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ROSES-08 Amendment 27: New text and new due date for Appendix E.7: Concept Studies for Human Tended Suborbital Science This amendment clarifies Appendix E.7 entitled "Concept Studies for Human Tended Suborbital Science" and announces a new due date. The text is amended to explicitly include concept study proposals for 1) concepts for investigations with or without a "human in the loop," 2) concepts for autonomous payloads and/or payloads benefiting from or requiring multiple flights, and 3) concepts for payloads mounted externally to a suborbital vehicle. The proposal due date is changed to December 5, 2008. The NASA Headquarters point of contact is changed to Dr. Jonathan Rall.http://nspires.nasaprs.com/

LASER will not be co-sponsored by the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate (ESMD) this year; LASER is sponsored only by the Science Mission Directorate (SMD) this year. Objectives that support only lunar exploration without supporting lunar science are not being solicited this year. In order to allow sufficient time for proposals to be prepared in response to this change, the proposal due date has been deferred to November 7, 2008.

Landon Foundation-AACR Grants now Available Application Deadline (for both awards): November 20, 2008 at 12:00 noon, U.S. Eastern Time Application Submission: Online via proposalCENTRAL Landon Foundation-AACR Innovator Award for Cancer Prevention Research The Award recognizes outstanding achievement by junior faculty in cancer prevention in any discipline across the continuum of research. Open to candidates at the level of Assistant Professor at any research institution in the world, who completed postdoctoral studies or clinical fellowships on or after July 1, 2006. The award provides a two-year grant of $100,000 to support direct research expenses; salary and benefits; and attendance at AACR meeting relevant to cancer prevention for the purpose of participating in scholarly exchange. Landon Foundation-AACR INNOVATOR Award for International Collaboration The Award provides a two-year, $100,000 institutional grant. The Award is open to two or more independent researchers working within an established international cancer research collaboration. The co-investigators may be affiliated with any institution involved in cancer research, cancer medicine, or cancer-related biomedical science anywhere in the world; however, the co-investigators may not be affiliated with the same institution nor with institutions within the same country. For more information, complete eligibility requirements and award terms, visit www.aacr.org/page 14636.aspx and www.aacr.org/page14637.aspx

Applications are being accepted for predoctoral fellowships to support study toward a Ph.D. or Sc.D.; Dissertation fellowships offer support in the final year of writing the Ph.D. or Sc.D. thesis; Postdoctoral Fellowships offer one-year awards for Ph.D. recipients. Applicants must be U.S. citizens in research-based fields of study.Full eligibility information and on-line applications are available on the National Academies Web site at: http://nationalacademies.org/fellowships

Susan G. Komen for the Cure has extended the Postdoctoral Fellowship pre-application deadline. Requests for Applications (RFA) are available at www.komen.org/grants or www.komengrantsaccess.org. Postdoctoral Fellowships seek to attract pre-faculty scientists into breast cancer by providing up to $60,000 annually over three years. Fellows develop skills and expertise in one of two research tracks, basic and translational research leading to reductions in breast cancer incidence and/or mortality. Pre-applications are required prior to starting a full application. Pre-applications are now due no later than October 17, 2008 8:00 pm eastern time and full applications are due November 20, 2008 8:00pm eastern time.

The NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) offers unique research opportunities To highly talented national and international scientists and engineers to engage in ongoing NASA research in Aeronautics, Astrobiology, Astrophysics, Earth Science, Exploration Systems, Heliophysics, Planetary Science, and Space Operations. * Approximately 60 Fellowships awarded annually * One-year appointments, renewable up to three years * Annual stipends start at $50,000, with supplements for certain degree fields and high cost-of-living areas * Annual travel budget of $8,000 * Financial assistance for relocation * Financial supplement for health insurance purchased through the program Apply at http://nasa.orau.org/postdoc.

This amendment announces proposal opportunities for Education and Public Outreach supplemental awards. Principal Investigators (PIs) of selected Science Mission Directorate (SMD) research investigations may propose for Education or Outreach awards as supplements to their research award. Note: Two major changes have been made to the supplemental E/PO award opportunity compared to ROSES-2007 and earlier. (i) Two different pathways are offered: $15K education pathway proposals and $10K outreach pathway proposals. (ii) There is a specific proposal due date, and proposals are submitted through NSPIRES. These proposal opportunities are described in Appendix E.8: Supplemental Outreach Awards for ROSES Investigators and Appendix E.9: Supplemental Education Awards for ROSES Investigators. Proposals for supplemental E/PO awards are due December 15, 2008. Notices of Intent (NOIs) to propose are not requested.