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Larkins<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Porterfield and Regents Professor<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Director, School of Plant Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>University of Arizona<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Forbes 303C<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>P.O. Box 210036<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Tucson, AZ 85721<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Tele (520)-621-9958<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>FAX (520)-621-3692<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Ann Stevens [mailto:astevens@cals.arizona.edu] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 02, 2012 9:07 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'Bobby Torres'; 'Brian Larkins'; 'Bruce Tabashnik'; 'Chuck Hutchinson'; csterlin@email.arizona.edu; 'Gary Thompson'; 'Jeff Silvertooth'; jwinzerl@Ag.arizona.edu; 'Mark Riley'; 'Ron Allen'; 'Sharon Megdal'; 'Soyeon Shim'<br><b>Cc:</b> jdavis@cals.arizona.edu<br><b>Subject:</b> FW: [GIFTCenterNews] GIFT Center Alert 2.2.12 [2]<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Directors and Department Heads:<br>Please share attached grant opportunities with your faculty as appropriate.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Ann Stevens<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Associate Director of Development<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>UA College of Agriculture and Life Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>PO Box 210036<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Tucson, AZ 85721-0036<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>520-621-7883 office<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>520-349-3824 cell<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>520-621-1394 fax<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:giftcenternews-bounces@mailman.al.arizona.edu">giftcenternews-bounces@mailman.al.arizona.edu</a> <a href="mailto:[mailto:giftcenternews-bounces@mailman.al.arizona.edu]">[mailto:giftcenternews-bounces@mailman.al.arizona.edu]</a> <b>On Behalf Of </b>GIFT Center News<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 02, 2012 9:00 AM<br><b>To:</b> giftcenternews<br><b>Subject:</b> [GIFTCenterNews] [GIFT Center News] GIFT Center Alert 2.2.12 [2]<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f">
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If a good fit is determined and you are interested in submitting a charitable grant request, please also contact your unit’s development office. Note that appropriate routing for some opportunities may be UA Sponsored Projects Services and/or the VP for Research and Graduate Studies. If routing is most appropriate through the GIFT Center please remember that the GIFT Center requires three days prior to the mailing deadline to review a charitable grant proposal; electronic proposals and those with signature requirem<a name="_GoBack"></a>ents require a week. To initiate review before your submission, send a draft proposal and funder guidelines to your GIFT Center contact (if applicable) and to </span></b><a href="mailto:GIFTCenter@uafoundation.org"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>GIFTCenter@uafoundation.org</span></a><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><h2 style='line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></h2><h2 style='line-height:normal'><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:purple'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></h2><h2 style='line-height:normal'><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:purple'>Internal<o:p></o:p></span></u></h2><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Confluence: Center for Creative Inquiry</span></i></b><b><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Deadline: March 2, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Confluence: Center for Creative Inquiry invites proposals for innovative scholarly and creative projects that cross disciplinary boundaries and intellectual orientations and that bring together researchers and artists from diverse areas at the University of Arizona. Awards will be under $25,000. <b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For more information: <a href="http://confluencenter.arizona.edu/grant-submission-form">http://confluencenter.arizona.edu/grant-submission-form</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><h2 style='line-height:normal'><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:purple'>Grants<o:p></o:p></span></u></h2><h2 style='line-height:normal'><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></h2><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>National Film Preservation Foundation- Basic Preservation Grants<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Deadline: February 10, 2012 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The National Film Preservation Foundation is accepting applications for the spring round of its Basic Preservation Grants. These grants are awarded to nonprofit and public institutions for laboratory work to preserve culturally and historically significant film materials. The grant must be used to pay for new laboratory work involving the creation of new film preservation elements (which may include sound tracks) and two new public access copies, one of which must be a film print. Awards generally range from $1,000 to $15,000 in cash and/or laboratory services. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For more information: <a href="http://www.filmpreservation.org/nfpf-grants/basic-preservation-grants">http://www.filmpreservation.org/nfpf-grants/basic-preservation-grants</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley- Practice of Gratitude</span></i></b><b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Deadline: February 15, 2012 (Letter of Intent)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Greater Good Science Center at the University of California, Berkeley, in collaboration with the University of California, Davis, has announced a new, three-year project designed to expand the scientific understanding of gratitude. Supported with $5.9 million in funding from the John Templeton Foundation, the Expanding the Science and Practice of Gratitude project will promote research-based practices in institutions such as schools and hospitals, and engage the public in a wide-reaching cultural conversation about the role of gratitude in civil society. The first component of the project is a $3 million research initiative to expand the scientific understanding of gratitude. The initiative is particularly interested in four key areas of gratitude research: gratitude and health, the development of gratitude, gratitude in social contexts, and the practice of gratitude. The center is accepting Letters of Intent for the research program. The letter should describe the proposed project in detail and indicate clearly why the proposed study promises significant contributions to either the science or practice of gratitude.