Bank President Robert Zoellick said a Rome summit should commit to helping the twenty most vulnerable countries in the coming weeks before soaring food prices push millions more into poverty or malnutrition.
This program provides funding to advance energy efficiency and clean energy programming and policies, including corporate greenhouse gas management, through cost effective strategies. Application deadline is August 6, 2008.
The NIH Academic Career Award will provide support to increase the pool of individuals with academic and research expertise to become academic researchers and to enhance the educational or research capacity at the sponsoring institution.
This Funding Opportunity encourages Research Project Grant applications on the economics of prevention and treatment services for drug and alcohol abuse.
The overall goal of the program is to provide research opportunities for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds and others who are underrepresented in biomedical and behavioral research that will significantly contribute to a diverse research workforce in the future.
The Food and Drug Administration Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition research program focuses on five primary priorities; ensuring the safety of food, dietary, supplements and cosmetics; improving nutrition; and promoting the security and integrity of the food supply. Application deadline is August 2, 2008.
The Research Experiences for Undergraduates program supports active research participation by undergraduate students in any of the areas of research funded by the National Science Foundation. Application deadline is August 18, 2008.
The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 reauthorizes the Biodiesel Fuel Education Program, a competitive grants program to educate about the benefits of biodiesel fuel use. CSREES, in cooperation with USDA’s Office of Energy Policy and New Uses, will solicit applications during July with a deadline in August.
The Small Business Innovation Research program offers grants to qualified small businesses in support of high quality, innovative research related to important scientific problems and opportunities in agriculture that could lead to significant public benefit if successfully commercialized. Application closing date is September 4th, 2008.
