Agency: Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Deadlines: June 3, 2009
The Alcohol and Drug Abuse Administration (ADAA) of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) is announcing a solicitation for proposals to conduct a statewide compulsive gambling/gambling addiction prevalence study. Offerors must represent academic institutions in Maryland that are eligible to contract with the State via Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The prevalence study should detail plans for measuring adult participation in all forms of commercial and private gambling, and for reliably estimating the baseline prevalence of problem gambling and its impact on the lives of Marylanders, including its human and financial costs. The Department plans to contract for a replication study for comparison against the baseline within 5 years, but this solicitation and funding is for the baseline study proposal only. Awards will be made based on the availability of funds during FY 2010.
The successful proposal will outline a baseline academic study that:
- Investigates socio-demographic and other factors associated with gambling and problem gambling, including income, levels of education and occupation, place of residence, primary language and rates for age, gender, race and ethnicity;
- Explores gambling frequency, preferred gambling venues, amounts of funds gambled and lost, and debt accumulated;
- Identifies other variables of interest, including, at a minimum, the following:
co-morbid conditions (alcohol and drug use, psychiatric and medical disorders), and the employment, financial and interpersonal problems that result from gambling;
- Assesses attitudes and perceptions of gambling individuals and those in their immediate circle of family and friends regarding the nature of the gambling problem, their knowledge of how and where to take advantage of treatment for problem gambling, and perceived barriers to seeking treatment; and
- Provides a statewide estimate of the number of individuals in need of treatment for problem gambling, estimates for each of the following sub-state regions, and justifications for sample size calculations for each region and the state.
Due to the complexity of the desired research project, a research team with multiple types of expertise is required. At least one member of the team should possess specialized expertise and proven experience in performing large-scale prevalence studies, and at least one member should have specialized expertise and proven experience in performing studies related to problem gambling. Offerors are invited to subcontract with other researchers or consultants to ensure that their research team conforms to these requirements. The ADAA reserves the right to approve the selection of consultants.
It is anticipated that any agreement resulting from this solicitation shall begin on or about July 1, 2009. The term of the agreement shall be for a period of 18 months To request a copy of the solicitation, please contact OURS. Any questions regarding this solicitation shall be directed in writing to Priscilla Benway at pbenway@dhmh.state.md.us.
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United States-Russia Program: Improving Research and Educational Activities in Higher Education
Agency: United States Department of Education, Fund for the Improvement of Post-
secondary Education
Deadlines: June 29, 2009
The U.S.-Russia Program encourages cooperative education programs between institutions of higher education (IHEs) in the Russian Federation and the United States of America. The objective of this program is to provide grants that demonstrate partnerships between Russian and American IHEs that contribute to the development
and promotion of educational opportunities between the two nations. The aim is to use the educational content as the vehicle for learning languages, cultural appreciation, sharing knowledge, and forming long-term relationships between the two countries. In the context of the modern international society and a global economy, an understanding of the cultural context plays a vital role in education and training.
Thus, this program is designed to support the formation of educational consortia of American and Russian IHEs to encourage mutual socio-cultural-linguistic cooperation; the joint development of curricula, educational materials, and other types of educational and methodological activities; and related educational student and staff
mobility (exchanges).
Under this competition, the Department and the Russian Ministry are particularly interested in applications that address the following priorities. Both have decided to make up to three awards. Applicants must select one academic discipline as the subject area for their grant proposal:
(A) Environmental Science Studies--No more than one award.
(B) Biotechnology--No more than one award.
(C) Any discipline, other than (A) and (B)--No more than one award.
Applications that meet this invitational priority will not receive a competitive or absolute preference over other applications.
Applications are invited from institutions of higher education with the capacity to contribute to a collaborative project in the areas listed with a Russian institution. The consortium partners, through promoting the study of and communication in foreign languages, are expected to increase awareness and understanding of the two cultures, and to strengthen the professional and scholarly ties between the two countries.
The Russian institutions, as part of a U.S.-Russian consortium, will receive separate but equivalent funding from the Russian Ministry of Education and Science.
There is an estimated $400,000 in available funds for this program with the range of awards between $100,000 to $150,000 The sponsor will reject any application that proposes a budget exceeding $150,000 for a single budget period of 12 months. Project period can be up to 36 months.
URL: http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2009-2/042909c.html
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Lindbergh Grants
Agency: The Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation
Deadlines:
June 11, 2009
The Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation provides grants of up to $10,580 (a symbolic amount representing the cost of the Spirit of St. Louis) to men and women whose individual initiative and work in a wide spectrum of disciplines furthers the Lindberghs' vision of a balance between the advance of technology and the preservation of the natural/human environment.
Awards are made in the following categories:
- Conservation of natural resources – including animals, plants, water, and general conservation (land, air, energy, etc.)
- Education – including humanities/education, the arts, and intercultural communication (projects limited to the creation of a particular work of art or performance are not eligible)
- Exploration
- Health – including biomedical research, health and population sciences, and adaptive technology
- Waste minimization and management
- Agriculture
- Aviation/Aerospace
Applicants may indicate 1 or 2 categories (in priority order) to which their project relates. Applying for more than one category will not increase an applicant's chances of receiving funding. The purpose of selecting a category(ies) is to help our staff assign appropriate reviewers to evaluate each application.
A Jonathan Lindbergh Brown Grant may be given to a project to support adaptive technology or biomedical research which seeks to redress imbalance between an individual and his or her human environment.
The Foundation will make eight to ten one-year awards. Detailed information about the application process can be found at the Foundation’s website.
URL: http://www.lindberghfoundation.org/grants/
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