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For more information: <span style='color:blue'><a href="http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/expandinggratitude/rfp/">http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/expandinggratitude/rfp/</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dr. Scholl Foundation<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Deadline: March 1, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Dr. Scholl Foundation provides educational grants to nonprofit organizations. On average past grants ranged from $5,000 to $25,000. Applications for grants are considered in the following areas: Education, Social Service, Healthcare, Civic and Cultural, and Environmental. Grant applications must be requested from the foundation via a mailed request. Over the past decade, approximately 35% of their grants have been related to education, 15% to social services, 27% to hospitals and healthcare, and 19% to civic and cultural with the remaining percentage spread out in the above categories. During the same period, 68% of their grants have been made in Illinois.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For more information: <span style='color:blue'><a href="http://www.drschollfoundation.com/index.html">http://www.drschollfoundation.com/index.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Terra Foundation for American Art- Funding for Exhibitions<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Deadline: March 1, 2012 (Letter of intent)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In recognition of the importance of experiencing original works of art, the Terra Foundation for American Art supports exhibitions that enlarge the understanding and appreciation of historical American art made between 1500 and 1980. Exhibitions that take place only in the United States but outside of Chicago must present historical American art in an international context and reach a scholarly audience. Typical past grants ranged from $10,000 to $50,000. <b>If you are interested in this opportunity, please contact a member of the GIFT Center. <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For more information: <a href="http://terraamericanart.org/grants/exhibitions/">http://terraamericanart.org/grants/exhibitions/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>EcoStar Grants<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Deadline: March 10, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Constellation Energy, a national energy company, is accepting applications for its annual EcoStar Grant program, which provides qualifying nonprofit organizations with funds to implement projects that support the company's commitment to environmental stewardship. The EcoStar program targets community-based projects that fit into one or more of five stewardship categories — pollution prevention, education and outreach, energy efficiency, conservation, and community activism. Grant awards will be up to $5,000, with funds provided through the Constellation Energy Foundation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:purple'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For more information: </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.constellation.com/community/pages/eco-star-grants.aspx">http://www.constellation.com/community/pages/eco-star-grants.aspx</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'>AstraZeneca HealthCare Foundation- Connections for Cardiovascular Health Program<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'>Deadline: March 15, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'>The </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.astrazeneca-us.com/foundation/" target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext;background:white;text-decoration:none'>AstraZeneca HealthCare Foundation</span></a><span style='background:white'> is<span style='color:black'> accepting applications for the 2012 Connections for Cardiovascular Health program. The program seeks to improve cardiovascular health within the United States and its territories. In 2011, the program awarded more than $3.6 million in grants to over twenty organizations working to improve cardiovascular health in their communities. </span></span>Grants of $150,000 and up will be provided annually to innovative initiatives that are focused on clearly defined and measurable results and processes. The recipient organization must be able to demonstrate ongoing activity to improve cardiovascular health and the ability to sustain the initiative after the grant funds are spent.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For more information: <a href="http://www.astrazeneca-us.com/foundation/">http://www.astrazeneca-us.com/foundation/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Council on Library and Information Resources: Grants Enhance Collections and Archives <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>Deadline: March 16, 2012 </span></strong><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The purpose of Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives, an initiative of the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR), is to overcome the pervasive lack of knowledge about special collections and archives and to make information about these materials accessible to scholars and students. Through this initiative, grants are provided to institutions holding collections of high scholarly value that are difficult or impossible to locate through finding aids. Award recipients will create descriptive information for their hidden collections that will be linked to all other projects funded by this grant in order to form a federated environment that can be built upon over time. Grants are expected to be made between $75,000 to $500,000. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For more information: <a href="http://www.clir.org/hiddencollections/applicants.html">http://www.clir.org/hiddencollections/applicants.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>USBancorps- First Grant Round for 2012<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Deadline: March 31, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=append-bottom-10px><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>U.S. Bancorp contributes to the strength and vitality of our communities through the Foundation charitable contributions program. We seek to build strong partnerships and lasting value in our communities by supporting organizations that improve the educational and economic opportunities of low- and moderate-income individuals and families, and enhance the cultural and artistic life of the communities in which we live and work. Funding is available for 501 (c)(3) organizations whose projects coincide with these funding priorities: Economic Opportunity, Affordable Housing, Self-Sufficiency, Economic Development, Education, Cultural and Artistic Enrichment, Human Services. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=append-bottom-10px><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=append-bottom-10px><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For more information: <a href="http://www.usbank.com/community/grant-guidelines.html">http://www.usbank.com/community/grant-guidelines.html</a> <span style='color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Carthage Foundation- General Request for Proposal</span></i></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Deadline: None<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Carthage Foundation's grant program is primarily directed toward public policy programs that address major domestic and international issues. There are no geographical restrictions. The Foundation does not make grants to individuals for any purpose or to nationally-organized fundraising groups. Proposal for the following are usually declined: event sponsorships, endowments, capital campaigns, renovations, or government agencies. The Foundation normally considers grants at quarterly meetings. However, requests may be submitted at any time and will be acted upon as expeditiously as possible. