Grant Alerts

VOLUME 20, NO. 10

ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH UNIT

OCTOBER 2012

10th Annual P3 Awards: A National Student Design Competition for Sustainability Focusing on People, Prosperity, and the Planet (CFDA No. 66.516) Purpose: To research, develop, and design solutions to real world challenges involving the overall sustainability of human society; foster progress toward sustainability by achieving the mutual goals of economic prosperity, protection of the planet, and improved quality of life for its people, prosperity, and the planet. Eligibility: Private, public, and state controlled institutions of higher education; nonprofits, other than institutions of higher education; and for profit organizations other than small businesses. Funding: $1.5 million. Deadline: 12/11/12. Contact: Tel. (703) 347-8128; E-mail: Harrison.bronda@epa.gov. Domestic Violence Homicide Prevention Demonstration Initiative (CFDA No. 16.590) Purpose: To implement domestic violence homicide reduction and prevention models and evaluate how well they work in different communities as well as the key components of successful adaptations of the models; and help build the capacity of state, local, and tribal jurisdictions to improve identification of and services for high risk victims while better monitoring high-risk offenders to reduce domestic violence related homicide. Eligibility: County, city, township, or special district governments. Funding: $3 million. Deadline: 10/16/12. Contact: Tel. (202) 353-3923; E-mail: ovw.dvhr@usdoj.gov.

Domestic Violence Homicide Prevention Demonstration Initiative Technical Assistance Program (CFDA No. 16.526) Purpose: To provide training and technical assistance on a national level to help build capacity and improve identification of and services for high-risk victims while better monitoring highrisk offenders to reduce domestic violence related homicide. Eligibility: Private, public, and state controlled institutions of higher education; Native American tribal organizations; and nonprofits other than institutions of higher education. Funding: $1.25 million. Deadline: 10/16/12. Contact: Tel. (202) 353-2794; E-mail: ovw.dvhr@usdoj.gov. Expeditions in Training, Research, and Education for Mathematics and Statistics through Quantitative Explorations of Data (CFDA Nos. 47.049 and 47.080) Purpose: To support efforts to educate the next generation of mathematics and statistics undergraduate students to confront new challenges in computational and data-enabled science and engineering. Projects must enhance the knowledge and skills of most, if not all, the institutions mathematics and statistics majors through training that incorporates computational tools for analysis of

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and to apply this knowledge and technology to improve our nations competitiveness, education, and the quality of life on Earth. Eligibility: Open to all categories of organizations, including educational institutions, industry, nonprofit organizations, Research Opportunities In Space NASA centers, and other Biology (CFDA No. 43.003) government agencies. Purpose: To lead to space flight, Funding: Not specified. rapid turn-around space flight Deadline: Step-1 proposals due experiments, and new space biology 10/31/12. Step-2 proposals due investigations with the following 12/19/12. goals to use microgravity and Contact: E-mail: the other characteristics of the dtomko@nasa.gov. space environment to enhance our understanding of basic biological Scholarly Editions and processes; develop the scientific Translations (CFDA No. and technological foundations for 45.161) a safe, productive human presence Purpose: To support the in space for extended periods and preparation of editions and in preparation for exploration; translations of pre-existing texts large data sets and for modeling and simulation of complex systems. Eligibility: Universities and colleges. Funding: $4 million. Deadline: 12/14/12. Contact: E-mail: grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov.

and documents of value to the humanities that are currently inaccessible or available in inadequate editions of significant literary, philosophical, and historical materials, but other types of work, such as musical notation, are also eligible. Eligibility: State, county, city, township, or special district governments; independent school districts; private, public, and state controlled institutions of higher education; Native American tribal organizations; nonprofits; for profit organizations other than small businesses; small businesses; and individuals. Funding: $300,000. Deadline: 12/6/12. Contact: Tel. (202) 606-8200; E-mail: editions@neh.gov.