Call for Submissions: Joy Cappel 2014 Young Investigator Award
For more than 30 years, Rockland was guided by Joy Cappel, President and CEO. Mrs. Cappel’s vision to help define mechanisms underlying cell function and disease through antibody targeted detection is the motivational force behind this award. This award is intended to foster research conducted by a promising post-doctoral fellow, graduate student or young investigator performing research in the areas of oncology, nuclear signaling, developmental biology, epigenetics, immunology, microbiology, neuroscience, signal transduction or stem cell technology. This year, we are awarding a total of $100...
Source: ScanGrants feed - April 21, 2014 Category: Research Authors: Rockland Source Type: funding
Conservation innovation grant
Funding Opportunity Number: USDA-NRCS-NE-14-01 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: GrantCategory of Funding Activity: AgricultureCFDA Number: 10.912Eligible Applicants State governmentsCounty governmentsCity or township governmentsSpecial district governmentsPublic and State controlled institutions of higher educationNative American tribal governments (Federally recognized)Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher educationPrivate institutions of higher educationIndividualsFor profit organizations other than small businessesSmall busi...
Source: Grants.gov - April 11, 2014 Category: Research Tags: Agriculture Source Type: funding
Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students LINK Travel Award
Application Deadline: October 3, 2014 ASM-NSF LINK Program The ASM-NSF Leaders Inspiring Networks and Knowledge (LINK) Program seeks to connect active research investigators and undergraduate educators interested in broadening participation in science and building interdisciplinary collaborations that benefit all partners and contribute to discovery and understanding while promoting teaching and learning. The LINK Program is specifically interested in supporting collaborations involving trainees and early-career scientsts underrepresented nationally in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) to...
Source: ScanGrants feed - March 19, 2014 Category: Research Authors: American Society for Microbiology/National Science Foundation Source Type: funding
PPHF 2014 Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (ELC) - Building and Strengthening Epidemiology, Laboratory and Health Information Systems Capacity in State and Local Health Departments financed in part by 2014 Prevention and Public
Funding Opportunity Number: CDC-RFA-CK14-1401PPHF14 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.521Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: HHS-CDCClosing Date: May 14, 2014Award Ceiling: $0Expected Number of Awards: 64Creation Date: Mar 14, 2014Funding Opportunity Description: The purpose of this FOA is to protect the public health and safety of the American people by enhancing the capacity of public health agenc...
Source: Grants.gov - March 15, 2014 Category: Research Tags: Health Source Type: funding
Call for Nominations: Maurice Hilleman/Merck Award
ASM’s premier award for major contributions to pathogenesis, vaccine discovery, vaccine development, and/or control of vaccine-preventable diseases. The award is presented in memory of Maurice R. Hilleman, whose work in the development of vaccines has saved the lives of many throughout the world. Eligibility: The nominee must have made outstanding achievements in pathogenesis, vaccine discovery, vaccine development, and/or control of vaccine-preventable diseases. Award: A cash prize of $20,000, a commemorative piece, and travel to the ASM General Meeting where the laureate will deliver the Mauric...
Source: ScanGrants feed - February 11, 2014 Category: Research Authors: American Society for Microbiology Source Type: funding
Call for Nominations: Eli Lilly and Company-Elanco Research Award
ASM's oldest and most prestigious prize, it rewards fundamental research of unusual merit in microbiology or immunology by an individual on the threshold of his or her career. Eligibility: The nominee's work is not judged by comparison with the research of more experienced scientists, and special consideration is given to originality and independence of thought. The nominee must not have reached his or her 45th birthday by April 30 of the year the award is given. The nominee may live and work anywhere in the world and must be actively engaged in the line of research for which the award is to be made. ...
Source: ScanGrants feed - February 11, 2014 Category: Research Authors: American Society for Microbiology Source Type: funding
Call for Nominations: Dupont Industrial Biosciences Award in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Recognizes distinguished achievement in research and development in applied (non-clinical) and environmental microbiology. Eligibility: The nominee must demonstrate outstanding accomplishment in research or development in an appropriate field and be actively engaged in research or development at the time that the award is presented. Award: A cash prize of $2,000, a commemorative piece, and travel to the ASM General Meeting where the laureate delivers the Dupont Industrial Biosciences Award Lecture. Deadline: July 1. Nominations: Nominations will be considered without updating for three year...
Source: ScanGrants feed - February 11, 2014 Category: Research Authors: American Society for Microbiology Source Type: funding
Call for Nominations: Carski Foundation Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award
Honors an educator for outstanding teaching of microbiology to undergraduate students and for encouraging them to subsequent achievement. Eligibility: The nominee must be currently teaching microbiology in a recognized college or university, with a substantial portion of his or her time during the past five years devoted to teaching undergraduate students in microbiology, and a minimum of ten years total teaching experience. The nominee may have engaged in research or other concerns, provided that teaching undergraduates remained a substantial activity. International educators are also eligible. Award: ...
