Tunisia Undergraduate Scholarship Program (Tunisia UGRAD)
The U.S. Department of State is seeking a partner institution for its Tunisia UGRAD program. The program aim to give 111 Tunisian students greater understanding of American culture and globally applicable skills via an academic exchange program. The partner...
Natural Gas Conversion to Chemicals
This InnoCentive Challenge offers $15,000 for methods to convert natural gas into chemicals or chemical feedstock that go beyond current processes. Submissions are due October 28, 2012 and more information can be found in the link below:...
Countermeasures Against Chemcial Threats (CounterAct)
The CounterAct program provides funding for therapeutics that reduce the mortality and morbidity caused by exposure to chemical threat agents. Proposals should include a description of the drug, how it will be used on humans and how it would be administered during a...
Functional Assays to Screen Genomic Hits
This funding opportunity announcement by the National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute aims to use in vitro or animal model systems to better understand genetic variations in heart, lung, blood and sleep phenotypes. Research should include, but is not limited to:...
Effects of In Utero Alcohol Exposure on Adult Health and Disease
This funding opportunity announcement from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism supports innovative research on how prenatal alcohol exposure contributes to the etiology of chronic diseases and conditions later in life. Research can include, but is...
Immunity in the Elderly
This joint program between the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAD) and the National Institute of Aging (NIA) seeks to develop a better understanding of how age changes the immunological system and how this affects immune responses to infection...
Proposals for Neglected Diseases Research
The Tres Cantos Open Lab Foundation is offering up to $160,000 for groundbreaking research in the areas of malarial disease, tuberculosis and kinetoplastid diseases.Winners will be able to utilize the facilities and resources of GlaxoSmithKline's Tres Cantos Medicines...
Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPORE) in Human Cancer
The SPORE program offers up to $2.5 million per year for five years for research on the prevention, early detection, diagnosis and/or treatment of cancer. Proposals should be organ-specific and can include (but are not limited to) leukemias, brain cancer, breast...
Drug Abuse Aspects of HIV/AIDS
The National Institutes of Health is offering various amounts of funding over a five-year period for research on the relationship between drug abuse and the transmission of HIV/AIDS. Potential proposals can include: Drug abuse and HIV prevention & treatment...
Prevent Surface Scuffing in Container Glass
InnoCentive is offering $20,000 for either a chemical additive or physical treatment that can prevent or lessen the scuffing of container glass surfaces. Both a written proposal and an experimental proof-of-data concept (and/or sample delivery) are required. Entries...