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    Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase I Solicitation (SBIR) – June Submissions 2015

    The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program is intended to stimulate technological innovation in the private sector by strengthening the role of small business concerns in meeting Federal research and development needs, increasing the commercial application of federally supported research results, and fostering and encouraging participation by socially and economically disadvantaged and women-owned small businesses.

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    HTML: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2015/nsf15546/nsf15546.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click
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     Parkinson’s Disease Foundation 2014-2015 Grant Opportunities

    The Parkinson’s Disease Foundation (PDF) has several grant opportunities for the upcoming 2014-2015 grant cycle. Letters of intent for our PDF Postdoctoral Fellowship (for Basic Scientists and Neurologists) open Saturday, November 1st, and are due Monday, December 1st. We also have summer fellowships for medical and undergraduate students to conduct research, travel awards for graduate and medical students to present data at PD-related conferences, conference awards for established investigators to organize a meeting on PD, and partnership awards with the Parkinson Study Group and Howard Hughes Medical Institute for clinicians.

    Deadlines

    Advancing Parkinson’s Therapies Conference Award
    Opens: Applications accepted year-round
    Application Due: At least 90 days prior to the proposed start date of the conference
    Award Notification: Four to six weeks after application submission

    Postdoctoral Fellowships for Basic Scientists & Neurologists
    Opens: Saturday, November 1, 2014
    Letter of Intent Due:Monday, December 1, 2014
    Notification:mid to late December 2014
    Full Application Due: Monday, February 16, 2015
    Award Notification: mid April 2015

    Summer Student Fellowships
    Opens: Tuesday, December 2, 2013
    Application Due: Monday, January 26, 2014

    Student Travel Awards
    Opens: 3 cycles, opening September 1st, January 1st, and May 1st
    Application Due: October 14th, February 15th, and June 15th, respectively
    (Conferences must take place at least 45 days after submission deadline.)

    PDF-PSG Mentored Clinical Research Award
    Application Due: Friday, January 2, 2015
    Award Notification: Monday, March 2, 2015
    In partnership with the Parkinson Study Group

    PDF-HHMI Year-Long Medical Research Fellows Program
    Application Due: Monday, January 12, 2015
    Award Notification: Friday, March 13, 2015
    In partnership with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute

    Please see the PDF website for eligibility: http://www.pdf.org/en/grant_funding

     

    Facebook Graduate Fellowship Program

    Facebook announces the launch of the 2015-2016 Facebook Graduate Fellowship Program. Facebook created the fellowship program to encourage and support promising graduate students who are doing cutting edge research around the globe. We are excited for the opportunity to fund future thought leaders and look forward to reviewing submissions from your students!

    This year, Facebook is accepting applications for research in the following areas:

    • Architecture
    • Computer Vision
    • Data Mining
    • Databases
    • Distributed Systems
    • Economics and Computation
    • Human-Computer Interaction/Social Computing
    • Machine Learning
    • Natural Language Processing
    • Networking / Operating Systems
    • Programming Languages / Compilers
    • Security / Privacy
    • Software Engineering

    Facebook will be expanding the fellowship to a two-year program and each fellowship will include payment of tuition and fees for the 2015-16 and 2016-17 academic years, a $37,000 unrestricted yearly grant, and a visit to Facebook’s HQ in Menlo Park for winners to present their research.

    Students can find more information and the application link at facebook.com/fellowship.

     

    (1) Digital Media + Learning Competition 5

    http://dmlcompetition.net/building-trust/

    The Trust Challenge funds successful collaborations or “laboratories” where challenges to trust in connected learning environments can be identified and addressed. Successful labs will create scalable, innovative, and transformative exemplars of connected learning that bridge technological solutions with complex social considerations of trust.

    Awards

    $10,000 to $150,000 year-long development grants
    $5,000 technology grants
    $1.2 million will be awarded in total.

    Development grant award amounts will be determined by project feasibility and complexity, team member expertise, length of time required to complete the work, and level of institutional support.

    In addition to the larger, on-going development grants, “People’s Choice Awards” will be made to the three finalist applications that amass the most votes during the public voting process. These small grants will be up to $5,000 and must be used specifically for approved technology purchases for the applying organization/institution.

    (2) 2015 Grant Cycle for the Robert E. Leet and Clara Guthrie Patterson Trust Awards Program in Clinical Research

    http://hria.org/uploads/grants/Patterson/Patterson_2015/Patterson_2015_RFA.pdf

    For additional information, please contact:

    Chris Petkovich
    Director of Foundation Relations
    University of Connecticut Foundation, Inc.
    2390 Alumni Drive
    Storrs, CT 06269-3206

    Phone:    (860) 486-0303
    Fax:          (860) 486-1615
    Email:       cpetkovich@foundation.uconn.edu

     

    (3) Global Innovation Initiative (GII)

    The British Council have just launched the second round of the US-UK Global Innovation Initiative, a transatlantic funding scheme to strengthen research collaboration between universities in the UK, US, and other selected countries including Brazil, China, India and Indonesia.

    This year the Global Innovation Initiative will award approximately 16 grants ranging from $100,000 – $200,000 (US) and £100,000 to £150,000 (UK) to university consortia focusing on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)-related issues of global significance.

    Grants are intended to bring mutual benefit to higher education institutions in the UK, US and selected countries with emerging economies through the enhancement of institutional ties and the development of multilateral relationships. The goals of GII are: To increase the global mobility of students, researchers, faculty, and higher education administrators from the U.S., the UK, and other countries; . To develop a cadre of people in the U.S., UK, and other countries who have the international experience, outlook and knowledge to confront global challenges and operate in a global context; . To encourage international collaborations that develop capacity across a range of universities in the U.S., the UK, and other countries; . To forge university and business linkages that support a globally mobile talent pool and a multinational base for the exchange of discovery and innovation.

    The call for proposals is now open and closes on 31 October 2014 at 5:00pm EST.

    For more information, including how to apply, visit http://global-innovation-initiative.org/ or contact GII@britishcouncil.org.