Posts Tagged ‘NSF’

Attention first-year graduate students: Research Funding & Development Services is holding a short information meeting on Tuesday, August 28, at 1 p.m. in Mackenzie Hall 2136 to talk to any interested students about applying for fellowships from the National Science Foundation and the Department of Defense. These opportunities are limited to students in their first year of graduate school. This workshop will feature students who have received graduate student funding awards as well as information … Read More

As we wait and wonder about the future of the NIH budget, the National Science Foundation (NSF), which is expecting a 2.5% increase in 2012, has released a few funding opportunities that appear to represent a new direction. Most notably is CREATIV, or Creative Research Awards for Transformative Interdisciplinary Ventures. The purpose of this program is to support extremely innovative, interdisciplinary projects in all NSF-supported areas of sciences, including engineering, education and research. What makes … Read More

The National Science Foundation (NSF) and Oregon State University (OSU) invite OHSU researchers to a one-day workshop on Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at the Oregon State campus. This workshop is primarily designed to benefit researchers and educators less experienced in proposing to NSF. However, experienced investigators and NSF awardees may find the workshop useful and informative as well and are encouraged to attend. The workshop will provide an overview of the Foundation, including its mission, … Read More

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has issued a revised version of its NSF Grants.gov Application Guide. The revised guidelines must be used for all applications submitted, or due, to the NSF on or after January 18, 2011. View the new application guide.

Do you  know an outstanding graduate student supported by a National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, or U.S. Department of Energy grant? Nominate them for an opportunity to meet Physiology or Medical Nobel Laureates at this summer’s Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Germany (June 26 – July 1, 2011). Students nominated to participate must: Be U.S. citizens; Be currently enrolled as full-time graduate students; Be currently sponsored by or working on and supported by … Read More

In a Dear Colleague letter issued this week, the Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences at the National Science Foundation (NSF/SBE) invites researchers “to step outside of present demands and think boldy” about research in 2020 and beyond. NSF/SBE asks individuals and groups of scientists to submit white papers that address grand challenges for future SBE research, which spans a broad and varied landscape from how we study the human brain to understanding the … Read More

Deadline: January 24, 2010 and August 27, 2010 The National Science Foundation is inviting Cognitive Neuroscience applications for highly innovative and interdisciplinary research aimed at advancing a rigorous understanding of how the human brain supports thought, perception, affect, action, social processes, and other aspects of cognition and behavior, including how such processes develop and change in the brain and through time. There are no specific guidelines on the amount an applicant can request, however it … Read More