22230 703/292-8694 ---------------------------------------------------- Program: National Robotics Initiative (NRI) Agency: National Science Foundation Next Deadline: Jan 14, 2015 Supports innovative robotics research and applications emphasizing the realization of co- robots acting in direct support of and in a symbiotic relationship with human partners. Also focuses on understanding long term social, behavioral and economic implications of co-robots across all areas of human activity. Collaboration between academic, industry, non-profit and other organizations is strongly encouraged. Topics may be related to NASA, USDA, NIH and NSF. Annual deadline: first Thursday in December. See http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503641 Email: jtrinkle@nsf.gov

CFDA Number:43.001 Contact: Jeffrey Trinkle, Program Director Div of Information and Intelligent Systems 4201 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22230 703/292-8327 ---------------------------------------------------- Program: Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology Agency: National Science Foundation Next Deadline: Jan 08, 2015 Awards fellowships to recent doctoral recipients for research and training to encourage independence early in research career and permit pursuit of research goals in appropriate research locations regardless of funding availability for fellows at the site. Past programs included Broadening Participation in Biology; Intersections of Biology and Mathematical and Physical Sciences and Engineering; National Plant Genome Initiative Postdoc Research Fellowships; and International Postdoc Research Fellowships in Biology. Annual deadline: first Tuesday in November. Email: bio-dbi- prfb@nsf.gov. See http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503622 CFDA Number:47.074 Contact: Carter Kimsey, Program Director Biological Infrastructure Division 4201 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22230 703/292-7170 ---------------------------------------------------- Program: Cyber-Enabled Sustainability Science and Engineering (CyberSEES)

Agency: National Science Foundation Next Deadline: Feb 03, 2015 Program aims to advance interdisciplinary research in which the science and engineering of sustainability are enabled by new advances in computing, and where computational innovation is grounded in the context of sustainability problems. Program is one component of the NSF's SEES activities that focuses on cyber-enabled sustainability research that addresses computational aspects of smart infrastructures. Annual deadline: first Tuesday in February. See http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2014/nsf14531/nsf14531.htm for details and other contacts. Email: pregalia@nsf.gov CFDA Number:47.041 Contact: Phillip Regalia, Program Director CISE 4201 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22230 703/292-8910 ---------------------------------------------------- Program: EHR Core Research (ECR) Agency: National Science Foundation Next Deadline: Feb 03, 2015 (target date) Provides funding in foundational research areas that synthesize, build and/or expand research in STEM learning, STEM learning environments, workforce development and broadening participation of STEM. Supports Core Research Proposals (five years/$1.5 million) to study foundational and transformational STEM learning and educational questions; and Capacity Building Proposals (three years/$300,000) to support groundwork necessary for advancing research. Approximately $61.5 million is available for 64 awards. Annual deadline: second Thursday in September. See http://tinyurl.com/kap8brb Email: ECR@nsf.gov See CFDA Number:47.076 Contact: EHR Program Office Directorate for Educ & Human Resources Arlington, VA 22230 Arlington, VA 22230

703/292-2333 ---------------------------------------------------- Program: Scalable Nanomanufacturing Agency: National Science Foundation Next Deadline: Jan 20, 2015 Supports collaborative research and education in scalable nanomanufacturing, including the long-term societal implications of large-scale implementation of nanomanufacturing innovations. The emphasis of this program is research that supports the identification and demonstration of nanomanufacturing processes with high potential to scale to economically and industrially relevant production levels. Proposals need to address training and education of students in nanomanufacturing. Limited submission: one application per institution. Email: khcooper@nsf.gov See http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13633 CFDA Number:47.041 Contact: Khershed Cooper, Program Director Directorate for Engineering 4201 Wilson Blvd Arlington, VA 22230 703/292-7017 ---------------------------------------------------- Program: Biomechanics and Mechanobiology (BMMB) Agency: National Science Foundation Next Deadline: Feb 17, 2015 Supports fundamental research in biomechanics and mechanobiology. Emphasis on multiscale solid and fluid mechanics approaches in the study of organisms that integrate across molecule, cell, tissue, and organ domains. Interest in

