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Each year, the University typically is invited to nominate candidates for various external grant programs. An internal review will take place before nominations are made. Internal review deadlines will be posted on this page.
Fall Semester
W.M. Keck Foundation Distinguished Young Scholars in Medical Research Program
The W.M. Keck Foundation established the Distinguished Young Scholars in Medical Research Program to give the nation's most promising young scientists the resources they need to pursue potentially breakthrough research projects in biomedicine. Each fall, the University typically is invited to nominate one candidate for W. M. Keck Foundation Distinguished Young Scholars in Medical Research Program. Eligibility is restricted to faculty holding their first full-time tenure tack appointment. We recommend that eligible faculty members review the Keck website for program information and previous winner profiles. Keck reviews applications on the basis of scientific merit and potential for academic leadership, with emphasis on creativity and potential for high impact. The award is $1 million in direct costs over 5 years.
Individuals who wish to be considered as a U.Va. nominee should prepare a proposal as follows:
- Chair's nomination letter
- 2-page nominee cv, with 1 page additional showing current and pending funding;
- 3-page research narrative (12 pt, single spaced, 1 inch margins), that tracks the sponsor's full proposal requirement (most significant research accomplishment to date; research plan for this program; significance of problem; impact of proposed research)
- Proposed references (per program requirements, typically at least 1 internal, 2 external)
Internal deadline is September 15, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. Proposals should be sent to Jeffrey Plank and to Tamela Davis. Questions should be directed to Jeffrey Plank.
Past U.Va. participants include Barry Condron (winner) and Jeff Holt (semi-finalist).
NEH Digital Humanities Initiative Challenge Grant
The NEH Digital Humanities Initiative Challenge Grant program supports projects that use or study the impact of digital technology. Applicants must raise 3 times the amount of the NEH award in private support (i.e. for a $300K NEH award, the grant recipient needs to raise $900K). The 2007 NEH deadline was in November.
NEH is interested in fostering the growth of digital humanities and lending support to a wide variety of projects, including those that deploy digital technologies and methods to enhance our understanding of a topic or issue; those that study the impact of digital technology on the humanities--exploring the ways in which it changes how we read, write, think, and learn; and those that digitize important materials thereby increasing the public's ability to search and access humanities information.
Contact Jeffrey Plank with any questions.
NSF Active Nanostructures and Nanosystems (AAN) Support for Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Team (NIRT) and Nanoscale Exploratory Research (NER)
This NSF program supports collaborative research and education in the area of active nanostructures; nanoscale devices and system architecture; hierarchical manufacturing; and the societal and emotional issues associated with long-term research science and engineering advances. The goal of this program is to support fundamental research and catalyze synergistic science and engineering research and education in several emerging areas of nanoscale science and engineering.
Preliminary proposal packages for the NSF, NER and NIRT programs were due October 4 in 2006. U.Va. is eligible to submit two proposals for each category (with an exception for societal issues proposals). The NSF RFA is 06-595. Please review the current RFA, as some program details have changed. The NSF deadline is usually in November.
Preliminary proposal packages should include:
- a 3-page single-spaced narrative (12 pt., 1 inch margins) that addresses the RFA requirements,
- a one-page draft budget summary,
- and a 2-page PI (and co-PI) cv.
Send proposals to Jeffrey Plank and to Tamela Davis. Contact Jeffrey Plank with any questions.
NSF Major Research Instrumentation Program
This program seeks to improve the quality and expand the scope of research and research training in science and engineering, and to foster the integration of research and education by providing instrumentation for research-intensive learning environments. The MRI program encourages the development and acquisition of research instrumentation for shared inter- and/or intra-organizational use and in concert with private sector partners.
The MRI program assists in the acquisition or development of major research instrumentation by organizations that is, in general, too costly for support through other NSF programs. Proposals may be for a single instrument, a large system of instruments, or multiple instruments that share a common or specific research focus.
Preliminary proposals for internal review are typically due in November. Preliminary proposal packages should include:
- A three-page narrative (12 point, with 1-inch margins);
- A 1-page budget;
- A 2-page PI CV or co-PI CVs;
- A department chair nomination.
Send proposals to Jeffrey Plank and to Tamela Davis. Preliminary proposals will be reviewed within 2 weeks so that the three selected teams have sufficient time to submit final proposals by the NSF deadline. Contact Jeffrey Plank with any questions.
Pew Scholars Program
The Program is designed to support young investigators of outstanding promise in basic and clinical sciences relevant to the advancement of human health. The award is intended to provide assured support, during their earlier years, for junior members of the faculty as they establish their laboratories. Strong proposals will demonstrate particularly innovative approaches.
Individuals who wish to be considered as a U.Va. nominee should prepare a proposal as follows:
- Chair's nomination letter
- 2-page nominee cv, with 1 page additional showing current and pending funding;
- 3-page research narrative (12 pt, single spaced, 1 inch margins), that tracks the sponsor's full proposal requirement (most significant research accomplishment to date; research plan for this program; significance of problem; impact of proposed research)
- Proposed references (per program requirements, typically at least 1 internal, 2 external)
Internal deadline is September 15, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. Proposals should be sent to Jeffrey Plank and to Tamela Davis. Questions should be directed to Jeffrey Plank.
