MSU Center for Water Sciences
External RFPs Related to Water
Funding opportunities are organized below by due dates. Click on the month link below to view requests for proposals (RFPs) due that month or scroll through the list. For additional funding opportunities, see our MSU resources and links for finding funding page.
Links to RFPs with deadlines in:
January
RFPs with ongoing or open deadlines
Note: The National Science Foundation has instituted a number of changes in its guidelines for proposals submitted after January 1, 2009. A summary of significant changes can be found here.
Deadlines in November 2009
NSF Science in Energy and Environmental Design (SEED): Engineering Sustainable Buildings
Letters of Intent due Oct 9, 2009; Preliminary proposals due November 13, 2009; Full proposals due March 31, 2010
NOAA Open Rivers Initiative
Proposals due November 16, 2009
NSF Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems
Proposals due November 17, 2009
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Deadlines in December 2009
Proposals due December 5, 2009
NSF Ecology of Infectious Diseases
Proposals due December 9, 2009
2010 Academic Year EPA Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) Fellowships for Undergraduate Environmental Study
Applications due December 10, 2009
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Deadlines in January 2010
7th Annual P3 Awards: A National Student Design Competition for Sustainability Focusing on People, Prosperity and the Planet
Applications due January 4, 2010
NSF Ecological Biology
Proposals due January 9, 2010
NSF Ecosystem Science
Proposals due January 9, 2010
NSF Population and Community Ecology
Proposals due January 9, 2010
NSF Behavioral Systems
Proposals due January 12, 2010
NSF Geomorphology and Land Use Dynamics
Proposals due January 16, 2010
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Ongoing or Open Deadlines
Marine or Freshwater Conservation, Project AWARE
Continuous deadline
The Coca-Cola Foundation
Continuous deadline
New America’s Bernard L. Schwartz Fellows Program
The purpose of New America's Bernard L. Schwartz Fellows Program is to train and support a new generation of aspiring public intellectuals. Toward this end, the New America Foundation provides economic, professional, and intellectual support to exceptionally promising young writers, thinkers, and analysts who wish to establish themselves as leading voices in the national policy debate. By investing in the career development of many of the best and brightest civic-minded writers of the day, the Foundation seeks to enrich the quality of America's public debate for years to come. Link to application information>>
Graduate Fellowship in Adaptive Management: Water, Wetlands and Watersheds
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Application deadline: Every January
National Geographic
The National Geographic Society awards grants for scientific field research and exploration through its Committee for Research and Exploration. All proposed projects must have both a geographical dimension and relevance to other scientific fields and be of broad scientific interest. Applications are generally limited to the following disciplines: anthropology, archaeology, astronomy, biology, botany, geography, geology, oceanography, paleontology, and zoology. In addition the committee is emphasizing multidisciplinary projects that address environmental issues (e.g., loss of biodiversity and habitat, effects of human-population pressures). For more information see http://www.nationalgeographic.com/research/grant_application.html
The National Geographic Conservation Trust program also provides small grants. See http://www.nationalgeographic.com/conservation/
US Army Corps of Engineers. Numerical Water Quality and Contaminant Modeling. The Environmental Laboratory announces research opportunities involving numerical water quality and contaminant modeling. This area of research involves development and application of water quality and contaminant fate/transport models for both surface water and the subsurface, or groundwater. Emphasis is on formulation of the appropriate physical, chemical and biological algorithms; improvement of mathematical and numerical methods; collection and assemblage of data for model evaluation; conduct of field and laboratory process investigations designed to develop/improve model descriptions; dynamic linkage of water quality and biological models, including biomass-based, individual-based, and population-based biological models; integration of contaminant exposure models with biological effects data or models to quantify risk; incorporation of uncertaintly analysis into modeling; and development of software to provide graphical user interfaces and modeling environments to enhance model utility and ease of application. www.mvk.usace.army.mil/contract/other.asp
US Army Corps of Engineers. Limnological Investigations and Water Quality Management. The Environmental Laboratory announces research opportunities involving limnological investigations and water quality management. Current research encompasses a wide range of investigations designed to increase the Corps of Engineers' understanding of important limnological processes influencing tailwater, reservoir, wetland and coastal quality. Emphasis is on both short- and long-term field and laboratory investigations, the development of improved techniques for evaluating water quality conditions, formulation of sample design methodologies, and development of improved water quality management guidelines. Research is also conducted in the area of simplified techniques for the description and prediction of water quality conditions and problems and watershed management. Integrated methods for water quality management are developed and evaluated. Proposals for research categories are invited. www.mvk.usace.army.mil/contract/other.asp
Pepsico Foundation Grants
The PepsiCo Foundation focuses its grant making in the following areas:
- Health and Wellness
- Diversity and Inclusion
- Environment
- Employee Engagement
The Foundation's mission around the Environment is to advance the knowledge and methods of water resource management which are sustainable and positively impact both quantity and quality of water supply. Grant requests are accepted throughout the year on a rolling basis and are evaluated by the PepsiCo Foundation's Executive Committee, made up of three Foundation officers. Grant requests in excess of $100,000 must comply with more specific guidelines. Major grant requests are reviewed two times a year by the PepsiCo Foundation's Board of Directors. Link to RFP >>
Earthwatch Institute Call for Proposals in Limnology
The Center for Field Research (CFR) is a private, nonprofit organization established in 1973 to promote significant scholarship and to improve communication between scholars and the public. The center receives, reviews, and recommends projects for support by Earthwatch, the funding organization. CFR will consider proposals for field research in any discipline that can gainfully employ non-specialists in the implementation of a carefully constructed pure or applied research project. The volunteers, who are recruited and screened to meet scientists' needs, are highly educated citizens dedicated to improving environmental understanding. The center encourages proposals that are interdisciplinary or transnational.
Field-based projects that address a broad range of questions and issues in limnology are encouraged. Link to RFP >>
NSF International Research and Education: Planning Visits and Workshops
This solicitation describes International Planning Visit/Workshop awards to support the early phases of developing and coordinating a research and education activity with a foreign partner(s). Full Proposal Accepted Anytime for Planning Visits, Full Proposal Target Date: May 20, 2008; September 20, 2008; February 20, 2009 Link to RFP>>
Saginaw Bay Water Initiative Network Grants
WIN welcomes proposals that advance the search for sustainable solutions to current watershed and community challenges. WIN is responsive to new ideas, new research and new approaches, recognizing that such innovation is necessary to move the concept of sustainability forward in the Saginaw Bay watershed. The sustainability approach integrates economic goals with environmental and social goals and is based on the premise that meeting human needs for all people today should not impair the ability of future generations to meet their needs. Proposals accepted continuously. Link to RFP>>
NIH Research Supplements to Promote Re-Entry into Biomedical and Behavioral Research Careers
The Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH), participating Institutes and Centers (ICs) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) announce a continuing program for administrative supplements to research grants to support individuals with high potential to re-enter an active research career after a qualifying interruption for family or other responsibilities. Note: includes environmental health. Applications can be received at any time, opportunity expires Sept 30, 2011. Link to RFP>>
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