relationships between mechanical behavior and extracellular matrix composition and organization, and influence of in vivo mechanical forces on cell and matrix biology of tissues. Annual deadlines: proposal windows are 2/1-2/15 and 9/1-9/15. See http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13523 for details. Email: dcarter@nsf.gov CFDA Number: Contact: Dennis Carter, Program Director Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation 4201 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22230 703/292-2162 ---------------------------------------------------- Program: Civil Infrastructure Systems (CIS) Agency: National Science Foundation Next Deadline: Feb 17, 2015 Supports research leading to engineering of infrastructure systems for resilience and sustainability without excluding other key performance issues. Special emphasis on design, construction, operation and improvement of infrastructure networks with a focus on systems engineering and design, performance management, risk analysis, life-cycle analysis, modeling and simulation, behavioral and social considerations not excluding other methodological areas or the integration of methods. Annual deadlines: proposal windows 2/1-2/15 and 9/1-9/15. See http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13352 Email: ktrianti@nsf.gov CFDA Number: Contact: Konstantinos Triantis, Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation 4201 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22230 703/292-7088

---------------------------------------------------- Program: Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI) Agency: National Science Foundation Next Deadline: Feb 17, 2015 Supports cross-disciplinary research partnerships at the intersections of traditional disciplines to promote transformative advances in civil, mechanical and industrial systems and manufacturing technologies. Also encourages discoveries such as adaptive systems, nanotechnology, and simulation. CMMI is organized into four clusters: Advanced Manufacturing; Mechanics and Engineering Materials; Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructures; and Systems Engineering and Design. Annual deadlines: proposal windows 2/1-2/15 and 9/1-9/15. See http://www.nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?div=CMMI for details. Email: smcknigh@nsf.gov CFDA Number:47.041 Contact: Steven McKnight, Division Director Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation 4201 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22230 703/292-8360 ---------------------------------------------------- Program: Engineering and Systems Design (ESD) Agency: National Science Foundation Next Deadline: Feb 17, 2015 Supports descriptive and normative research leading to a theory of engineering design and an understanding of systems engineering. Focus is on gaining an understanding of the basic processes and phenomena underlying a view of design where the system life-cycle context informs the identification and definition of preferences, analysis of alternatives, effective accommodation of uncertainty in decision-making, and the relationship between data, information, and

knowledge in a digitally-supported environment. Annual deadline: proposal window is 2/1-2/15 and 9/1-9/15. See http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13340 Email: cparedis@nsf.gov CFDA Number: Contact: Chris Paredis, Program Director Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation 4201 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22230 703/292-2241 ---------------------------------------------------- Program: Geomechanics and Geomaterials (GEOMM) Agency: National Science Foundation Next Deadline: Feb 17, 2015 Supports fundamental research on the mechanics and engineering properties of geologic materials including the mechanical properties of soil and rock; mechanically stabilized and biologically modified soil; and natural processes that affect the behavior of these materials. Research on soil- structure interaction and liquefaction are also supported, as are theoretical studies, constitutive and numerical modeling, and laboratory, centrifuge, and field testing. Annual deadline: proposal windows are 2/1-2/15 and 9/1-9/15. See http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13350 for details. Email: rfragasz@nsf.gov CFDA Number:47.041 Contact: Richard Fragaszy, Program Director Civil, Mechanical, & Manufacturing Innovation 4201 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22230 703/292-7011 ----------------------------------------------------

