NSF - East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutues (EAPSI)

The EAPSI is a flagship international fellowship program for developing the next generation of globally-engaged U.S. scientists and engineers knowledgeable about the Asia and the Pacific region. The Summer Institutes are hosted by foreign counterparts who are committed to increasing opportunities for young U.S. researchers to work in research facilities and with host mentors abroad. Fellows are supported to participate in 8-week research experiences at host laboratories in Australia, China, Japan (10 weeks), Korea, New Zealand, Singapore and Taiwan from June to August. The program provides a $5,000 summer stipend, a round-trip air ticket to the host location, living expenses abroad, and an introduction to the society, culture, language, and research environment of the host location.

Deadline: December 9, 2008

For eligibility, see: http://www.nsfsi.org/eligibility.
For information on how to apply, see: http://www.nsfsi.org/how_to_apply.
For more information on this opportunity, visit: http://www.nsfsi.org/.

Pacific Rim Grant Deadline - JANUARY 9

Please plan ahead if you are planning to apply for the Pacific Rim Research Grant!

To see the call for proposals, please visit http://www.ucop.edu/research/pacrim/documents/call_2009_2010.pdf.

** The UCSD internal deadline is set for January 9th, 2009 **
To apply, log on to: http://ironforge.hri.uci.edu/fastapp/pacrim/applicants/index.php.

Tips for Using the Application System:
Log in at left (first as a new user).

You may save your work and revisit your application as many times as you wish until the application deadline.

When you have completed your application, be sure to "sign" it and click the "Finish" button.

Incomplete applications will not be reviewed.

What You Will Need*
Abstract

Narrative project proposal

Detailed budget in table form

Budget narrative (2 pg maximum)

Résumé or curriculum vitae (CV) and those of any collaborators (2 pg maximum each)

Names and email addresses of up to 3 people who will write letters of recommendation (students) (see below)

Various other brief descriptions of timeline, mentoring aspects, etc.

*Not all materials are required for all grant categories. Please see Call for Proposal for details.
*Feel free to register, log in, and look around. You do not have to submit an application if you change your mind.

Letters of Recommendation
Due at INTERNAL application deadline - NO EXCEPTIONS!!!
If appropriate, one letter should be from your primary faculty adviser.

Other letter(s) should ideally be from experts in fields related to your project who are familiar with your project and can attest to its significance.

Be sure to notify your references before entering their information in the application system.

They will receive an auto-generated email with instructions for submitting letters of recommendation immediately after you have entered their information in application system.

Fulbright-Hays DDRA Deadline - Important reminders and tips!!

Hello Graduate Students!

I'm sure most of you are already aware, but the Fulbright-Hays DDRA deadline is THIS WEDNESDAY (Nov 5)!

This means that on November 5, you will need to submit:
-Graduate transcripts = required (they will only accept hard copy, official transcripts)
-Undergraduate = if you want to (they will only accept hard copy, official transcripts)
-Human subjects research narratives (email your copies to me, please)
-ALL online materials submitted, including affiliation, language evaluation, and letters of rec.
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Important Formatting tips:
Both IHEs and student applicants must attach any narrative sections of the application as files in a .DOC (document), .RTF (rich text), or .PDF (Portable Document) format. Do NOT upload any file type other than the three file types specified above or submits a password protected file; they will not review that material.

-All applicants are required to adhere to the 10-page limit for the Project Narrative and 2- page limit for the bibliography portion of the application.

-ONLY use these fonts: Times New Roman, Courier, Courier New or Arial. Applications submitted in any other font (including Times Roman, Arial Narrow) will not be accepted. Along those lines, make sure the font is legible and not s super small font size.

-A "page" is 8.5" x 11"

-Double-spaced (however, you may single-space all text in charts, tables, figures, graphs, titles, headings, footnotes, endnotes, quotations, bibliography, and captions), 1 inch margins at the top, bottom, and on both sides (NO SMALLER!!)

-Use a font that is either 12 point or larger; or, no smaller than 10 pitch (characters per inch). Student applicants may use a 10 point font in charts, tables, figures, graphs, footnotes, and endnotes. However, these items are considered part of the narrative and counted within the 10 page limit.
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Please let me know if you have any questions! Good luck!

Fulbright-Hays Deadline Approaching

Hello Graduate Students!

The Fulbright-Hays internal deadline is coming up (November 5)! Please make sure to submit your materials to me (online and hard copies as needed) by 4:30pm that day.

Feel free to email me if you have any questions.

NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellowship

The NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) offers unique research opportunities to highly talented national and international scientists and engineers to engage in ongoing NASA research in Aeronautics, Astrobiology, Astrophysics, Earth Science, Exploration Systems, Heliophysics, Planetary Science, and Space Operations.

* Approximately 60 Fellowships awarded annually
* One-year appointments, renewable up to three years
* Annual stipends start at $50,000, with supplements for certain degree fields and high cost-of-living areas
* Annual travel budget of $8,000
* Financial assistance for relocation
* Financial supplement for health insurance purchased through the program

Three application deadlines each year: November 1, March 1, and July 1.

Eligibility:
* U.S. Citizens
* Foreign Nationals with a J-1 visa status as a research scholar, Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR) status, or Employment Authorization Document (EAD) with pending LPR status* Recent and senior-level Ph.D. recipients.

To obtain more information and to apply for this exciting opportunity, please visit the NPP Web site at http://nasa.orau.org/postdoc.

Fulbright-Hays DDRA deadline announced!

As of TODAY, The deadline for the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad has finally been announced! The UCSD internal deadline for this year will be Wednesday, November 5, 2008. This means you will need to submit:

-ALL transcripts
-non-exempt research narratives
-ALL online materials

to me by our November 5 deadline. Please let me know if you have any questions.

