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The sponsor provides Heritage grants in five different areas: Public Access; Environmental Education; Schoolyard Habitat; Urban Wildlife and Urban Wildlife Habitat; and Identification, Inventory, Acquisition, Protection and Management of Sensitive Habitat.

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Applications for training fellowships in 2010-2011 are invited from junior scientists from low- or medium-resource countries wishing to complete their training in those aspects of cancer research related to the Agency's mission: to coordinate and conduct both epidemiological and laboratory research into the causes of cancer.

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The sponsor is offering a Visiting Scientist Award for a qualified and experienced investigator with recent publications in international peer-reviewed scientific journals who wishes to spend from six to twelve months at the IARC working on a collaborative project.

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The sponsor is offering an Expertise Transfer Fellowship to enable an established investigator to spend normally from six to twelve months in an appropriate host institute in a low- / medium-resource country in order to transfer knowledge and expertise in a research area relevant for the host country and related to the sponsor's programmes.

Deadline Note

Applications will be accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis through November 30, 2009.

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The sponsor provides support for energy efficiency technical evaluations, Peak-Load reduction studies, energy procurement analysis, proposals that study the feasibility of implementing combined heat & power (CHP) and renewable generation, and Peak-Load Curtailment Plans. This solicitation is divided into three separate components: Energy Efficiency Technical Assistance; CHP and Renewable Generation Technical Assistance; and, Peak-Load Curtailment Plan Technical Assistance.

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The Humanities Research Center will award up to four external faculty fellowships for one-semester appointments during the academic year 2009-2010. Fellows will receive a stipend of $40,000 to $50,000, depending on rank.

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The sponsor awards up to three postdoctoral fellowships for two-year appointments. Fellows teach two courses per academic year, and are expected to make significant progress in their research.

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The sponsor's Beckman Institute provides funding for young scientists to spend several years doing independent research in the behavioral and biological sciences, chemistry, engineering, and physics before launching formal academic careers.

Deadline Note

Pre-proposals must be received by December 1, 2009. Selected applicants will be invited to submit full proposals.

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The Center for Computational Biology seeks collaborations with outside groups to further its mission of developing computational biological atlases of different populations, subjects, modalities, and spatio-temporal scales. The sponsor invites applicants to apply to our two opportunities: Driving Biological Projects Collaborations and Collaborative Proposals.

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The sponsor awards a two-year fellowship designed to provide innovative post-doctoral scholars with the opportunity to build a foundation in one of the core disciplines represented within the Earth Institute (i.e., any of the social sciences, earth sciences, biological sciences, engineering sciences and health sciences), while at the same time acquiring the cross-disciplinary expertise and breadth needed to addresses critical issues related to sustainable development, including reducing poverty, hunger, disease, and environmental degradation.

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The sponsor offers a scholarship in the amount of $1,000 to support teachers in their preparation to increase the positive outcomes of technology education.

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The sponsor provides two-year postdoctoral fellowships to support ambitious, synthetic research on any aspect of evolutionary biology and relevant disciplines.

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The sponsor provides stipends equivalent to half-salary fellowships (matching contribution of home institution) to support ambitious, synthetic research on any aspect of evolutionary biology and relevant disciplines.

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The sponsor provides full-salary sabbaticals to support ambitious, synthetic research on any aspect of evolutionary biology and relevant disciplines.

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The sponsor provides support for Working Groups involving small groups of scientists (ten to twelve participants) collaborating intensively on the analysis or synthesis of data, models or both, to address a major question in evolutionary biology. The working groups will typically meet three to four times over two years, with each meeting lasting three to seven days; however the number of participants, number of meetings, and duration of each meeting is flexible, depending on the needs and goals of the group.

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The sponsor provides support for one-time meetings to bring together approximately thirty scientists from diverse disciplines to focus on a major question or research area in evolutionary biology.