Program: Geotechnical Engineering (GTE) Agency: National Science Foundation Next Deadline: Feb 17, 2015 Supports fundamental research on geotechnical aspects of civil infrastructure, such as foundation engineering, site characterization, underground construction, tunneling, drilling and mining engineering, with emphasis on sustainability and resilience. Also supports research on geoenvironmental engineering, geotechnical earthquake engineering not involving use of George E. Brown, Jr. Network facilities and geohazards. Annual deadlines: proposal windows are 2/1-2/15 and 9/1-9/15. See http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13351 for details. Email: rfragasz@nsf.gov CFDA Number: Contact: Richard Fragaszy, Program Director Civil, Mechanical & Manufacturing Innovation 4201 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22230 703/292-7011 ---------------------------------------------------- Program: Hazard Mitigation and Structural Engineering (HMSE) Agency: National Science Foundation Next Deadline: Feb 17, 2015 Supports research that integrates structural and architectural engineering advances with discoveries in other science and engineering fields, such as earth and atmospheric sciences, material science, mechanics of materials, sensor technology, high performance computational modeling and simulation, dynamic system and control, and economics. Also funds transformative and cost-effective innovations for hazard mitigation of both new and rehabilitated buildings and other structures. Annual deadlines: proposal windows 2/1-2/15 and 9/1-9/15. See http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13358 for details.

CFDA Number:47.041 Contact: Kishor Mehta, Program Director Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation 4201 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22230 703/292-7081 ---------------------------------------------------- Program: Infrastructure Management and Extreme Events (IMEE) Agency: National Science Foundation Next Deadline: Feb 17, 2015 Focuses on the impact of large-scale hazards on civil infrastructure and society and on related issues of preparedness, response, mitigation, and recovery. Supports research to integrate multiple issues from engineering, social, behavioral, political, and economic sciences, including fundamental research on the interdependence of civil infrastructure and society, development of sustainable infrastructures, and civil infrastructure vulnerability and risk reduction. Annual deadlines: proposal windows 2/1-2/15, 9/1- 9/15. See http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13353 for details. Email: dwenger@nsf.gov CFDA Number: Contact: Dennis Wenger, Program Officer Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation 4201 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22230 703/292-8606 ---------------------------------------------------- Program: Manufacturing Enterprise Systems (MES)

Agency: National Science Foundation Next Deadline: Feb 17, 2015 Supports research on design, planning, and control of operations in manufacturing enterprises. Research is supported that impacts the analytical and computational techniques relevant to extended enterprise operations and that offer the prospect of implementable solutions. Topics of interest include analytical and computational tools for optimal planning, monitoring, control and scheduling of manufacturing and distribution operations, including maintenance and repair. Annual deadlines: proposal windows are 2/1-2/15 and 9/1-9/15. Email .dgupta@nsf.gov. See http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13342 for details. CFDA Number: Contact: Diwakar Gupta, Program Director Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation 4201 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22230 703/292-7902 ---------------------------------------------------- Program: Manufacturing Machines and Equipment (MME) Agency: National Science Foundation Next Deadline: Feb 17, 2015 Supports fundamental research leading to improved manufacturing machines and equipment, and their application in manufacturing processes. Key goals are to advance the transition of manufacturing from skill-based to knowledge-based activities, and to advance technologies that will enable the manufacturing sector to reduce its environmental and societal impacts. Annual deadlines: proposal windows are 2/1-2/15 and 9/1-9/15. See http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13346 for details. Email: zpei@nsf.gov CFDA Number: Contact: Zhijian Pen, Program Director Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation

4201 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22230 703/292-8611 ---------------------------------------------------- Program: Nanomanufacturing Agency: National Science Foundation Next Deadline: Feb 17, 2015 Supports fundamental research and education on design and manufacturing at the nanoscale. Emphasis is on advancing manufacturing technology using production systems based on thermal, electrical, chemical and mechanical processes as well as biological actors (viruses, cells and bacteria) to fabricate nanostructures and to integrate these into micro-devices and meso- and macroscale systems. Annual deadlines: proposal windows are 2/1- 2/15 and 9/1-9/15. See http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13347 for details. Email: khcooper@nsf.gov CFDA Number: Contact: Khershed Cooper, Program Director Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation 4201 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22230 703/292-7017 ---------------------------------------------------- Program: Operations Research Agency: National Science Foundation Next Deadline: Feb 17, 2015 Supports fundamental research leading to the creation of innovative mathematical models, analysis, and algorithms for optimal or near optimal decision-making, applicable to the design

