Center for Advancement and Synthesis of Open Environmental Data and Sciences (NSF)

• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/fgc.31507
• Date: 21 January 2021
• Published date: 21 January 2021

Federal Grants & Contracts ■ January 21, 2021 Page 3

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Grants alert (cont.)

Fellowships Open Book Program (NEH)

Scope: The National Endowment for the Humanities

seeks applications for the Fellowships Open Book

Program announcement to assist in the release of

open access digital editions of books whose underlying

research was funded by one of six NEH programs.

Deadline: Nov. 15, 2021.

Funds: $75,000 for up to 15 awards of up to $5,500.

Eligibility: Colleges and universities; and nonprot

organizations.

Areas: NEH said the six NEH programs eligible to

release digital editions are: Fellowships; Awards for

Faculty at Hispanic-Serving Institutions; Awards for

Faculty at Historically Black Colleges and Universities;

Awards for Faculty at Tribal Colleges and Universities;

Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on

Japan; or Public Scholars.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# 20210315-DR

Mellon Fellowships for Digital Publication (NEH)

Scope: The National Endowment for the Humanities

seeks applications for the Mellon Fellowships for Digital

Publication announcement

Deadline: April 28, 2021.

Funds: $480,000 for up to eight awards ranging from

$30,000 to $60,000 for Mellon Fellowships for Digital

Publication.

Eligibility: Qualied individuals.

Areas: NEH said anticipated products must be

published in digital form and include but are not limited

to monographs, peer-reviewed articles, websites, virtual

exhibitions, translations with annotations or a critical

apparatus, or critical editions.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# 20210428-FEL

Center for Advancement and Synthesis

of Open Environmental Data and Sciences (NSF)

Scope: The National Science Foundation seeks

applications for the Center for Advancement and

Synthesis of Open Environmental Data and Sciences

announcement to establish a center fueled by open and

freely available biological and other environmental data

to catalyze novel scientic questions in environmental

biology through the use of data-intensive approaches,

team science and research networks, and training in the

accession, management, analysis, visualization, and

synthesis of large datasets.

Deadline: Letters of Intent, April 1, 2021; proposals,

Sept. 15, 2021.

Funds: $20 million total for one project of up to ve

years in length.

Eligibility: Colleges and universities; and nonprot

organizations.

Areas: NSF said the center activities are expected to

produce quality products, result in important science

outcomes, be openly accessible to a broad scientic

and educational community, and have the potential to

be used by a community of researchers beyond a single

research team.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# 21-549

Research and Evaluation on Violence Against

Women (DOJ)

Scope: The Justice Department’s National Institute of

Justice seeks applications for the FY21 Research and

Evaluation on Violence Against Women announcement

to support the development of objective and

independent knowledge and validated tools to reduce

violence against women, promote justice for victims of

crime, and enhance criminal justice responses.

Deadline: March 16, 2021.

Funds: $2.5 million for up to six awards.

Eligibility: Colleges and universities; for-prot

organizations, including small businesses; nonprot

organizations; state, local, special district, and Native

American tribal governments; and independent school

districts, among others.

Areas: DOJ said a broad range of topics are covered

under this program, touching on public health and safety

issues as well as criminal justice challenges, including

the availability of legal and victim support services, the

effectiveness of prevention and intervention programs,

and the impact of such crimes over time.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# O-NIJ-2021-45009

Research and Evaluation on Crime Laboratory

Systems and Processes (DOJ)

Scope: The Justice Department’s National Institute of

Justice seeks applications for the FY21 Research and

Evaluation on Crime Laboratory Systems and Processes

announcement for research and evaluation projects

aimed at understanding and strengthening the accuracy

and reliability of a crime laboratory’s systems and

processes.

Deadline: March 8, 2021.

Funds: $1 million for up to two awards with a project

period of 60 months.

Eligibility: Colleges and universities; for-prot

organizations, including small businesses; nonprot

organizations; state, local, special district, and Native

American tribal governments; and independent school

districts, among others.

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