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The Rubicon programme is directed at promising young postdoctoral researchers who are still at the start of their careers but whose academic strengths give them the potential to become established figures in the Dutch research world. Young researchers are encouraged to dedicate themselves to a career in postdoctoral research. It does so by giving them the chance to enhance their career prospects by spending up to two years at a top research institution outside the Netherlands or one year at an excellent Dutch research institution. The Rubicon programme also offers talented researchers from abroad the opportunity to obtain grants to spend one year conducting research in the Netherlands. Proposals will be assessed on the basis of the quality of the applicant, the research proposal and the host institution. The Rubicon programme is open to all scientific disciplines.

Deadline Note

The deadline for receipt of optional letters of intent is September 25, 2009 by 2:00pm. The deadline for receipt of full applications is December 1, 2009 by 2:00pm.

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The sponsor provides funding that will enable New York State to attract and retain the most promising and exceptionally talented postdoctoral fellows and transition them to independent tenure track positions at institutions within New York State in the early stages of their careers. The Fellow-to-Faculty awards will provide funding for up to two years of continued postdoctoral training in stem cell-relevant research, followed by up to three years of funding for independent stem cell research at the faculty level, for a combined maximum of five years of support.

Deadline Note

The deadline for receipt of optional letters of intent is September 25, 2009 by 2:00pm. The deadline for receipt of full applications is December 1, 2009 by 2:00pm.

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The sponsor provides funding to support the establishment and operation of multi-institutional core facilities to maximize the expertise, efficiency and quality of stem cell research in New York State. Approximately $15 million is available to support these awards.

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The sponsor seeks proposals from agricultural service providers who work directly with farmers. Funds are provided for on-farm demonstrations, research, or marketing projects related to sustainable agriculture. Sustainable agriculture is understood to be agriculture that is profitable, environmentally sound, and beneficial to the community.

Deadline Note

Awards are made every other year.

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The sponsor provides two awards to recognize work of lasting significance in the disciplines of Economics and Mathematics.

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A recent National Science Board report underscores the need to enhance recruitment and retention of students in the sciences to strengthen the economic and scientific foundation of the United States. SOMAS-URM (Support Of Mentors And their Students from UnderRepresented Minorities) addresses this need using a two-pronged strategy: Junior faculty receive mentoring and instruction in launching research programs that engage student collaborators; and College students are introduced to discovery in the neurosciences by conducting original research with their professors.

Deadline Note

This program is offered every three years. The next announcement is planned to take place in 2012.

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The aim of the sponsor is to support and promote young scientists expected to become future leaders of academic and/or industrial interdisciplinary research in Sweden. A research leader is a scientist of the highest standing who also possesses leadership skills such as initiative, ability to take action, management skills and ability to coach co-workers.

Deadline Note

This program is offered every three years. The next announcement is planned to take place in 2012.

Synopsis

The aim of the sponsor is to support and promote young scientists expected to become future leaders of academic and/or industrial research in Sweden. A research leader is a scientist of the highest standing who also possesses leadership skills such as initiative, ability to take action, management skills and ability to coach co-workers.

Deadline Note

Wave 1 letters of inquiry are due April 1, 2009. Those invited by the sponsor to submit Wave 1 full proposals must do so by September 1, 2009. Wave 2 letters of inquiry are due December 1, 2009. Invited Wave 2 full proposals are due by May 1, 2010.

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The sponsor is inviting proposals for a project whose purpose is to stimulate a field of generosity research focused on its genesis, manifestations, and benefits. Inquiries are being accepted from scholars worldwide that propose to focus research on any one type of these aspects of generosity or inquiries that propose to investigate more than one aspect and the linkages between them.

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The Fellowship Program at the Italian Academy focuses on issues relating to cultural identity, cultural transmission, and cultural memory. It has a twofold aim: to sustain the vitality of the many aspects of culture that are endangered by globalization, and to forge genuinely new links between the arts, the sciences and the social sciences.

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Up to $10,000 is available to support technical projects which address pollution prevention and invasive species or any of the highest priorities in the management plan.

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The Education and Outreach Grants provide up to $7,500 to eligible groups to inform students and/or adults about key Lake Champlain issues identified in the management plan Opportunities for Action. The objective is to develop awareness, knowledge, skills and commitment on a basin issue so that informed decisions and constructive actions will benefit Lake Champlain. Hands-on activities for citizens are encouraged.

