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Science and Society courses due January 31

[Posted Nov 21, 2011]
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Objective: To invite faculty to share their creative thinking through the submission of proposals describing courses that integrate science and societal issues and are targeted for first and second year students.

RFP for NSF PFI

[Posted Nov 18, 2011]
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The NSF Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) program is an umbrella for two complementary subprograms: Building Innovation Capacity (BIC), which involves an earlier stage that focuses on building innovation capacity, and Accelerating Innovation Research (AIR), which involves a later stage that focuses on the acceleration of innovative research. The former emphasizes the transformation of knowledge to market-accepted innovations created by the research and education enterprise, while the latter emphasizes the translation of research to commercialization by NSF-funded research alliances.

RECRUIT grant

[Posted Nov 16, 2011]
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Last summer the graduate college started a grant program for recruiting activities that would lead to increasing the diversity of your graduate programs. I have received enough interest with new ideas from different departments, that I’d like to reopen this program for new proposals with a deadline of Dec 1.

CREATIV: Creative Research Awards for Transformative Interdisciplinary Ventures

[Posted Nov 10, 2011]
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Dear Colleague Letter - CREATIV: Creative Research Awards for Transformative Interdisciplinary Ventures

WEBCAST: On Wednesday, November 9, 2011, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, NSF Director Subra Suresh and the co-chairs of the NSF INSPIRE Working Group will present a live webcast about the new CREATIV grant mechanism. The co-chairs will answer questions submitted by the audience. Register for the webcast at http://www.tvworldwide.com/events/nsf/111109/.

Funding Opportunity - Extension Risk Management Education

[Posted Nov 03, 2011]
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The North Central Risk Management Education Center, www.ncrme.org, is seeking proposals for educational projects designed to help agricultural producers succeed through targeted risk management strategies.  Grant awards will fund 12-month projects to be conducted between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013. Projects must be producer-focused and address at least one of the five areas of risk management, which are: production, marketing, financial, legal, and human resources.  

USDA Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI)

[Posted Oct 28, 2011]
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Letter of Intent Due Nov. 25, 2011

http://www.nifa.usda.gov/fo/specialtycropresearchinitiative.cfm

The Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) was established to solve critical industry issues through research and extension activities. SCRI will give priority to projects that are multistate, multi-institutional, or trans-disciplinary; and include explicit mechanisms to communicate results to producers and the public. Specialty crops are defined as “fruits and vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits and horticulture and nursery crops, including floriculture

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