Research Opportunities in High Energy Physics (DOE)

• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/fgc.31457
• Date: 17 December 2020
• Published date: 17 December 2020

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Grants alert (cont.)

Eligibility: Colleges and universities and nonprot

organizations.

Areas: NSF said projects may develop new

computational, mathematical or experimental tools, and

models, to: explain function and interactions in natural,

experimental and model microbiomes; elucidate the

chemical and molecular mechanisms that underlie

communication between the host and the microbiome

and among the members of the microbiome; and/or

comparatively analyze characteristics of microbiomes

to discover emergent properties that provide insight into

the behavior of living systems.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# 21-534

National Science Foundation Research

Traineeship Program (NSF)

Scope: The National Science Foundation seeks

applications for the National Science Foundation

Research Traineeship Program announcement to explore

ways for graduate students in research-based master’s

and doctoral degree programs to develop the skills,

knowledge and competencies needed to pursue a range

of science, technology, engineering and math careers.

Deadline: Feb. 25, 2021.

Funds: $55 million for up to 20 awards ranging from $2

million to $3 million.

Eligibility: Colleges and universities.

Areas: NSF said funding supports projects addressing

workforce development, emphasizing broad participation,

and addressing institutional capacity-building needs in

graduate education. The program encourages strategic

collaborations with the private sector, nongovernmental

organizations, government agencies, national

laboratories, eld stations, teaching and learning centers,

informal science centers and academic partners.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# 21-536

Proposed Cooperative Institute for Pacic

Islands Region (DOC)

Scope: The Commerce Department’s National Oceanic

and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) seeks

applications for the Proposed Cooperative Institute for

Pacic Islands Region, a NOAA-supported, nonfederal

organization that has established an outstanding

research program in one or more areas that are relevant

to the NOAA mission “to understand and predict

changes in climate, weather, oceans, and coasts, to

share that knowledge and information with others,

and to conserve and manage coastal and marine

ecosystems and resources.”

Deadline: Jan. 22, 2021.

Funds: $42 million total for one award.

Eligibility: Nonfederal public and private nonprot

universities, colleges and research institutions that offer

accredited graduate-level degree-granting programs in

NOAA-related sciences.

Areas: USDA said the purpose of this long-term

collaborative partnership is to promote research,

education, training and outreach aligned with NOAA’s

mission; to obtain research capabilities that do not exist

internally; and/or to expand research capacity in NOAA-

related sciences to: conduct collaborative, long-term

research that involves NOAA scientists and those at

the research institution(s) from one or more scientic

disciplines of interest to NOAA; utilize the scientic,

education and outreach expertise at the research

institution(s) that, depending on NOAA’s research needs,

may or may not be located near a NOAA facility; support

student participation in NOAA-related research studies;

and strengthen or expand NOAA-related research

capabilities and capacity at the research institution(s)

that complements and contributes to NOAA’s ability to

reach its mission goals.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# NOAA-OAR-

CIPO-2021-2006681

Chesapeake Bay Watershed Education

and Training Program (DOC)

Scope: The Commerce Department’s National Oceanic

and Atmospheric Administration seeks applications for

the FY2021 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Education and

Training Program announcement for locally relevant,

authentic experiential learning for K–12 audiences

through Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences

(MWEEs) throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

Deadline: March 1, 2021.

Funds: $1.6 million for awards ranging from $50,000 to

$150,000.

Eligibility: Colleges and universities; nonprot

organizations; state, local and Native American tribal

governments; and K–12 public and independent schools

and school systems; among others.

Areas: DOC said MWEEs involve learning both

outdoors and in the classroom as students engage in

issue denition, outdoor eld experiences, synthesis and

conclusions, and stewardship and civic action.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# NOAA-NMFS-

HCPO-2021-2006735

Research Opportunities in High Energy Physics

(DOE)

Scope: The Energy Department’s Office of Science

seeks applications for the FY2021 Research

Opportunities in High Energy Physics (HEP)

announcement to support research programs in high-

energy physics.

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