As well as federal funding opportunities, included in this section are programs with internal deadlines and programs from volunteer health agencies. For more information and/or application materials for these programs, please contact Julie O’Connor, Office of the Vice President for Research at 313-577-8845 or by Email: julie.oconnor@wayne.edu

Available from the National Science Foundation:

Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Programs Phase I Solicitation FY-2006 (SBIR/STTR) (Due: 12/8/05)

Cooperative Activities in Chemistry Between U.S. and German Investigators (NSF-DFG) (Due: 1/13/06)

Plant Genome Research Program (PGRP) (Due: 11/1/05

Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) (Due: See program guidelines)

Microbial Observatories (MO) and Microbial Interactions and Processes (MIP) (Due: 10/27/05)

Available from the National Institutes of Health:

Outstanding New Environmental Scientist Award (ONES) (Due: 12/21/05)

Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral MD/PhD Fellows (F30) (Due: standard receipt dates)

Short Courses on Application of Genomics and Proteomics to Complex Heart, Lung, Blood, and Sleep Disorders (Due: 1/17/05)

Enhancing Practice Improvement in Community-Based Care for Prevention and Treatment of Drug Abuse or Co-occurring Drug Abuse and Mental Disorders (Due: 12/19/05)

Structural Interventions, Alcohol Use, and Risk of HIV/AIDS (Due: standard receipt dates)

Alzheimer’s Disease Drug Development Program (Due: standard receipt dates)

Collaborative Neurological Sciences (CNS) Award (Due: standard receipt dates)

NIMH Mechanism for Time-Sensitive Research Opportunities (Due: 9th of each month)

Established Investigator Award in Cancer Prevention & Control (Due: standard receipt dates)

Male Reproductive Health Research Career Development Program (Due: 11/21/05)

Human Pancreatic Islet Cell Resources (ICRs) (Due: 1/6/06)

Biobehavioral Methods to Improve Outcomes Research (Due: standard receipt dates)

Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (K23) (Due: standard receipt dates)

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

Coral Reef Ecosystem Studies (Due: 9/1/05)

Estuarine Research Fellowships (Due: 11/1/05)

Department of Energy

Fusion Energy Research (Due: 9/14/05 for letters of intent; formal proposals 10/12/05)

Office of Naval Research

Technologies to Boost Performance (Due: 9/23/05 for pre-proposals; 3/3/06 for invited full proposals)

NASA

Astrobiology Research (Due: 10/28/05)