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>For more information: <span style='color:#333333'><a href="http://arizonanonprofits.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b4c137ce8da88a5587ab77b08&id=074efc9393&e=843a3a01e5">http://www.scaife.com/carthage.html</a></span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:purple'>Fellowships<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Social Science Research Council Fellowship<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Deadline: February 13, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Social Science Research Council has announced a pilot postdoctoral fellowship program that will support transregional research under the rubric Inter-Asian Contexts and Connections. Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the new program is designed to strengthen the understanding of issues and geographies that do not fit neatly into existing divisions of academia or the world and to develop new approaches, practices, and opportunities in international, regional, and area studies in the United States.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The fellowships will help junior scholars (those at the postdoctoral stage, one to seven years out of the Ph.D.) complete first books and/or undertake second projects. In addition to funding research, the program will create networks and shared resources to support fellows well beyond the grant period.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:purple'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For more information: <a href="http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/transregional-research-fellowship/">http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/transregional-research-fellowship/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.1in;margin-left:0in;background:white'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></h1><p class=MsoPlainText><b><i><span lang=X-NONE style='font-size:12.0pt'>NASA- Postdoctoral Fellowship Program <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=X-NONE>Deadlines: March 1st, July 1st, November 1st<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=X-NONE>The NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) provides talented postdoctoral scientists and engineers with valuable opportunities to engage in ongoing NASA research programs and serves as a source of talent to ensure the continued quality of the NASA research workforce. These one- to three-year Fellowship appointments are competitive and are designed to advance NASA's missions in space science, earth science, aeronautics, space operations, exploration systems, and astrobiology. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=X-NONE><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=X-NONE>For more information: <a href="http://nasa.orau.org/postdoc">http://nasa.orau.org/postdoc</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.1in;margin-left:0in;background:white'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Damon Runyon-Sohn Pediatric Cancer Fellowship Award<o:p></o:p></span></i></h1><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.1in;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>Deadline: March 15, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></h1><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.1in;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;background:white;font-weight:normal'>The<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Sohn Conference Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to curing pediatric cancers, has granted $1.5 million to the<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation, the leading charity supporting innovative young cancer researchers, to establish the Damon Runyon-Sohn Pediatric Cancer Fellowship Award. Created to help address the critical shortage</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal'> of funding for pediatric cancer research, the new award will provide funding to basic scientists and clinicians for research with the potential to significantly impact the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of one or more pediatric cancers.</span><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></i></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For more information: <a href="http://www.damonrunyon.org/for_scientists/more/pediatric_fellowship_award_overview">http://www.damonrunyon.org/for_scientists/more/pediatric_fellowship_award_overview</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><i><span lang=X-NONE style='font-size:12.0pt'>National Water Research Institute- Graduate Fellowships <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=X-NONE>Deadline: April 25, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=X-NONE>The National Water Research Institute (NWRI) is now accepting applications for graduate fellowship funding for the 2012/2013 academic year. Areas of interest include water and waste water, membrane technologies, removing and reducing salts from water supplies, and preserving water resources. Applicants must be graduate students (Master's or Ph.D. level) who are (1) conducting research in the areas of water resources, treatment, and/or policy and (2) are currently enrolled at a university in the United States.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=X-NONE><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=X-NONE>For more information: <a href="http://www.nwri-usa.org/fellowship.htm">http://www.nwri-usa.org/fellowship.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><i><span lang=X-NONE style='font-size:12.0pt'>American Society for Microbiological Research- Robert D. Watkins Graduate Research Fellowship <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=X-NONE>Deadline: May 1, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=X-NONE>The goal of the fellowship is to increase the number of underrepresented groups completing doctoral degrees in the microbiological sciences. The ASM Robert D. Watkins Graduate Research Fellowship is aimed at highly competitive graduate students who are enrolled in a Ph.D. program and who have completed their graduate course work in the microbiological sciences. The fellowship encourages students to continue and complete their research project in the microbiological sciences. The program provides a total stipend of $63,000 ($21,000 a year) for a three year period (September 2012-June 2015). Eligibility: Eligible candidates must be from groups that have been determined by the applicant's institution to be underrepresented in the microbiological sciences, have completed the first year of graduate school, and be a student member of ASM.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=X-NONE><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For more information: <a href="http://www.asm.org/index.php/education/asm-robert-d-watkins-graduate-research-fellowship.html">http://www.asm.org/index.php/education/asm-robert-d-watkins-graduate-research-fellowship.html</a><b><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=228 height=45 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image003.jpg@01CCD12B.C8CB5730" alt="UAF word mark"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Visit the GIFT Center </span></b><a href="http://uafoundation.org/information/faculty_staff/grantseeking/giftcenter/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>online</span></a><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>You received this message because you opted in to the GIFT Center News listserv. 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