and operation of manufacturing, service, and other complex systems. Includes discrete and continuous optimization, stochastic modeling and analysis, simulation optimization, and self-optimizing systems that can observe, learn, and adapt to changing environments. Annual deadlines: proposal windows are 2/1-2/15 and 9/1-9/15. See http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13341 for details. Email: eromeijn@nsf.gov CFDA Number: Contact: Edwin Romeijn, Program Director Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation 4201 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22230 703/292-2211 ---------------------------------------------------- Program: Service Enterprise Systems (SES) Agency: National Science Foundation Next Deadline: Feb 17, 2015 Supports research on strategic decision making, design, planning, and operation of commercial, nonprofit, and institutional service enterprises with the goal of improving their overall effectiveness and cost reduction. Particular focus on healthcare and other similar public service institutions, and emphasis on research topics leading to more effective systems modeling and analysis as a means to improved planning, resource allocation, and policy development. Annual deadlines: 2/15 and 9/15. See http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13343 for details. Email: dgupta@nsf.gov CFDA Number: Contact: Diwakar Gupta, Program Director Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation 4201 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22230 703/292-7902

---------------------------------------------------- Program: Mechanics of Materials (MOM) Agency: National Science Foundation Next Deadline: Feb 17, 2015 Supports fundamental research on interdisciplinary solid mechanics, including theoretical, experimental, and computational approaches; model- based simulation; and development of constitutive models. Emphasis on fundamental understanding of existing and emerging material and structural systems behavior across time and length scales, including experimental and analytical research on deformation, fatigue, and fracture. Annual deadlines: proposal windows are 2/1-2/15 and 9/1- 9/15. See http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13355 for details. Email: .tsiegmun@nsf.gov@nsf.gov CFDA Number:47.041 Contact: Thomas Siegmund, Program Director Civil, Mechanical, & Manufacturing Innovation 4201 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22230 703/292-7060 ---------------------------------------------------- Program: Fundamental Research for Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers Agency: National Science Foundation Next Deadline: Feb 04, 2015 Supports industry-defined fundamental research proposals in areas of shared value to both centers and their members. Projects are expected to broaden scientific and engineering understanding beyond the more specific applied research interests of the industries traditionally served by the I/UCRC, with industry participation beyond the scope and horizon of center research projects. Annual deadline:

proposals due first Wednesday in February. See http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503434 for details. Email: rmontell@nsf.gov CFDA Number: Contact: Raffaella Montelli, Program Director Industrial Innovation and Partnerships Division 4201 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22230 703/292-2421 ---------------------------------------------------- Program: Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Postdoc Research Fellowships (AGS-PRF) Agency: National Science Foundation Next Deadline: Jan 12, 2015 Supports highly qualified investigators within three years of obtaining their Ph.D. to carry out an independent research program in atmospheric and geospace sciences. Fellowships of up to two years are administered by the fellow and may be taken to any institution or national facility. Fellows are organized into a cohort and are expected to attend a workshop at the end of the first year to discuss their research and to explore connections across various science disciplines. Annual deadline: second Monday in January. See http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12779 Email: amadams@nsf.gov CFDA Number:47.050 Contact: Amanda Adams, Program Director Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Division 4201 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22230 703/292-8520 ----------------------------------------------------

Program: Biological Oceanography Agency: National Science Foundation Next Deadline: Feb 15, 2015 (target date) Supports research in marine ecology broadly defined as the relationships among aquatic organisms and their interactions with the environments of the oceans or Great Lakes. Projects submitted to the program for consideration are often interdisciplinary efforts that may include participation by other Ocean Sciences Division programs. Annual deadlines: target dates are 2/15 and 8/15. See http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=11696 for details. Email: dgarriso@nsf.gov CFDA Number:47.050 Contact: David Garrison, Program Director Ocean Sciences Division 4201 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22230 703/292-8582 ---------------------------------------------------- Program: Chemical Oceanography Agency: National Science Foundation Next Deadline: Feb 15, 2015 (target date) Supports research into the chemical components, reaction mechanisms, and geochemical pathways within the ocean and at its interfaces with solid earth and the atmosphere. Major emphases include studies of material inputs to and outputs from marine waters; orthochemical and biological production and transformation of chemical compounds and phases within the marine system; and determination of reaction rates and study of equilibria. Annual deadlines: target dates are 2/15 and 8/15. See http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=11698 for details. Email: drice@nsf.gov CFDA Number:47.050 Contact: Donald Rice, Program Director Ocean Sciences Division 4201 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22230

