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Of Special Note

• Do You Want Your Proposal to Have Official Recognition?....January (#1)
• Early Stage Investigation Eligibility Determined with New eRA Commons Features (NIH).....February (#2)
• Electromechanical Repair Services Available....May (#5)
• Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Workshop Scheduled....May (#5)
• Graduate Student Workshop Scheduled....January (#1)
• Important Foreign Travel Information for SIUC Employees.....February (#2)
• Interdisciplinary Research Seed Grants to be Offered....March (#3)
• Notification of Intent Lead Time to Change.....February (#2)
• NSF Now Requires Postdoc Mentoring Plan for Proposals....March (#3)
• ORDA Postage Policy Changes....July (#7)
• Research Matters to Become an Electronic Newsletter....January (#1), February (#2)
• Workshops, Program Deadlines Set for Fall Semester....August (#8)

Research Digest

• Amid the Gloom, Prepare for a Boom in Funding....April (#4)
• Appearances Can Deceive, Even with Standard Reagents....July (#7)
• Assessing the Impact of Science Funding....July (#7)
• Could U.S. Topple Europe as the Driver of Climate-Change Regulations?.....February (#2)
• DOE Puts Up $85 Million for Grants to Young Scientists....August (#8)
• Genome Research May Be Next to Lead NIH.....February (#2)
• Guidelines Issued to Federal Agencies for FFATA Compliance....June (#6)
• HHS Releases Audit of Duke, or Why ORDA Does What ORDA Does....March (#3)
• High Hopes for U.S. Patent Reform....May (#5)
• In Wake of Sentencing, Universities Ponder Lessons from Export Control Case....August (#8)
• It's Time to Blur the Lines Between Basic and Applied Research....July (#7)
• National Academies Releases Updated Responsible Researcher Guide....May (#5)
• New Push to Unlock University-Based Research....April (#4)
• NIH-Funded Researchers Could Face More Scrutiny of Outside Income....January (#1)
• NSF Effort Reporting Audit Recommends Corrective Action....May (#5)
• Obama Commits to Raise R&D Spending to 3% of GDP....May (#5)
• On the Bottom Line, Good Teaching Tops Good Research....April (#4)
• Research and Inventions Earn Big Bucks for American Universities....April (#4)
• Science Areas to Watch in 2009.....February (#2)
• Scientific Integrity at Issue.....February (#2)
• Stimulus Law Revs Up Research on Energy....June (#6)
• U.S. to Dominate Biotech?....July (#7)
• U.S. Promises to Reduce Delays in Granting Visas for Scientists....August (#8)
• Yale University Pays $7.6 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations.....February (#2)

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Funding Opportunities

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Agriculture, U.S. Dept. of (USDA):
----Microbial Genome Sequencing Program....January (#1)
----Organic Agriculture Research.....February (#2)
American Bar Foundation: Summer Research Diversity Undergraduate Fellowships....January (#1)
American Cancer Society: Various Research Awards....August (#8)
American Council of Learned Societies: American Research in the Humanities in China....August (#8)
American Diabetes Association: Basic Science Awards....May (#5)
American Heart Association....May (#5)
American Parkinson Disease Association: Research Fellowship....January (#1)
American Psychological Foundation: Pre-College Psychology....April (#4)
Association for International Cancer Research.....February (#2)

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Burroughs Wellcome Fund:....April (#4)

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Defense, U.S. Dept. of (DOD):
----Earthquake Engineering.....February (#2)
----Genetic Studies of Food Allergies....March (#3)
----Investigator-Initiated Research.....February (#2)
----Prostate Cancer Research.....February (#2)

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Energy, U.S. Dept. of (DOE):
----Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy....May (#5)
Environmental Protection Agency:
----Early Career Projects: Advancing Public Health Protection Through Water Infrastructure Sustainability....June (#6)

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Filson Historical Society: Ballard Breaux Visiting Fellowships....August (#8)

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Gerber Foundation: Research Grants....April (#4)
William T. Grant Foundation:
----Acquisition, Interpretation, and Use of Research Evidence in Policy and Practice....March (#3)
----Youth Development Research.....February (#2)

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India Network Foundation: Small Research Grants....August (#8)
Institute for Research on Poverty....April (#4)

-M-
McCormick Foundation: Conference Series....June (#6)
Melanoma Research Foundation: Career Development & Established Investigator Awards....June (#6)

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NASA: Global Climate Change Education: Research Experiences, Teaching & Learning....June (#6)
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH):
----Challenge Grants....March (#3)
National Institutes of Health (NIH):
----Academic-Community Partnership Conference.....February (#2)
----Biomedical Research, Development, and Growth to Spur the Acceleration of New Technologies....June (#6)
----Cancer Education Grants....July (#7)
----International Collaborations in Infectious Disease Research....April (#4)
----Joint DMS/NIGMS Initiative to Support Research in the Area of Mathematical Biology....August (#8)
----NCI: Transition Career Development Award....August (#8)
----NCMHD: Health Disparities Research....March (#3)
----NIAMS: Small Grant Program for New Investigators
----NIH/NIDA: Cutting-Edge Basic Research....July (#7)
----Research on Teen Dating Violence....May (#5)
National Science Foundation (NSF):
----Basic Science to Enable Agricultural Development....July (#7)
----Collaboration in Mathematical Geosciences....January (#1)
----Decision Making Under Uncertainty—Collaborative Groups (Climate/Environmental Risks)....April (#4)
----Earth Sciences Instrumentation and Facilities....January (#1)
----Energy for Sustainability....July (#7)
----Foundations of Data and Visual Analytics.....February (#2)
----Informal Science Education....May (#5)
----Innovation and Organizational Sciences....August (#8)
----Joint DMS/NIGMS Initiative to Support Research in the Area of Mathematical Biology....August (#8)
----Law and Social Science Program....April (#4); June (#6)
----Research to Aid Persons with Disabilities....April (#4)
----SBE Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships and Follow-up Research Starter Grants....August (#8)
----Science, Technology, and Society (STS)....June (#6)
----Small Grants for Behavioral Research in Cancer Control....June (#6)
----Social-Computational Systems....May (#5)
----Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings....June (#6)
----Transforming the Undergraduate Experience of STEM....March (#3)
----Virtual Organizations as Sociotechnical Systems....March (#3)
National Urban Air Toxics Research Center:
----Health Impacts of Metals in Ambient Air Fine Particulate Matter....March (#3)

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Organic Farming Research Foundation: Grants....April (#4)

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Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Foundation (PhRMA): Research Starter Grants in Informatics----Cancer Education Grants....July (#7)

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation:
----Active Living Research....July (#7)
----Health Games Research....March (#3)
----Health and Society Scholars Program....July (#7)
Russell Sage Foundation: Social Science Research.....February (#2)

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Smithsonian Institution:
----Archives - Internships for Students....January (#1)
----Tropical Research Institute: Short-Term Fellowships....July (#7)

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U.S. Institute of Peace: Annual Grant Competition....August (#8)

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Whatcom Museum: Anthropological Research....January (#1)

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