Agency: Office of the Governor
Release: February 27, 2009
Governor Martin O'Malley publicly launched the Recovery.maryland.gov website with information about the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009 (ARRA). This website tracks the federal Recovery.gov site which also includes links to the other state websites.
The Grants Office is assisting the StateStat office and the Department of Information Technology in building the opportunities section of Recovery.maryland by tracking and posting specific grant and contract opportunities. The Maryland Recovery Act Opportunities webpage is a source for organizations, local governments, and businesses to find competitive Recovery Act grants and contracts either directly from a federal agency or from a Maryland state agency that is passing along funds from the ARRA.
At this early date, most of the funds have not yet been distributed but the site will provide the best information available on each program and will be updated daily. Many of the programs will have short turnaround times once they are posted, but background information is provided on many programs to be announced in the future.
URL: http://doit.maryland.gov/sites/opportunity/Pages/soshome.aspx
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Supplements Providing Summer Research Experiences for Students and Science Educators
Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: OPEN (See Institute/Center Web sites for specific deadlines)
This National Institutes of Health (NIH) announcement provides an opportunity for Towson faculty to work collaboratively with investigators from NIH funded laboratories. These administrative supplements aim to encourage students to seriously pursue research careers in the health related sciences, as well as provide short term research experiences to faculty from non-research intensive institutions.
This administrative supplement solicitation promotes submissions in all scientific and programmatic areas funded by NIH. In particular, NIH is interested in the funding priorities listed below:
- Summer Research Opportunities for High School and Undergraduate Students
- Summer Research Opportunities for Science Educators (e.g., Elementary, Middle School and High School Teachers, Community College Faculty, and Faculty from Non-research Intensive Institutions)
To be eligible, the parent grant must be active and the research experience proposed in the supplement must be accomplished within the current competitive segment. The proposed supplement MUST be within the general scope of the peer-reviewed activities and aims approved within the parent grant, including projects on a no-cost extension. Note that while NIH recommends that a no-cost extension already be in place before an administrative supplement request is submitted, this is not a requirement for all administrative supplement requests.
This administrative supplement solicitation encourages submissions in all scientific and programmatic areas funded by NIH. Support may be requested for up to 2 years for qualified grants. There are no limits to the number of administrative supplement requests that may be submitted by an institution or Project Director/Principal Investigator although individual ICs may limit eligibility in accordance with the policies listed on their Web page. Potential applicants should review the instructions for supplement applications issued by their funding IC (See NIH Institute & Center (IC) Web Sites) before responding to this Notice. Some ICs will consider administrative supplements only in target areas identified on their Web sites.
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-09-060.html
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Research to Address the Heterogeneity in Autism Spectrum Disorders
Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: April 12, 2009 for (optional but encouraged) letters of intent
May 12, 2009 for proposals
This NIH Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits applications for the following topic areas relevant to research on the heterogeneity of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD): Measurement development, Biomarkers/biological signatures, Immune and central nervous systems interactions, Genetics/genomics, Environmental Risk Factors, Model development, Treatment and intervention, and Services research Working collaboratively, topical areas of interest to faculty include the following:
Treatment and intervention: Examples of relevant research of interest include but are not limited to the following:
- Adaptation of evidence-based interventions to reduce or ameliorate symptoms, and improve adaptive functioning, in older children, adolescents, and adults with ASD
- Interventions for infants and toddlers with early signs of ASD
- Multi-site randomized controlled trials of comprehensive early interventions, addressing core symptoms, family functioning, and community involvement
- Adapted or augmented treatments for individuals who do not respond to Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) or other evidence-based interventions
- Development of validated outcome measures for use in randomized controlled trials of treatments and interventions for ASD
- Studies to develop interventions for siblings of people with ASD and other high-risk populations with the goal of reducing risk of recurrence
Services Research: Examples of relevant research of interest include but are not limited to the following:
- Studies to test the effectiveness of services and supports in improving access to ASD interventions across the lifespan
