Full Proposal Deadline(s):
Type 1 proposal: May 21, 2009
Type 2 and 3 proposals: January 13, 2010

Synopsis of Program:
The Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) program seeks to improve the quality of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education of all undergraduate students. It especially welcomes proposals that have the potential to transform undergraduate education in science, technology, engineering and math for all students. This program supports efforts to create, adapt, and disseminate new learning materials and teaching strategies to reflect advances both in STEM disciplines and in what is known about teaching and learning. It funds projects that develop faculty expertise, implement educational innovations, assess learning and evaluate innovations, prepare K-12 teachers, or conduct research on STEM teaching and learning. It also supports projects that further the work of the program itself, for example, synthesis and dissemination of findings across the program. The program supports projects representing different stages of development, ranging from small, exploratory investigations to large, comprehensive projects.

Please contact the Office of Grants and Contracts if you are interested in applying for this grant opportunity.

Application guidelines for the next round of Grants for Arts Projects are now available on the National Endowment for the Arts' website. Organizations may apply under the following categories:

Access to Artistic Excellence
To encourage and support artistic excellence, preserve our cultural heritage, and provide access to the arts for all Americans. An organization may request a grant amount from $5,000 to $150,000.
DEADLINES: March 12 and August 13, 2009

Challenge America: Reaching Every Community Fast-Track Review Grants
To support projects that extend the reach of the arts to underserved populations. Grants are for $10,000.
DEADLINE: May 28, 2009

Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth
To advance arts education for children and youth in school-based or community-based settings. An organization may request a grant amount from $5,000 to $150,000.
DEADLINE: June 11, 2009

To view the guidelines, go to www.arts.gov/grants/apply, select the field or discipline most relevant to your project, and Grants for Arts Projects will be the first funding opportunity listed.

Electronic application through Grants.gov is MANDATORY.

2009 NIH Regional Seminars on Program Funding and Grants Administration -- Space is LImited

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) would like to inform you of an exciting opportunity to participate in the 2009 NIH Regional Seminars on Program Funding and Grants Administration. These seminars are held only twice a year and are intended to help demystify the application and review process, clarify federal regulations and policies, and highlight current areas of special interest or concern. Approximately 25 leading policy, program, and grants management officials from NIH and HHS will share their expertise and guidance on topics such as:

• Fundamentals of the NIH Grants Process
• How to apply for and manage an NIH grant
• What's new in NIH peer review
• Latest grant policies
• Grant writing for success
• How to interact electronically with NIH
• Small business opportunities
• Public access
• Costs issues
• Compliance
• Humans and animal policies/resources
• NIH's Loan Repayment Program
• And so much more!

Wake Forest University will be hosting a Fulbright Workshop on Monday, March 23, 2009. Mr. Gary Garrison of the Council for International Exchange of Scholars in Washington will be the guest speaker. There will be two sessions provided that day.

For more information and registration details, please see information below.

COS will host a month-long Liaison Workshop Fest, spanning the month of March. This format of virtual meeting allows you to

• Conserve valuable time and travel budgets
• Pick and choose topics of most direct interest to you
• Benefit from an intense COS training and support experience

Almost each day of the month there will be an online meeting with an accompanying teleconference. The sessions will be offered in a variety of formats, including training, presentation, demonstration, and discussion. Sessions will cover a broad range of topics, such as

• Fundamentals of COS Funding Opportunities
• What Does it Mean to be a COS Liaison?
• Gaining Momentum: Promoting COS on Your Campus
• What's Going on at RefWorks/COS
• COS Expertise and COS Workbench: Boot Camp Training
• COS Funding Opportunities: A Glimpse through the Back Door

Through a grant from the Educational Advancement Foundation, ACS will hold a one-week workshop this summer for mathematics faculty interested in implementing Inquiry-Based Learning in their teaching. The ACS IBL workshop will be held July 13-18, 2009 at the Hyatt Regency in Austin, Texas. See the workshop flyer and application form for more details.

DEADLINES:
Letter of intent (required): April 1, 2009
Detailed proposal (by invitation): September 10, 2009

These awards support innovative efforts to solve the problems of neurological and psychiatric diseases. They encourage research aimed at translating laboratory discoveries about the brain and nervous system into diagnoses and therapies to improve human health.

Collaborative projects between basic and clinical neuroscientists are welcomed, as are proposals that help link basic with clinical neuroscience.

The Neuroscience of Brain Disorders Awards were established in 2000 as the Memory and Brain Disorders Awards. Each year, up to six awards are given. Awards provide $100,000 per year for three years. Funds may be used toward a variety of research activities but not the recipient's salary.