703/292-8582 ---------------------------------------------------- Program: Ocean Technology and Interdisciplinary Coordination Agency: National Science Foundation Next Deadline: Feb 15, 2015 (target date) Supports research and technology development through unsolicited proposals for instrumentation development that has broad applicability to ocean science research and enhances observational, experimental, or analytical capabilities of the ocean science research community. Separate solicitations exist for Improvements in Facilities, Communications, and Equipment at Biological Field Stations and Marine Laboratories; and the National Ocean Partnership Program. Annual deadline: 2/15. See http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12724 for details. Email: kbinkley@nsf.gov CFDA Number: Contact: Kandace Binkley, Program Director Ocean Sciences Division 4201 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22230 703/292-7577 ---------------------------------------------------- Program: Marine Geology and Geophysics Agency: National Science Foundation Next Deadline: Feb 15, 2015 (target date) Supports research on all aspects of geology and geophysics of the ocean basins and margins, and the Great Lakes, including structure, tectonic evolution, and volcanic activity of the ocean basins, the continental margins, the mid-ocean

ridges, and island arc systems; processes controlling exchange of heat and chemical species between seawater and ocean rocks; marine sediments; past ocean circulation patterns and climates; and interactions of continental and marine geologic processes. Annual deadlines: target dates are 2/15 and 8/15. Email: bhaq@nsf.gov See http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=11726 for details. CFDA Number:47.050 Contact: Bilal Haq, Program Director Division of Ocean Sciences 4201 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22230 703/292-8581 ---------------------------------------------------- Program: Physical Oceanography Agency: National Science Foundation Next Deadline: Feb 15, 2015 (target date) Supports research on a wide range of topics associated with the structure and movement of the ocean, with the way in which it transports various quantities, with the way its physical structure interacts with the biological and chemical processes within it, and with interactions among the ocean and the atmosphere, solid earth, and ice that surround it. Annual deadlines: target dates are 2/15 and 8/15. See http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12729 for details. Email: eitsweir@nsf.gov CFDA Number:47.050 Contact: Eric Itsweire, Program Director Ocean Sciences Division 4201 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22230 703/292-8582 ----------------------------------------------------

Program: Materials Engineering and Processing (MEP) Agency: National Science Foundation Next Deadline: Feb 17, 2015 Supports fundamental research addressing the interrelationship of materials processing, structure, properties and/or life-cycle performance for targeted applications. Research proposals should be driven by the performance or output of the material system relative to the targeted application(s). Annual deadlines: 2/17 and 9/15. See

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504950&WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.m

c_ev=click for details. Email: yhsuan@nsf.gov CFDA Number: Contact: Yick Hsuan, Program Director Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation Arlington, VA 22230 703/292-7014 ---------------------------------------------------- Program: Geography and Spatial Sciences - Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Awards (GSS-DDRI) Agency: National Science Foundation Next Deadline: Feb 12, 2015 Supports research on geographic distributions and interactions of human, physical, and biotic systems on Earth's surface. Projects must enhance geographical knowledge, concepts, theories, and methods, and their application to societal problems and concerns. Annual deadlines: DDRI research proposals due second Thursdays in February and August; GSS regular research project awards are due the first Thursday of September. See http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503621 for details. Email: tbaerwal@nsf.gov CFDA Number:47.051