- Studies to test the effectiveness of programs to foster broader screening and follow-up strategies to improve diagnosis and involvement in appropriate programs and services
- Studies to test the effectiveness of services to address the needs of transition-age youth and adults with ASD including vocational rehabilitative services, housing and education/training programs
- Studies to test the effectiveness of services to facilitate and support comprehensive medical care for individuals with ASD, including preventive care and treatment of acute illnesses, management of sleep dysfunction, coexisting challenging behaviors or psychiatric conditions, and associated medical problems
- Research to develop strategies to merge or link administrative and/or other surveillance databases to systematically track the involvement of people living with ASD in health care, education and social services
- Cost/cost benefit analyses on provision of services and interventions over the lifespan with regard to long-term benefits including employment, productivity, and the need for federal/state assistance
- Research to understand the impact on ASD outcomes of system reforms including quality improvement initiatives and innovative financing reform (e.g., Medicaid waivers)
- Pilot studies of services interventions aimed at overcoming access barriers associated with: rural and other under-resourced areas, racial or ethnic minority status, low educational levels of parents
- Pilot studies of strategies to address services needs for ASD faced by military families
The total project period for an application submitted in response to this solicitation may not exceed two years. For R21 applications, budgets for direct costs of up to $175,000 per year and a project duration of up to two years may be requested for a maximum of $350,000 direct costs over a two-year project period. The Research Plan component of the proposal may not exceed 6 pages, including tables, graphs, figures, diagrams, and charts.
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-09-172.html#PartI
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Agency: The Towson University Institute for Teaching and Research on Women
Deadlines: May 4, 2009
The Institute for Teaching and Research on Women (ITROW) seeks to promote scholarship, course development and programming on issues related to women/gender, including the intersections of gender with race/ethnicity, nation, class, disability, and/or sexuality. To this end, ITROW awards faculty mini-grants to full and part-time faculty up to $500. The grants are limited in number and awarded on a competitive basis.
URL: http://www.towson.edu/itrow/FacultyGrants.asp
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Agency: US Department of Education
Deadlines: April 30, 2009
This program provides grants to strengthen and improve undergraduate instruction in international studies and foreign languages. Under this competition, the sponsor is particularly interested in applications that address the following competitive preference and invitational priorities:
- Competitive Preference Priority: Applications that (a) require entering students to have successfully completed at least two years of secondary school foreign language instruction; (b) require each graduating student to earn two years of postsecondary credit in a foreign language or to have demonstrated equivalent competence in the foreign language; or (c) in the case of a two-year degree granting institution, offer two years of postsecondary credit in a foreign language.
An additional five points is awarded to an application that meets this priority.
- Invitational Priority 1: Applications that propose projects that provide in-service training for K–12 teachers in foreign languages and international studies and that strengthen instruction in foreign languages and international studies in teacher education programs.
- Invitational Priority 2: Applications that propose projects that include a plan for assessment of student foreign language competency. A plan of assessment should include clearly defined student-learning outcomes and externally validated assessment approaches. The applicant should describe procedures for utilizing the assessment data to improve foreign language program effectiveness.
- Invitational Priority 3: Applications that propose projects that support an increase in the number of underrepresented minorities who are studying foreign languages and area and international studies.
- Invitational Priority 4: Applications that focus on any of the seventy-eight (78) priority languages that were selected from the U.S. Department of Education’s list of Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTLs).
Application that meets these invitational priorities will not receive a competitive or absolute preference over other applications.
It is estimated that $2,565,000 will be available for this program. The estimated range of awardsfor a singleinstitution will be between $50,000 and $90,000 and for a consortia between $80,000 and $140,000. Applications that propose a budget exceeding $90,000 for a budget period of 12 months for a single institution application, and $140,000 for a budget period of 12 months for a consortia application will be rejected. Project periodsfor single institutions are up to 24 months and up to 36 months for consortia. This program has a cost-sharing requirement (please see announcement for cost – sharing requirements).
URL: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-7224.pdf
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