by Jarrod Crockett | Nov 5, 2012 | STEM
This InnoCentive challenge offers $20,000 for written proposals of a smartphone hardware or software that can detect GPS jamming devices. Scalability and robustness are very important criteria, and proposals should also explain why smartphone users would want to use...
by Jarrod Crockett | Oct 25, 2012 | STEM
This program supports research projects that develop new knowledge in theoretical computer science and software foundations. Specific projects in these areas can include: Algorithmic research Models of computation Resource usage in areas other than time and space...
by Jarrod Crockett | Oct 25, 2012 | Education, Health and Human Services, Humanities, Libraries, Social Sciences
The Ray Solem Foundation offers a $10,000 grant to fund creative methods of helping immigrants improve their English language skills or assist them in other ways. The activity must have been in place for at least a year and will be judged on its creativity,...
by Jarrod Crockett | Oct 25, 2012 | Health and Human Services, Social Sciences, STEM
These National Library of Medicine (NLM) grants support projects that can advance the science of biomedical informatics in health care and health administration, public health, basic biomedical research, bioinformatics and biological modeling, translational research...
by Jarrod Crockett | Oct 25, 2012 | Health and Human Services, Social Sciences, STEM
This joint National Institutes of Health and National Cancer Institute program stimulates research that evaluates the effect of care planning on cancer survivors’ health and psychosocial outcomes. Research should specifically: Develop and test metrics for...
by Jarrod Crockett | Oct 24, 2012 | Health and Human Services, STEM
This joint National Institutes of Health and National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases initiative provides grants for research into methods of treating type 1 & 2 diabetes and obesity. Suggested approaches must be able to reach a large number...
by Jarrod Crockett | Oct 24, 2012 | Health and Human Services
This U.S. Army Research Laboratory Program provides a $75,000 base stipend (plus $3,000 for travel) for research on the biomechanical effect of equipment on soldier performance. The program specifically focuses on how to reduce the negative effects of dismounted...
by Jarrod Crockett | Oct 24, 2012 | Health and Human Services, STEM
Autism Speaks is offering $100,000 over one year for highly innovative autism research that provides new insight into the causes, diagnosis, subtyping, prevention, treatments and cures of autism. Trailblazer projects must be extremely novel and high risk/high reward....
by Jarrod Crockett | Oct 22, 2012 | Health and Human Services, STEM
This funding opportunity attempts to stimulate new research hypotheses in cardiovascular research, blood diseases and transfusion medicine and lung disease from previously collected human datasets. Awards can last for up to two years and cannot exceed more than...
by Jarrod Crockett | Oct 22, 2012 | Health and Human Services, STEM
This award provides up to 4 years of salary and research support for postdoctoral fellows or investigators pursuing intensive research in metabolomics. NIH will contribute up to $75,000 per year in salary and $50,000 per year in research development. Eligible...