Contact: Thomas Baerwald, Program Officer Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences Division 4201 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22230 703/292-7301 ---------------------------------------------------- Program: Perception, Action, and Cognition Agency: National Science Foundation Next Deadline: Feb 02, 2015 Supports research on perception, action and cognition, with emphasis on research strongly grounded in theory. Research topics include vision, audition, haptics, attention, memory, reasoning, written and spoken discourse, motor control and developmental issues. Program encompasses a range of theoretical perspectives, such as symbolic computation, connectionism, ecological, nonlinear dynamics and complex systems. No dissertation support. Annual deadlines: 2/1, 4/15, 6/15, 8/1. See http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5686 for details. Email: btuller@nsf.gov CFDA Number:47.051 Contact: Betty Tuller, Program Director Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences Division 4201 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22230 703/292-7238 ---------------------------------------------------- Program: Science of Organizations (SoO) Agency: National Science Foundation Next Deadline: Feb 02, 2015 (target date) Supports basic research yielding a scientific

evidence base for improving the design, development, deployment, management and effectiveness of organizations of all kinds. Research may involve organizational theory, behavior, sociology or economics, business policy and strategy, communication sciences, entrepreneurship, human resource management, information sciences, managerial and organizational cognition, operations management, public administration, social or industrial psychology, and technology and innovation management. Annual deadlines: target dates are 2/2 and 9/3. See http://tinyurl.com/7o53xq3 for details. Email: eherron@nsf.gov CFDA Number:47.075 Contact: Erik Herron, Program Director Social and Economic Sciences Division 4201 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22230 703/292-7318 ---------------------------------------------------- Program: Science of Science & Innovation Policy (SciSIP) Agency: National Science Foundation Next Deadline: Feb 09, 2015 Supports research to advance the scientific basis of science and innovation policy by developing, improving, and expanding models, analytical tools, data, and metrics that can be applied in the science policy decision making process. The program invites participation of researchers from all of the social, behavioral and economic sciences as well as those working in domain-specific applications such as chemistry, biology, physics or nanotechnology. Annual deadline: 9/9. See http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=501084 for details. Email: Mfeldman@nsf.gov CFDA Number: Contact: Maryann Feldman, Program Director Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate 4201 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22230 703/292-8854

---------------------------------------------------- Program: Science, Technology, and Society (STS) Agency: National Science Foundation Next Deadline: Feb 02, 2015 Supports scientific research that examines relationships between science (including engineering), technology, and society. STS researchers use diverse methods including social science, historical, and philosophical methods. Effective STS proposals go beyond describing the interaction between science, technology and society to explain how proposed research provides new and important scientific insights into the theory or practice of science (or engineering) or into the adoption, use, or diffusion of technology. Annual deadlines: 2/2, 8/3. See http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5324 Email: fkronz@nsf.gov CFDA Number:47.075 Contact: Frederick Kronz, Program Director Social and Economic Sciences Division 4201 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22230 703/292-7283 ---------------------------------------------------- Program: Cognitive Neuroscience Agency: National Science Foundation Next Deadline: Feb 25, 2015 (target date) Supports highly innovative, interdisciplinary projects aimed at advancing rigorous understanding of how the human brain supports thought, perception, affect, action, social processes, and other aspects of cognition and behavior, including how such processes develop and change in the brain

and through evolutionary time. Emphasis is on integration of cognitive sciences, basic sciences, and engineering for insights into healthy functions of brain, cognition, and behavior. Annual deadlines: 2/25 and 8/27. See http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5316 for details. Email: atang@nsf.gov CFDA Number:47.075 Contact: Akaysha Tang, Program Director Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences Division 4201 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22230 703/292-7281 ---------------------------------------------------- Program: Law and Social Sciences Agency: National Science Foundation Next Deadline: Jan 15, 2015 (target date) Supports social scientific studies of law and law- like systems of rules, institutions, processes, and behaviors. Fields of study include: Crime, Violence & Punishment; Economic Issues; Governance; Legal Decisionmaking; Legal Mobilization and Conceptions of Justice, etc. Proposals for Dissertation Research, Standard and Collaborative Research and Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Fellowships are due 2/3/14. Annual deadlines: target dates are 1/15, 8/1. Email: ssterett@nsf.gov See