-Linda

Welcome

Hello to the new 2008 graduate student body! I just wanted to extend a warm welcome to the incoming graduate students, and say thanks to those who attended the funding presentation yesterday. It was great to see your smiling faces, and I appreciate any helpful feedback you may have to offer.

For those still interested in funding for international students, you can get that document here: internationalstudentfellowships.doc.

Also, here are some of the links I went over in the presentation:
SURF, NSF Grant Proposal Guide, Jack Kent Cooke, Dolores Zohrab Liebmann, Fulbright IIE, and DAAD.

Happy hunting!

-Linda

Fulbright IIE Deadline Fast Approaching!

For those interested in the Fulbright IIE, the UCSD internal deadline is September 12 - just a few days away! Don't forget to submit your application online (through the Embark website), as well as gather all the necessary paperwork/materials. Please let me know if you have any last minute questions by emailing me. Otherwise, see you on Friday, September 12!

Fulbright-Hays Deadline

Hello Fellowship seekers!

As some of you may already know, the Fulbright-Hays deadline has not been set yet, which means our UCSD internal deadline has also not been set yet. The national deadline is usually sometime in November, but no word yet on the official date. Keep your eye on the DoE website for deadline updates.

-Linda

Reminder: Applications now being accepted for Microsoft fellowship and scholarship!

Microsoft Research and Microsoft Live Labs PhD Fellowship Program and Microsoft Research Graduate Women's Scholarship Program

Just a reminder that the applications for the Microsoft Research and Microsoft Live Labs PhD Fellowship Program are now being accepted. The deadline for applications is Friday, October 17, 2008.

For additional details and application instructions for the Microsoft Research and Microsoft Live Labs PhD Fellowship Program, please see: http://research.microsoft.com/aboutmsr/jobs/fellowships/default.aspx

For qualifications and application procedures for the Microsoft Research Graduate Women's Scholarship Program , please see: http://research.microsoft.com/aboutmsr/jobs/fellowships/fellows_women.aspx

For more information, please contact msfellow@microsoft.com.

Breast Cancer Research Funding Opportunities Available from Susan G. Komen for the Cure

Susan G. Komen for the Cure is excited to announce the release of Promise Grants for the 2008-2009 Research Program. The Request for Applications (RFA) is now available at www.komen.org/grants or www.komengrantsaccess.org .

Deadlines at a Glance!

Pre-Application Due – September 25, 2008, 8 pm, est.
Full Application Due – December 4, 2008, 8 pm est.

Promise Grants – Promise Grants provide up to $1.5M annually over five years to support programs with collaborative and cross-disciplinary research projects that provide integrated approaches to solving critical challenges to the rapid translation of scientific discoveries into new or enhanced clinical tools and applications that have the greatest potential to significantly reduce breast cancer incidence and/or mortality within the next decade. Integrated programs of research projects addressing critical challenges in population disparities in breast cancer outcomes and triple negative breast cancer are of special interest and may receive funding priority. Pre-applications are required prior to starting a full application.

Information about Komen’s Research Program and details about funding opportunities are available from Susan G. Komen for the Cure at: http://www.komen.org/grants.

American Cancer Society Thyroid Fellowship

The American Cancer Society is excited to announce a Request for Application for its Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia (MEN2) Thyroid Cancer Consortium. We have made a commitment to fund Research Scholars, Mentored Research Scholars, and Postdoctoral Fellows for our October 15, 2008 deadline. Please distribute this announcement to your researchers, investigators, and colleagues who could potentially benefit from this excellent grant opportunity. For more information, please see the RFA for the American Cancer Society MEN2 Thyroid Cancer Consortium. To obtain an application, access the electronic grant application at proposal central.

Deadline: Complete applications are due by October 15, 2008. Funding will begin July 1, 2009.

Contact: Charles Saxe, PhD

Call for pre-proposals: UC BREP GREAT Training Award Announcement (2009-2011)

The University of California Biotechnology Research and Education Program is offering individual training awards up to $50,000 per year for two years of graduate student research at the interface between the life sciences and any of the disciplines within the physical, chemical, material, engineering, mathematical and computational sciences. The deadline to submit a pre-proposal is Thursday, October 16, 2008 at 11:00 AM.

To learn more about the GREAT program and to submit a pre-proposal application, go to:
http://ucbrep.ucdavis.edu/GREAT/greattg.cfm

Award duration: 2 years

Award amount: Up to $50,000 per grant, per year

Deadline for pre-proposal: Thursday, October 16, 2008

Labor and Employment Research Fund

Labor and Employment Research Fund Call for Proposals

The Labor and Employment Research Fund (LERF) is a multi-campus University of California research program devoted to studying labor and employment issues in California and the nation. It is a component of the Miguel Contreras Labor Institute and is administered by the Office of Research at the UC Office of the President. The mission of the LERF is to encourage rigorous and relevant academic research that can help address public policy problems in this area by increasing our understanding of their causes and possible solutions.

Pending receipt of funding from the state budget, the Labor and Employment Research Fund will accept proposals for the following grant program categories:

Faculty: (includes UC Principal Investigators)
· Research and data generation grants
· Workshop, planning and conference grants

Graduate Students:
· Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships
· Thesis Fellowships
· Mini-Grants

State funding will be confirmed later in the summer. In the meantime, interested applicants may begin developing their proposals. Please see the Call for Proposals for details and program requirements. The program application will be accessible in August 2008.

The application deadline will be Friday, October 10, 2008. Proposals will be reviewed in November and awards will be announced in mid-December.

Please address any questions regarding the LERF to Sandra Wulff, Program Coordinator at 510-987-0120 or Sandra.wulff@ucop.edu.