Grant, Award and Fellowship Opportunities 
for the Environment and Sustainability

Volume 3, Issue 10, May 2014
News & Events    |     Funding Opportunities     |     Resources
NewsNews & Events

UCLA Research Escalator - Upcoming Programs

Stay tuned for upcoming webinar and workshop events to further develop and support your funding efforts. In the meantime, click here to view previous event videos and presentation materials. 

 

UCLA Office of Intellectual Property - Upcoming Events

OIP-ISR hosts and co-sponsors seminars, conferences, and networking events designed to help guide UCLA inventors forming startups, protecting intellectual property, and developing collaborations with industry: 

UCLA CTSI - Upcoming Events

View upcoming events hosted by the UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute. 

UC Office of the President - Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives (MRPI) - Request for Proposals

These grants seek to support innovative campus efforts to enhance UC's ability to advance scholarship, student training and knowledge, particularly in areas of importance to the university and the state.    

 

UCLA IDRE is pleased to announce upcoming summer courses: Harness the Power of GPU's: Intro to GPGPU Programming (June 16-20, 2014) and Data Intensive Summer School (June 30 - July 2, 2014). These courses, hosted virtually by UCLA-IDRE, are free for UCLA researchers/students.   

  

Research Development & Grant-Writing News

Monthly newsletter with tips, best practices, and insider advice on applying for grants and strengthening proposal applications. 

 

nonfederalFederal Opportunities

California Energy Commission - Developing Advanced Energy Storage Technology Solutions to Lower Costs and Achieve Policy Goals

Department of Agriculture - National Integrated Water Quality Program 

EPA - Integrated Atmospheric Deposition Network 2014 Request for Applications

EPA - National Clean Diesel Funding Assistance Program FY 2014 Request for Proposals (RFP)

NASA - Atmospheric Composition: Modeling and Analysis

NIH - Healthy Habits: Timing for Developing Sustainable Healthy Behaviors in Children and Adolescents (R01) Also see: (R03) and (R21)

NSF - Biological Oceanography

NSF - Coupling, Energetics, and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions (CEDAR)

NSF - Cultural Anthropology

NSF - Decision, Risk and Management Sciences (DRMS)

NSF - EarthScope

NSF - Economics

NSF - Geobiology and Low-Temperature Geochemistry

NSF - Geomorphology and Land Use Dynamics

NSF - GeoPrisms Program

NSF - Law & Social Sciences (LSS)

NSF - Marine Geology and Geophysics

NSF - NSF Earth Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowships (EAR-PF)

NSF - Ocean Drilling (OD)

NSF - Opportunities for Promoting Understanding through Synthesis (OPUS)

NSF - Perception, Action & Cognition

NSF - Physical Oceanography

NSF - Sedimentary Geology and Paleobiology

NSF - Sociology

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute - Center for Tropical Forest Science (CTFS) Grants Program

USDA Forest Service - 2014 Wood to Energy Grant Program Request for Proposals

USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture - Biodiesel Fuel Education Program

US Fish and Wildlife Service - National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program

nonfederalNon-Federal Opportunities

Durham University Institute of Advanced Study (IAS) - Fellowship Scheme

Global Action Platform - 2014 Global Action Challenge Innvation Investment Competetition

Harvard University Society of Fellows - Nominations for Junior Fellows 

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) - Science for Peace and Security Also see: Deadlines

Oak Ridge Associated Universities - NASA Postdoctoral Program

Royal Society of New Zealand - Rutherford Medal

Save the Redwoods League - Education Grants Program

Sundance Institute - Documentary Fund

United States Golf Association (USGA) - Turfgrass and Environmental Research

United Technologies - Grants

Wells Fargo - Clean Technology and Innovation Grant Program

World Community Grid - Request for Proposals

Interested applicants: please contact UCLA Corporate, Foundation and Research Relations for information or assistance regarding these opportunities.

Fulbright Canada - Carlos Rico Award for North American Studies

Fulbright Canada - NEXUS Research Awards

Fulbright Canada - Postdoctoral Research Awards

Fulbright Canada - Visiting Research Chairs

Organic Farming Research Foundation - Proposals for Research on Organic Farming and Food Systems

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ResourcesResearch & Funding Resources

UCLA Research Links

  

OVCR - Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research

  

OCGA - Office of Contracts and Grants Administration - Proposal Preparation Guidelines

 

ORA - Office of Research Administration

 

OIP - Office of Intellectual Property and Industry Sponsored Research

 

CFRR - Corporate, Foundation and Research Relations

 

UCLA Graduate & Postdoctoral Extramural Support (GRAPES) Database

 

UCLA Graduate Writing Center

 

UCLA Biomedical Library

 

New Faculty Guide to Competing for Research Funding

 

Research Development & Grant-Writing News

 

 

 

Find Funding

 

Grants.gov

 

SPIN Funding Opportunities

 

Pivot/COS

 

NEA - National Endowment for the Arts

 

NEH - National Endowment for the Humanities

 

NIH - National Institutes of Health

 

NSF - National Science Foundation

 

DOD - Department of Defense

 

NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

 

EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

 

DOED - Department of Education

 

DHHS - Department of Health and Human Services

 

DOE - Department of Energy

 

DOS - Department of State


 

This newsletter provides information about selected opportunities as a resource to the UCLA campus research community. Please be sure to carefully review any announcement before commencing an application. 

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