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Program: Gilbert F. White Postdoctoral Fellowship Program Agency: Resources for the Future Next Deadline: Feb 2015 (tentative) Supports 11 months of residential, postdoctoral research on natural resources, energy, or the environment. Social scientists and natural scientists interested in policy-relevant interdisciplinary research are encouraged to apply. Fellows receive an annual stipend and up to $1,000 for moving expenses. Applicants must have completed doctoral requirements by the beginning of the academic year during which they apply. Internships and research stipends also available. Next deadline will be in late February 2015. See http://tinyurl.com/meddhjo for details. Email: williams@rff.org CFDA Number:N/A Contact: Rob Williams, Director of Academic Programs Academic Programs 1616 P Street, NW Washington, DC 20036-1400 202/328-5031 ---------------------------------------------------- Program: Fellowships and Scholarships Agency: Semiconductor Research Corporation Next Deadline: Feb 03, 2015 Offers awards in semiconductor research: the Graduate Fellowship Program supports about 35 fellowships each year and the Master's Scholarship Program targets underrepresented minorities and women. Awardees in both programs receive full tuition and fees and $2,320 monthly. Applications for both programs are due 2/3/15. Other programs available. See http://www.src.org/student-center/fellowship/ for details. Email: apply@src.org or LeeAnn.Clewell@src.org CFDA Number:N/A Contact: Lee Ann Clewell, Fellowship/Scholarship

Administrator SRC Research Office PO Box 12053 Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 919/941-9453 ---------------------------------------------------- Program: Student Scholarships (Undergraduate and Graduate) Agency: Society of Manufacturing Engineers Next Deadline: Feb 2015 (tentative) Supports graduating high school seniors, undergraduates, and graduate students working toward degrees in manufacturing engineering, manufacturing engineering technology, or a closely related manufacturing field of study at a U.S. college or university. Successful applicants receive a minimum award of $1,000. About 100 scholarships awarded annually. Applications will open in November for confirmed 2015 competition. Annual deadline: 2/1. See http://www.smeef.org/scholarships/ for details. Email: kcarter@SME.org CFDA Number: Contact: Kathy Carter, Senior Program Officer One SME Drive PO Box 930 Dearborn, MI 48121-0930 313/425-3300 ---------------------------------------------------- Program: Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF) Agency: U.S. Department of Commerce Next Deadline: Feb 13, 2015 Supports two separate 12-week internship program

for undergraduates in pursuit of graduate degrees in science and engineering to provide hands-on research experience at a NIST lab in Maryland or Colorado. IHEs must apply and nominate students. Participating students must have a 3.0 or better and must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. See http://www.nist.gov/surfgaithersburg/ or http://www.nist.gov/surfboulder/app.cfm for details. Email: sweigert@nist.gov CFDA Number:N/A Contact: Anita Sweigert, Program Officer National Institute of Standards & Tech. 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8400 Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8400 301/975-4200 ---------------------------------------------------- Program: NOAA Great Lakes Habitat Restoration Program Project Grants Agency: U.S. Department of Commerce Next Deadline: Feb 2015 (tentative) Supports efforts to restore Great Lakes coastal habitats in U.S. Great Lakes Areas of Concern (http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/aoc/). Priorities include: restoration of coastal wetlands; delisting of fish and wildlife; reduction of marine debris; and focus on climate change. NOAA will also accept proposals for engineering and design of habitat restoration projects. Agency says FY 15 FOA expected in late December/early January with deadline in late February 2015. See http://www.grants.gov/view-opportunity.html?oppId=249323 for updates. Email: jessica.berrio@noaa.gov CFDA Number:11.463 Contact: Jessica Berrio, 1315 East-West Highway SSMC3, 14th Floor F/HC3 Silver Spring, MD 20910 301/427-8654 ----------------------------------------------------

Program: Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program Agency: U.S. Department of Commerce Next Deadline: Dec 15, 2014 (target date) Supports R&D projects addressing any aspect of U.S. fisheries, including, but not limited to, harvesting, processing, aquaculture, marketing, and