May Bulletin Pt 1 - General Announcements, BIO

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May 1996
NSF Bulletin
Volume 23, No. 9,
ISSN 0145-0670

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NSF Announcements for May 1996

The NSF Bulletin provides monthly news about NSF programs and
funding opportunities, deadline and target dates for submission of
proposals, current publications, and information on meetings and
conferences as well as sources for more information. Telephone
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further information.

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NOTE: The CFDA numbers that appear under each directorate heading
are taken from the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, a
publication issued annually by the Office of Management and Budget
and available from the Government Printing Office at (202) 512-
1800.

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Cross-Directorate Programs

The Foundation offers several activities specifically designed to
increase research participation of faculty and students in
primarily undergraduate institutions, and to enhance research
participation of women and underrepresented minorities. The
following briefly describes these programs.

o Research in Undergraduate Institutions (RUI) provides support
for faculty in nondoctoral departments of predominantly
undergraduate institutions through the following activities:
Faculty Research Projects, Research Instrumentation Grants,
and Research Opportunity Awards. In addition to fulfilling the
usual NSF requirements, RUI proposals must also describe the
expected impact of the proposed research on the research and
training environment of the department.

o Research Opportunity Awards (ROA) are part of the RUI Program
and offer faculty who are at an institution with limited
research opportunities, a chance to participate in research at
other institutions under the aegis of NSF investigators.

o Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) provide
opportunities for undergraduate students to be direct
participants in research or related scholarly activities in
science, mathematics, and engineering. The Sites component
supports group projects, usually during the summer months. The
Supplements component supports research experiences for one or
two undergraduates to a current NSF-supported Principal
Investigator.

o Research Planning Grants (RPG) are one-time, limited awards
for preliminary studies and other activities to strengthen
planning and proposal-writing capabilities, and to facilitate
the development of more competitive NSF research proposals by
female or minority investigators.

o Career Advancement Awards (CAA) expand opportunities for women
and minority researchers to advance their careers. CAA are
appropriate for independent investigators whose careers are
still evolving, or for other experienced researchers who are
changing their research direction or who have had a
significant research career interruption.

For further information including deadline dates for proposal
submission, contact the cognizant program officer, or call the
Senior Staff Associate for Coordination of Cross-Directorate
Programs at 306-1603.
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The Foundation provides awards for research in the sciences and
engineering. The awardee is wholly responsible for the conduct of
such research and preparation of the results for publication. The
Foundation, therefore, does not assume responsibility for the
research findings or their interpretation.

The Foundation welcomes proposals from all qualified scientists and
engineers and strongly encourages women, minorities, and persons
with disabilities to compete fully in any of the research and
related programs described here.

In accordance with federal statutes, regulations, and NSF policies,
no person on grounds of race, color, age, sex, national origin, or
disability shall be excluded from participation in, be denied the
benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under any program or
activity receiving financial assistance from the National Science
Foundation.

Facilitation Awards for Scientists and Engineers with Disabilities
(FASED) provide funding for special assistance or equipment to
enable persons with disabilities (investigators and other staff,
including student research assistants) to work on NSF projects. See
the program announcement (NSF 91-54) or contact the program
coordinator at 306-1636.

Privacy Act and Public Burden. The information requested on
proposal forms is solicited under the authority of the National
Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended. It will be used in
connection with the selection of qualified proposals and may be
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or obtain data regarding the application review process, award
decisions, or the administration of awards; to government
contractors, experts, volunteers, and researchers as necessary to
complete assigned work; and to other government agencies in order
to coordinate programs. See Systems of Records, NSF-50, Principal
Investigators/Proposal File and Associated Records, and NSF-51, 60
Federal Register 4449 (Jan. 23, 1995), Reviewer/Proposal File and
Associated Records, 59 Federal Register 8031 (Feb. 17, 1994).
Submission of the information is voluntary. Failure to provide full
and complete information, however, may reduce the possibility of
your receiving an award.

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which enable individuals with hearing impairment to communicate
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8339.

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Program Deadlines and Target Dates for Proposals

The following listing gives key dates on which grant proposals are
due at NSF for the next four months. The dates listed are subject
to change. Further information is available from the NSF staff
members or offices listed for each entry. Unless otherwise
indicated, brochures in parentheses are available from NSF's
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Program Deadlines: Unless otherwise stated in announcements or
solicitations, proposals postmarked after these cutoff dates
generally will be returned to the proposer.

Target Dates: Unless otherwise stated in announcements or
solicitations, proposals postmarked after these cutoff dates will
be reviewed, although they may miss a particular panel meeting.

Other: Most NSF programs that do not have a specific deadline or
target date will accept proposals at any time of the year. These
programs do not appear in the Bulletin. It takes approximately six
months to process a proposal.

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Biological Sciences

CFDA #47.074

PROGRAM DEADLINES:

May 1, 1996--

Multi-User Biological Equipment and Instrumentation Resources.
(Brochure in revision.) Contact Dr. John Cross or Dr. Karl Koehler
in the Division of Biological Instrumentation and Resources by
phone, 306-1472, or by e-mail, jwc...@nsf.gov or kkoe...@nsf.gov.
[P.T.18,34; K.W.1002000,1002024.]

