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Institutional, University Wide, or Cross Disciplinary Opportunities Chesapeake Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) Program Agency: United
States Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA)
Proposal Deadline: October 24, 2005 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Chesapeake Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) Program was established in 2002 to provide environmental-based education to students, teachers, and communities throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Proposals submitted under this year’s competition should address one of NOAA’s three areas of interest:
While funds have not yet been appropriated for this
program, NOAA expects approximately $2.2 million to be available
for it in fiscal year 2006. About $1 million will be for Exemplar
Programs that successfully integrate teacher professional development
on the Chesapeake Bay watershed with in-depth classroom study and
outdoor experiences for their teachers. The NCBO expects that typical
awards for B-WET Exemplar Programs will range from $50,000 to $200,000.
About $600,000 will be for proposals that provide opportunities
for K through 12 students to participate in meaningful watershed
educational experiences related to the Chesapeake Bay, and about
$600,000 for proposals that provide opportunities for professional
development in the area of Chesapeake Bay watershed education for
teachers. Projects that represent either meaningful watershed experiences
for students or teacher professional development in watershed education
will range from $10,000 to $100,000. Proposals may be submitted
for up to three years of funding.
Go To TopCost sharing is not required under this program, but the NCBO strongly encourages applicants to share in as much of the cost of the project as possible. The nature of the contribution (cash vs. in-kind) will be taken into consideration in the review process. Priority selection will be given to proposals that propose cash rather than in-kind contributions. Research on Research Integrity Agency: United States Department
of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service The following Institutes/Office of the National Institutes of Health and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality will accept applications under the “Research on Research Integrity” request for applications (RFA): National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), and Office of Research Integrity (ORI). The purpose of this RFA is to foster empirical research on research integrity. The sponsoring programs (listed above) are particularly interested in research that will provide clear evidence (rates of occurrence and impacts) of potential problem areas as well as societal, organizational, group, and individual factors that affect, both positively and negatively, integrity in research. Applications must have clear relevance to biomedical, behavioral health sciences, and health services research. Applicants are strongly encouraged to take into consideration problems or issues that have relevance to specific missions of the Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Agency for Health Research and Quality, or NIH institutes and centers. For the purposes of this program, "research" is interpreted broadly to include societal, organizational, group, and individual aspects of the enterprise. "Integrity" is understood as "the use of honest and verifiable methods in proposing, performing, and evaluating research and reporting research results with particular attention to adherence to rules, regulations, guidelines, and commonly accepted professional codes or norms." This program seeks applications for empirical research that will provide information about these areas in ways that will aid policymaking and help promote integrity in Public Health Service (PHS) funded research. The above listed participating programs are especially interested in quantifiable information that is relevant to particular PHS research communities and/or research interests. Topics for research that would be responsive to this RFA include, but are not limited to:
Relevant research perspectives and disciplines include, but are not limited to: anthropology, applied philosophy, business, economics, education, information studies, law, organizational studies, health services, political science, psychology, public health, sociology, and survey and evaluation research, plus the physical, biomedical, and clinical sciences, including nursing. The NINR is particularly interested in research that has an impact on patient outcomes. The AHRQ is particularly interested in research done by health services researchers on these areas of interest. The RO1 (research project grant program) award mechanism will be used for this program. Funding is for up to two years with up to $175,000 per year in direct costs. Applicants developing new research areas or assembling new, interdisciplinary project teams should consider proposing limited, short-term projects to establish the methods for and validity of the work they propose to do (e.g., $75,000-100,000/year for one or two years). Larger, longer-term applications should be limited to major data collection efforts that involve multiple institutions, phased surveys, detailed direct or on site analysis, or other major research work that cannot be accomplished in smaller studies. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-NR-06-001.html Go To Top
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