Below are five funding opportunities that may be of interest to our research community.
1. Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellows Award - Open Call for Applications
The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation invites you to submit an application for a 2016 Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellows Award.
Applications are due: December 1, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time.
The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation is pleased to announce the Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellows Award. This award program which began in 2015 is intended to support postdoctoral scholars who are judged to have the highest potential for success in an independent academic career in chemistry and the life sciences, and who will become the next generation of leaders and innovators in science, engineering, and technology. It is the Foundation's intent that the Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellowship will be the catalyst to aid in your transition to an outstanding, independent research career.
http://www.beckman-foundation.org/aob-postdoc-invitation-letter
2. Strategically Focused Go Red For Women Research Network
The Request for Applications (PDF) has now been added to the website.
The deadline for the Letter of Intent is August 31, 2015. A Letter of Intent is not required for application but it is used by AHA staff to estimate the potential peer review workload and avoid the potential conflicts of interest in the peer review process. In addition, it also allows AHA to provide applicants with updated information about the application process, if necessary. For more information about the LOI process, visit the LOI Instructions (PDF).
3. NEW! American Heart Association Merit Award
Supports individual scientists with a trajectory of success, who propose novel approaches to major research challenges in the areas of CV and stroke that have the potential to produce unusually high impact.
The Letter of Intent (LOI) deadline is September 30, 2015. Visit the LOI Instructions for application details.
For more information, visit the AHA Merit Award program description.
4. National Science Foundation
Program Solicitation
NSF 15-597
Program Title:
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
Anticipated Type of Award: Fellowship
Estimated Number of Awards: 2,000
Each Fellowship consists of three years of support during a five-year fellowship period. NSF provides a stipend of $34,000 to the Fellow and a cost-of-education allowance of $12,000 to the graduate degree-granting institution for each Fellow who uses the fellowship support in a fellowship year.
The program goals are: 1) to select, recognize, and financially support, early in their careers, individuals with the demonstrated potential to be high achieving scientists and engineers, and 2) to broaden participation in science and engineering of underrepresented groups, including women, minorities, persons with disabilities, and veterans. NSF especially encourages women, members of underrepresented minority groups, persons with disabilities, and veterans to apply. NSF also encourages undergraduate seniors to apply. GRFP is a critical program in NSF's overall strategy to develop the globally-engaged workforce necessary to ensure the Nation's leadership in advancing science and engineering research and innovation.
For more information: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2015/nsf15597/nsf15597.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click
5. All pre-applications must be submitted electronically to the Electronic Biomedical Research Application Portal (eBRAP) https://ebrap.org. Full applications must be submitted electronically to the Grants.gov website http://grants.gov.
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