RESEARCH

The Office of Sponsored Projects is pleased to announce that the second National Science Foundation Regional Grants Conference of fiscal year 2010 will be held in Cleveland, Ohio, and hosted by Case Western Reserve University on March 22-23, 2010. A description of the conference is available for review on the Policy Office Website. https://www.signup4.net/public/ap.aspx?EID=NATI309E&OID=50

ARLINGTON, VA, January 7, 2010—The Department of Defense (DoD), through the Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP), supports the demonstration of environmental and energy technologies that address priority DoD environmental requirements. The goal of ESTCP is to transition environmental and energy technology projects through the demonstration phase, thereby enabling promising technologies to receive regulatory and DoD end-user acceptance and to be fielded and commercialized more effectively and more rapidly.

ESTCP is seeking innovative environmental and energy technology demonstrations as candidates for funding. This solicitation requests pre-proposals via Calls for Proposals to DoD organizations and Federal (Non-DoD) organizations, and via a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Private Sector organizations. PRE-PROPOSALS ARE DUE BY THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 2010. Additional information at http://ora.ra.cwru.edu/ospa/Funding_1-12-10.pdf

IMPORTANT: due to budget and staff cutbacks, the Ohio Arts Council's Arts Access program will offer only one deadline for the upcoming year rather than two, as we have offered for each of the last several years. The March 1, 2010 deadline will be the only deadline for this program this fiscal year. All projects and programming taking place between July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011 must apply to this deadline to be considered for funding. If you have questions about the application process or the program to which you are applying, please refer to the Ohio Arts Council Guidelines at: http://www.oac.state.oh.us/grantsprogs/guidelines/guide_intro.asp

NASA Research Announcement (NRA) NNJ10ZSA001N, entitled "Ground-Based Studies in Space Radiobiology." This NRA solicits ground-based proposals for the Space Radiation Program Element (SRPE) components of the Human Research Program (HRP). Proposals are solicited by the SRPE in the area of Space Radiation Biology utilizing beams of high energy heavy ions simulating space radiation at the NASA Space Radiation Laboratory (NSRL), at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) in Upton, New York. The full text of the solicitation is available on the NASA Research Opportunities homepage at http://nspires.nasaprs.com under menu listing "Open Solicitations." Step-1 proposals are due February 16, 2010.

The following grant opportunities are currently being offered by the American Association for Cancer Research. Landon Foundation-AACR INNOVATOR Award for Research in Personalized Cancer Medicine *New Program* This grant is designed to accelerate progress in the area of personalized cancer medicine by providing support for physician-scientists who conduct meritorious studies that hold promise for near-patient benefit. The Award is open to candidates who have acquired a medical degree or its equivalent or a combined M.D./Ph.D at any research institution in the world who completed postdoctoral studies or clinical fellowships on or after July 2, 2000. Landon Foundation-AACR INNOVATOR Award for Cancer Prevention Research This grant recognizes outstanding achievement by junior faculty in any discipline of cancer prevention research. The projects must describe novel and innovative research that, if successful, will have strong potential for high impact in the cancer prevention field. Applicants must be in their first full-time faculty appointment; hold the title of Instructor, Research Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, or an equivalent full-time faculty position; have completed postdoctoral studies or clinical fellowships on or after July 2, 2006; and work at an academic, medical, or research institution anywhere in the world. Landon Foundation-AACR INNOVATOR Award for International Collaboration in Cancer Research This grant is open to two or more independent investigators working within an established international cancer research collaboration involving institutes in multiple countries. The Collaborators may be affiliated with any institution involved in cancer research, cancer medicine, or cancer-related biomedical science anywhere in the world.