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This grant is given to provide funding for research proposals based on ADA's Research Agenda for Dietetics. The 2009 topic: Understanding the role of spices and health.

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Support is provided to encourage future young academics to enhance and stimulate research in foodservice management.

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The sponsor provides funds for a one-year cultural exchange, involving work and study, to give participants an understanding for and knowledge of the everyday life, education, and professional training in Germany. The program is directed to young adults in business, technical, vocational, and agricultural fields.

Deadline Note

The December 1, 2008 deadline refers to Sustainable Communities and Economies proposals; and the March 1, 2009 deadline applies to Arts and Culture proposals.

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Support is provided for grants in three major program areas, Arts and Culture, Human Rights and Sustainable Communities and Economies. The duration of the project may be up to three years.

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The sponsor provides an award to recognize preeminence in and contributions to the field of food technology. A $5,000 honorarium and a bronze medal are provided.

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The sponsor provides an award to honor a member of the sponsor's organization who has attained distinction by contributions to food technology which result in improved public health through nutrition or more nutritious food. The prize consists of a $3,000 honorarium and a plaque.

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The sponsor provides an award to a member of the sponsor's organization who has shown outstanding ability in research in some area of food science and technology. The award consists of a $3,000 honorarium and a plaque.

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The sponsor provides an award to honor a member of the sponsor's organization or an institution whose outstanding efforts result in one or more of the following: international exchange of ideas in the field of food technology; better international understanding in the field of food technology; and/or practical successful transfer of food technology to an economically depressed area in a developing or developed nation. The award consists of a $3,000 honorarium and a plaque.

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The sponsor honors an IFT member who has achieved excellence in teaching food science and technology.

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The sponsor provides an award to honor a member of the sponsor's organization and Phi Tau Sigma who has brought honor and recognition to the profession of food science and technology through a distinguished career in that profession displaying exemplary leadership, service and communication skills that enhance the effectiveness of all food scientists in serving society. The award consists of a $3,000 honorarium and a plaque.

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The sponsor honors a company or organization for an outstanding development which represents a significant advance in the application of food science and technology to food production.

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The sponsor provides an award to honor an individual who has provided continuing, meritorious and imaginative service to the sponsor's organization. The award consists of a $3,000 honorarium and a plaque.

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The sponsor provides an award to honor a member of the sponsor's organization who is a food scientist or technologist and who has made significant contributions to lipid or flavor science. The award consists of a $3,000 honorarium and a Steuben crystal sculpture.

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The sponsor honors an IFT-member industrial scientist or team of industrial scientist(s) who has made a major technical contribution to the advancement of the food industry.

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The sponsor honors an IFT member or team of members who have made a recent, significant research and development contribution to the understanding of food science, food technology, or nutrition.

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The sponsor honors an IFT member for pursuit of humanitarian ideals and unselfish dedication that have resulted in significant contributions to the well-being of the food industry, academia, students, or the general public.

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The sponsor honors an IFT member for his or her contribution to the scientific knowledge of food ingredient safety or leadership in establishing principles for food ingredient safety evaluation or regulation.

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The sponosr provides an award to honor a member of the sponsor's organization for providing leadership in the establishment and successful development and continuation of industry/government/academia cooperative organization.

Deadline Note

Pre-proposals are due December 1, 2008. Full proposals, if invited, will be due by February 1, 2009.

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The BBN program seeks projects that initiate partnerships with private landowners, demonstrate successful collaborative efforts, address watershed health issues that would lead to restoring, protecting, and enhancing habitats and are key to restoring, protecting, and enhancing native aquatic species and their migration corridors, promote stewardship on private lands, and that can demonstrate a 2:1 non-federal to federal match.

Deadline Note

The sponsor will begin accepting applications for the 2009 granting session on September 22, 2008. Applications are accepted year-round, but the sponsor's Board of Directors meets once per year to review and award grants. To be considered for spring funding, applications must be received by December 1.

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The sponsor makes grants in support of wildlife conservation projects conducted by recognized charitable organizations and noted scientists throughout the world.

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The sponsor provides support for projects for the conservation of sage-grouse in the Upper Green River Basin.

Deadline Note

The deadline for outline applications is 3 December 2008. Full proposals will be invited.

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The sponsor provides support for high-quality basic and strategic biological and biotechnological research into infectious diseases of the principal livestock species in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, and to forge productive partnerships between scientists in the UK and developing countries. A total of approximately £9.5 million is available.

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The sponsor offers grants for projects that address one or more of the sponsor's grantmaking priorities for restoration and protection of the Chesapeake Bay.

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The sponsor provides support for projects to restore fish habitat, improve water quality, and enhance fish stocks in the Chesapeake Bay and its Maryland tributaries.

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The sponsor provides an award of £1000 to recognise significant innovations or advances for the welfare of wild animals: either (i) towards alleviating or preventing anthropogenic harm to the welfare of free-living wild animals or (ii) towards improving the welfare of wild animals in captivity.

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Support is provided for research into medical problems affecting cats. The maximum grant amount is $15,000.

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The sponsor provides support for three or four postdoctoral research fellows in residence for an academic year. Candidates who do work that is qualitative and humanistic in nature are drawn from the humanities, the social sciences, and the life sciences. The Fellowship carries a stipend of $50,000.

Deadline Note

Letters of Intent are due on December 12, 2008 and invited full proposals are due in March 2009.

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The sponsor provides support to expand the body of knowledge in the fields of laboratory animal science and medicine.

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Fellows spend one year engaging in projects, programs, policies and outreach initiatives to: protect environmental and human health; tackle energy challenges and opportunities; and to safeguard the air, water, land and natural resources.

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The Revelle Fellowship is designed to provide a unique opportunity for an accomplished scientist to address global stewardship issues by applying his or her broad, multidisciplinary background toward solutions to these important societal problems.

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The sponsor provides one-year fellowships which focus the Fellows experience to support improved programs, policies, planning and risk analysis for initiatives in human and environmental health, biological threats, food safety, education and research, to aid in developing and implementing regulations and providing oversight.

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The sponsor will present a research award in 2009 to a person doing meaningful research in feline medicine and/or surgery. The $20,000 award will be given to the researcher whose application shows the most clinical merit.

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The Guy Bradley Award will be presented to those persons whose dedication and service to protecting the nation's natural resources demonstrate outstanding leadership, extended excellence, and a lifetime commitment to the field of wildlife law enforcement and whose actions advance the cause of wildlife conservation.

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The sponsor provides grants to strawberry research scientists in the United States and Canada.