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The sponsor invites applications for an agricultural or natural resource professional, working with at least 5 producers, to develop an application to conduct on-farm research and demonstration with educational outreach in an area of sustainable agriculture.

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The sponsor awards postdoctoral fellowships in the fields of biological, chemical, and physical oceanography, marine geology and ocean engineering.

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The sponsor provides two Fellowships in Natural Resource Economics and Political Economy, to support advanced research at the University of California, Berkeley. The fellowship encourages, but is not limited to, policy-oriented research.

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The James and Sylvia Thayer Short-Term Research Fellowships support the use of special collections materials by visiting scholars and UCLA graduate students. Special collections materials are located in the Arts, Biomedical, Music, and Research libraries and the University Archives.

Deadline Note

Mandatory Letters of Intent must be received no later than 5:00PM (PST) on December 15, 2009. Full applications must be received by 5:00PM (PST) on January 26, 2010.

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The sponsor provides support to fund transformative research leading to the development of immune tolerance of pluripotent stem cell derivatives and potential correction of autoimmunity. Awards of up to $300,000 for three years are available.

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The sponsor awards a fellowship to attract recently graduated scholars (within the past two years) of superior research ability to Dalhousie University, and to provide the recipients with the opportunity to establish themselves as productive members of the academic community.

Deadline Note

There are three grant cycles planned in 2009. The first cycle opens April 15 and closed June 15, 2009; the second cycle opens July 15 and closes September 15, 2009; and the third cycle opens October 15 and closed December 15, 2009.

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The sponsor provides support for registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, public schools or tax-exempt public service agencies in the U.S. who are using the power of volunteers to improve the physical health of their community.

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The sponsor provides awards of $50,000 for nine to twelve months in-residence fellowships to scholars to work in the holdings of its library collections

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The sponsor provides in-residence fellowships to scholars to work in the holdings of its library collections.

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The sponsor provides in-residence fellowships to scholars to work in the holdings of its library collections. In cooperation with the British Academy, The sponsor is offering a limited number of exchange fellowships in any of the fields in which its library collections are strong.

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Awards of $50,000 are provided to non-tenured faculty, who are revising a manuscript for publication, to support nine to twelve months of in-residence research in the holdings of the sponsor's library collections.

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Awards of $50,000 for nine to twelve months support in-residence fellowships to scholars to work in the holdings of its library collections.

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Awards of up to $50,000 for four to twelve months support of in-residence fellowships to scholars to work in the holdings of its library collections..

Deadline Note

Each application must be filed jointly by the graduate and the company. Applications are accepted twice throughout the year.

Synopsis

The sponsor pays the salary of recent graduates to work in small New Jersey technology companies, providing companies with new talent and expertise. The Technology Fellowship Program provides doctoral graduates with valuable entrepreneur experience and helps create more high-quality high-tech jobs in New Jersey. Decisions will be made based on the value of the proposed placement to the New Jersey economy. Preference will be given to companies in Innovation Zones; however, all New Jersey companies are eligible.

Deadline Note

Each application must be filed jointly by the graduate and the company. Applications are accepted twice throughout the year.

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The Entrepreneur Fellowship Program allows MBA graduates to continue their career development in New Jersey technology companies. The Fellowship provides $65,000 salary for the first year, $75,000 salary for the second year, with an addition $10,000 each year to be spent on career development expenses for the postdoctoral fellow. Decisions will be made based on the value of the proposed placement to the New Jersey economy. Preference will be given to companies in Innovation Zones; however, all New Jersey companies are eligible.

Deadline Note

The deadline for receipt of optional letters of intent is December 15, 2009. The deadline for receipt of full applications is February 1, 2010.

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The sponsor offers support for research in animal models or human subjects to study the mechanisms responsible for the percept of behaviorally verified tinnitus or the reactions to it or (2) to identify the site(s) of initiation, generation or perpetuation of the percept of or the reactions to behaviorally verified tinnitus.