Advancing Informal STEM Learning (NSF)

NSF's Advancing Informal STEM Learning (ASIL) has been added to the Natural Sciences Funding Opportunity webpage and the Teacher Education Funding Opportunity webpage.

Transforming Undergraduate Education in STEM

NSF's Transforming Undergraduate Education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (TUES) has been released with a due date of January 15, 2013.  For more information, visit the Natural Sciences & Mathematics Funding Opportunity webpage.

Improving Diet & Physical Activity grant solicitation announced

Improving Diet & Physical Activity proposal solicitation has been added to the Health & PE Funding Opportunity webpage.

Free access to journal articles?

Access2Research, the advocacy group advocating for free access to journal articles arising from taxpayer funded research, has received enough signatures on its online petition to warrant a response from the White House.  The full wording of the petition can be found on the Access2Research website. 

Psychology & Health Grants added

Improving the Lives of Older Adults has been posted on the Psychology Funding Opportunity webpage and Healthy Eating Research has been posted on the Health & PE Funding Opportunity site.

New Opportunities Posted

Two new funding opportunities have been posted on the Special Education and Criminal Justice funding pages.

Roadmaps to Health Community Grants posted

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Roadmaps to Health Community Grants program will support communities working to implement policy or system changes to address one of the social or economic factors that, as defined by the County Health Rankings, most strongly influence health outcomes in their community. These include education, employment and income, family and social support, and community safety. For more information, visit the Health and Physical Education Funding Opportunity website.