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ISU Library Workshop - Finding Non-profit Foundation Funding

[Posted Sep 13, 2012]
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The workshop will introduce participants to the Foundation Database, which can be accessed only at the ISU Parks Library. More information available at: http://www.lib.iastate.edu/news-article/2025/100686

New opportunities and awards at ARER Journal

[Posted Sep 07, 2012]
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As editors of Agricultural and Resource Economics Review (ARER), we are excited to share with you information about four new opportunities at the journal. These changes were approved by the NAREA Board of Directors earlier this summer and we believe that these will help the continued growth and influence of the journal:

NSF workshop on pre-award topics

[Posted Sep 07, 2012]
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The National Science Foundation and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) will be holding a one-day workshop on Thursday, November 8, 2012. This workshop is primarily designed for researchers and educators less experienced in proposing to the NSF; however, more experienced proposers and NSF grantees may well find the workshop useful and informative. It is our hope that events such as this will stimulate new interest in NSF programs at institutions that have not been among our traditional customers, as well as at premier research institutions.

Gates Foundation grant opportunities

[Posted Sep 07, 2012]
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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is now accepting grant proposals for Round 10 of Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative to encourage innovative and unconventional global health and development solutions. Applicants can be at any experience level; in any discipline; and from any organization, including colleges and universities, government laboratories, research institutions, non-profit organizations and for-profit companies.

Two-page grant proposals are being accepted online until November 7, 2012 on the following topics:

ISU Health Research Initiative Call for Pursuit Funding Proposals

[Posted Aug 21, 2012]
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http://www.biotech.iastate.edu/ISU-HRI/

The Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development announces a call to provide pursuit funding for faculty teams to prepare large-scale extramural grants. The intention is to support the expansion or formation of multidisciplinary teams in order to pursue large-scale grants and contracts in the areas of animal, human, plant, and environmental health that would otherwise not be attainable. The deadline for submission is September 21, 2012.

Chicago Booth Grant Competition for Behavioral Science Research

[Posted Aug 21, 2012]
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The Center for Decision Research at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business is pleased to announce a $750,000 research initiative, the New Paths to Purpose Request for Proposals (RFP), supported with funding from the John Templeton Foundation.

Funding opportunity – value added agriculture for independent farmers

[Posted Aug 17, 2012]
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Projects may be for either economic planning or working capital activities related to the processing and/or marketing or value-added agricultural products. The maximum grant amount for planning is $100,000. The maximum grant amount for a working capital project is $300,000. Project period are limited to 36 months. Agricultural producers should contact the USDA Rural Development State Office for questions about eligibility, application procedures and to discuss the project idea.

Funding opportunity available in sustainable agriculture

[Posted Aug 17, 2012]
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PURPOSE: to strengthen rural communities, increase farmer/ranchers profitability, and improve the environment by supporting research and education in sustainable agriculture.

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