June 1, 1996--

Instrument Development for Biological Research. (Brochure in
revision.) Contact Dr. John Cross or Dr. Karl Koehler in the
Division of Biological Instrumentation and Resources by phone, 306-
1472, or by e-mail, jwc...@nsf.gov or kkoe...@nsf.gov.
[P.T.18,34; K.W.1002000,1002024.]

TARGET DATES:

June 15, 1996--

Ecological Studies. (Brochure NSF 93-103.) In the Ecosystems
Program, contact Dr. Clifford Dahm or Dr. James Callahan; and in
the Ecology Program, contact Dr. Michael Auerbach or Dr. Taber
Allison; Division of Environmental Biology, 306-1479. [P.T.34;
K.W.1002016.]

Systematics and Population Biology. (Brochure NSF 93-103.) In the
Systematics Program, contact Dr. Jane Harrington, Dr. Charles
O'Kelly, or Dr. James Rodman; and in the Population Biology
Program, contact Dr. Candace Galen, Dr. Mark Courtney, or Dr. Lisa
Brooks; Division of Environmental Biology, 306-1481. [P.T.34;
K.W.0413004,1002011.]

July 10, 1996--

Animal Behavior. Contact Dr. Randy Nelson in the Division of
Integrative Biology and Neuroscience at 306-1419. [P.T.34;
K.W.0201009,0404000.]

Animal Developmental Mechanisms. Contact Dr. Charles Little or Dr.
Judith Plesset in the Division of Integrative Biology and
Neuroscience at 306-1417. [P.T.34; K.W.1002052.]

Behavioral Neuroscience. Contact Dr. Carol Colby in the Division of
Integrative Biology and Neuroscience at 306-1416. [P.T.34;
K.W.0404000,1002030.]

Biochemistry and Molecular Structure and Function. In the
Biochemistry Program, contact Dr. Jack Cohen or Dr. Valerie Hu at
306-1443; in the Metabolic Program, contact Dr. Rona Hirschberg at
306-1443; and in the Biophysics Program, contact Dr. Kamal Shukla
or Dr. Martin Poe at 306-1444; Division of Molecular and Cellular
Biosciences. [P.T.34; K.W.1003001,1003002.]

Cell Biology. In the Signal Transduction Program, contact Dr.
Barbara Zain or Dr. Randolph Addison; and in the Cellular
Organization Program, contact Dr. Eve Barak or Dr. Randolph
Addison; Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, 306-1442.
[P.T.34; K.W.1002004.]

Computational Neuroscience. Contact Dr. Otto Friesen in the
Division of Integrative Biology and Neuroscience at 306-1416.
[P.T.34; K.W.1002030.]

Developmental Neuroscience. Contact Dr. John Edwards in the
Division of Integrative Biology and Neuroscience at 306-1423.
[P.T.34; K.W.1002030.]

Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology. Contact Dr. James Coleman
in the Division of Integrative Biology and Neuroscience at 306-
1421. [P.T.34; K.W.1002044,1002062.]

Genetics and Nucleic Acids. In the Microbial Program, contact Dr.
Philip Harriman or Dr. Susan Porter Ridley at 306-1441; in the
Eukaryotic Program, contact Dr. DeLill Nasser at 306-1439; and in
the Biochemical Program, contact Dr. Todd Martensen at 306-1441;
Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences. [P.T.34;
K.W.0760053,1002019,1003002.]

Integrative Animal Biology. Contact Dr. John Fray or Dr. Elvira
Doman in the Division of Integrative Biology and Neuroscience at
306-1421. [P.T.34; K.W.0201019.]

Integrative Plant Biology. Contact Dr. Machi Dilworth or Dr. Hans
Bohnert in the Division of Integrative Biology and Neuroscience at
306-1422. [P.T.34; K.W.1002040.]

Neuroendocrinology. Contact Dr. James Koenig in the Division of
Integrative Biology and Neuroscience at 306-1423. [P.T.34;
K.W.0785105.]

Neuronal and Glial Mechanisms. Contact Dr. Otto Friesen in the
Division of Integrative Biology and Neuroscience at 306-1424.
[P.T.34; K.W.1002030.]

Plant and Microbial Developmental Mechanisms. Contact Dr. Judith
Plesset in the Division of Integrative Biology and Neuroscience at
306-1417. [P.T.34; K.W.1002027,1002040.]

Sensory Systems. Contact Dr. Christopher Platt in the Division of
Integrative Biology and Neuroscience at 306-1424. [P.T.34;
K.W.0705070.]

July 15, 1996--

Research Collections in Systematics and Ecology. (Brochure NSF 93-
116.) Contact Dr. Meredith Lane in the Division of Environmental
Biology at 306-1483. [P.T.20,34; K.W.1002011,1002016.]