Source: ScanGrants feed - February 11, 2014 Category: Research Authors: American Society for Microbiology Source Type: funding
Call for Nominations: American Society for Microbiology Graduate Microbiology Teaching Award
Honors exemplary teaching and recognizes an individual for distinguished teaching of microbiology and mentoring of students at the graduate and postgraduate levels (e.g., graduate school, medical school, or other health professional schools) and for encouraging students to subsequent achievement. Eligibility: The nominee must be currently teaching microbiology in a recognized college or university, with a substantial portion of his or her time during the past five years devoted to teaching graduate students in microbiology, and a minimum of 10 years total teaching experience. The nominee may have engaged in re...
Source: ScanGrants feed - February 11, 2014 Category: Research Authors: American Society for Microbiology Source Type: funding
Call for Nominations: Abbott Award in Clinical and Diagnostic Immunology
Honors a distinguished scientist in clinical or diagnostic immunology for outstanding contributions to those fields. Eligibility: The nominee must demonstrate significant contributions to the understanding of the functioning of the host immune system in human disease, clinical approaches to diseases involving the immune system or development or clinical application of immunodiagnostic procedures. Award: A cash prize of $2,500, a commemorative piece, and travel to the ASM General Meeting where the laureate will present the Abbott Award in Clinical and Diagnostic Immunology lecture. Deadline: July 1....
Source: ScanGrants feed - February 11, 2014 Category: Research Authors: American Society for Microbiology Source Type: funding
Call for Nominations: Raymond W. Sarber Awards
Recognize students at the undergraduate and predoctoral levels for research excellence and potential. The awards honor Raymond W. Sarber for his contributions to the growth and advancement of ASM. Eligibility: Nominees must be a student at the undergraduate or predoctoral level, attending an accredited institution in the United States, in an academic program involving microbiology. Two awards are presented at the ASM General Meeting, one to an undergraduate and one to a graduate student. They will be judged separately. Award: A framed certificate and cash prize of $2,000. Deadline: July 1. ...
Source: ScanGrants feed - February 11, 2014 Category: Research Authors: American Society for Microbiology Source Type: funding
Call for Nominations: William A. Hinton Research Training Award
Honors outstanding contributions toward fostering the research training of underrepresented minorities in microbiology. It is given in memory of William A. Hinton, a physician-research scientist and one of the first African-Americans to join the ASM. Eligibility: The nominee must contribute to the research training of undergraduate students, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows or health professional students and efforts leading to the increased participation of underrepresented minorities in microbiology. Award: A cash prize of $2,500, a commemorative piece, and travel to the ASM General Meeting....
Source: ScanGrants feed - February 11, 2014 Category: Research Authors: American Society for Microbiology Source Type: funding
Call for Nominations: ICAAC Young Investigator Awards
Recognize and reward early career scientists for research excellence and potential in microbiology and infectious disease. Eligibility: Nominees must be no more than three years beyond completion of postdoctoral research training in microbiology or infectious diseases at the time of the nomination deadline. Award: A cash prize of $3,000 to support travel to the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) where the awards are presented. Up to five awards may be presented each year. One of the awards is earmarked for a researcher working in the area of HIV who resides and wor...
Source: ScanGrants feed - February 11, 2014 Category: Research Authors: American Society for Microbiology Source Type: funding
Call for Nominations: D.C. White Research and Mentoring Award
Recognizing distinguished accomplishments in interdisciplinary research and mentoring in microbiology, this award honors D.C. White, who was known for his interdisciplinary scientific approach and for being a dedicated and inspiring mentor. Eligibility: Consideration will be given to the breadth of the nominee's contributions, as well as their originality and overall impact. There are no age restrictions, but the nominee must have a distinguished record of accomplishments in microbiological research. Nominees in all areas of microbiology will be considered. Award: A cash prize of $5,000, a co...
Source: ScanGrants feed - February 11, 2014 Category: Research Authors: American Society for Microbiology Source Type: funding
Call for Nominations: Moselio Schaechter Distinguished Service Award
This award, named in honor of Professor Moselio Schaechter, former ASM President, honors an ASM member who has shown exemplary leadership and commitment towards the substantial furthering of the profession of microbiology in research, education or technology in the developing world. Eligibility: Individuals (for example: microbiologists who have been instrumental in setting up properly functioning clinical microbiology laboratories or successful biotechnology services based on microbiology; academicians who have developed high quality undergraduate or graduate training programs; researchers who have demonstrat...
Source: ScanGrants feed - February 11, 2014 Category: Research Authors: American Society for Microbiology Source Type: funding