Applicants are encouraged to review the Pew website for program information and previous winner profiles.
2007 NEH Summer Stipend Competition
Summer Stipends support individuals pursuing advanced research that contributes to scholarly knowledge or to the public's understanding of the humanities. Recipients usually produce scholarly articles, monographs on specialized subjects, books on broad topics, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, or other scholarly tools.
Summer Stipends support full-time work on a humanities project for a period of two months. Applicants may be faculty or staff members of colleges, universities, or primary or secondary schools, or they may be independent scholars or writers. Note: NEH is interested in receiving applications for projects that utilize or study the impact of digital technology.
Application Materials
Spring Semester
NSF IGERT Competition
The Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) program has been developed to meet the challenges of educating U.S. Ph.D. scientists and engineers who will pursue careers in research and education. The program is intended to catalyze a cultural change in graduate education, for students, faculty, and institutions, by establishing innovative new models for graduate education and training in a fertile environment for collaborative research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries. MORE INFO
U.Va. is allowed 4 preliminary proposals. Proposals are due by March 6, 2008 and should include:
- 2-page PI CV (or co-PI)
- 3 page narrative (single spaced, 12 pt)
- Nomination letter from department chair
Send packages to Tamela Davis. PIs will be notified of the 4 U.Va. proposals by March 24. Note that the NSF IGERT competition is a 2-stage process, with preliminary proposals due April 24 and invited final proposals due in October.
NSF Partnerships for Innovation
Internal review deadlines will be posted on this page (the deadline in 2006 was May 1). The goals of the program are to stimulate the transformation of knowledge created by research and education into innovations that build strong economies; to meet the broad workforce needs of the national innovation enterprise; and to catalyze the infrastructure necessary to sustain innovation in the long-term. Contact Jeffrey Plank for submission guidelines.
Packard Foundation Fellowship Program
Each spring, the University typically is invited to nominate candidates for the Packard Foundation Fellowship Program in Science and Engineering. In advance of the formal invitation and internal review process, we recommend that eligible faculty members review the Packard website for program information and previous winner profiles.
Eligibility, program guidelines, award details.
Internal competition packages are due to Tamela Davis and Jeffrey Plank by 4:00 p.m. on February 29, 2008. The review session will occur the week of March 10. U.Va.'s two nominees will be notified no later March 14. The Packard deadline is April 21.
U.Va. former Packard Fellowship winners include: Gabe Robbins, Steve Majewski, Bob Jones, Hilary Bart-Smith and Kelsey Johnson. For further information, contact Jeffrey Plank, Associate Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies.
Summer
Beckman Young Investigators Program
The Beckman Young Investigators (BYI) Program is intended to provide research support to the most promising young faculty members in the early stages of academic careers in the chemical and life sciences.
Junior faculty members (tenure track, in first three years of first full-time appointment) are eligible to apply for the 3-year awards of $300,000. The Foundation supports innovative research that cuts across traditional boundaries of scientific disciplines in the chemical and life sciences. See Beckman Foundation website for further details.
Individuals who wish to be considered as a U.Va. nominee should prepare a proposal as follows:
- Chair's nomination letter
- 2-page nominee cv, with 1 page additional showing current and pending funding;
- 3-page research narrative (12 pt, single spaced, 1 inch margins), that tracks the sponsor's full proposal requirement (most significant research accomplishment to date; research plan for this program; significance of problem; impact of proposed research)
- Proposed references (per program requirements, typically at least 1 internal, 2 external)
Internal deadline is August 14, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. Proposals should be sent to Jeffrey Plank and to Tamela Davis. Questions should be directed to Jeffrey Plank.
Prospective applicants may want to review lists of previous winners. The Beckman Foundation deadline is usually in the end of September.
Searle Scholars Program
An internal competition for one institutional nominee for the Searle Scholars Program which supports candidates in their first appointment at the Assistant Professor level, on the tenure track. Awards are $300,000 over three years. Applicants are expected to be pursuing independent research careers in biochemistry, cell biology, genetics, immunology, neuroscience, pharmacology, and related areas in chemistry, medicine, and the biological sciences.
Individuals who wish to be considered as a U.Va. nominee should prepare a proposal as follows:
- Chair's nomination letter
- 2-page nominee cv, with 1 page additional showing current and pending funding;
- 3-page research narrative (12 pt, single spaced, 1 inch margins), that tracks the sponsor's full proposal requirement (most significant research accomplishment to date; research plan for this program; significance of problem; impact of proposed research)
- Proposed references (per program requirements, typically at least 1 internal, 2 external)
Internal deadline is August 14, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. Proposals should be sent to Jeffrey Plank and to Tamela Davis. Questions should be directed to Jeffrey Plank.
See the Searle Scholars website for a current list of scholars.
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