China Scholarship Program Opportunity for UC Students

Chinese government scholarship program available for foreign, e.g. non-Chinese, undergraduate students, graduate students and “scholars” to study and conduct research in selected Chinese universities. See below for the program description and application forms (in both Chinese and English). More information can also be found at:
http://www.csc.edu.cn/Lianhua/b9284d4ed8144529bc880978a1b0c97a.shtml (Please note that you need to scroll down past the initial Chinese section to get to the English program description). While the amount of financial support is rather limited, this program may be of significant interest particularly to UC students planning to spend time in China.

* * The application deadline is April 15 for 2009/2010 academic year. * *

The application materials should be mailed to the addresses below, and applicants can contact the Education Offices directly if they have further questions.

Please read the Program_description.doc for more details (Please note that you need to scroll down past the initial Chinese section to get to the English program description).

Fill out both application_form1.pdf and application_form2.pdf and mail to the contacts listed below.

Northern California:
Ms. Yan Li, Consul
Education Office
Chinese Consulate in San Francisco
San Francisco，CA94115
1450 Laguana Street.
Phone contact: 415-674-2957

Southern California:
Education Office
Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles
443 Shatto Place
Los Angeles, CA90020
Phone contact: 213-807-8023

DoD Autism Research Program - Funding Opportunities

The Fiscal Year 2009 (FY09) Defense Appropriations Act provides $8 million to the Department of Defense Autism Research Program (ARP) to support high-impact, innovative research to improve the lives of individuals with autism spectrum disorders now. This program is administered by the U.S. Army Medical Research and Material Command through the Office of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP). The Fiscal Year 2009 (FY09) Department of Defense Autism Research Program (ARP) has released the following funding opportunities:

Submission Deadlines:

Clinical Trial Award
Pre-Application (Preproposal): March 17, 2009
Invited Proposal: July 22, 2009

Idea Award
Pre-Application (Preproposal): March 17, 2009
Invited Proposal: July 22, 2009

Concept Award
Pre-Application Letter of Intent: June 24, 2009
Proposal: July 15, 2009

For more information and instructions, please see the FY09 Autism Research Program (ARP) Announcement. Best of luck!

REMINDER: DoD Pre-Application Deadlines this week!

Pre-application deadlines for various DoD Funding Opportunities are this week! See below for application links and instructions.

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DoD_Consortium_Development_Award_Application_Instructions.doc---DoD_Idea_Development_Award.pdf (Pre-application deadline: March 2, 2009; Proposal deadline: June 2, 2009)

DoD_Idea_Development_Award_Application_Instructions.pdf---DOD_Collaborative_Translational_Research_Award.pdf (Pre-application deadline: March 2, 2009; Proposal deadline: June 2, 2009)

DoD_Collaborative_Translational_Research_Award_Application_Instructions.pdf
Labels: (OCRP), Defense Ovarian Cancer Research Program

Joseph Naiman Graduate Fellowship

Joseph Naiman Graduate Fellowship - Mini Grants for Japanese Studies

Details:
The Program in Japanese Studies is pleased encouraging graduate students in Japanese Studies to apply for a Joseph Naiman Graduate Fellowship. These mini-grants are intended for summer and academic research for 2008-2009. Applicants can apply for up to $10,000 to support research and study on Japan.

Deadline: Friday, May 8, 2009
Award Amount: $10,000

Please submit: 4 sets of copies containing your CV, grant proposal, budget (rough estimate of how you plan to spend the money if awarded), two letters of recommendation from UCSD faculty, and other sources of funding (pending or committed. Please include any financial aid you are currently receiving or will receive)) by Friday, May, 8, 2009.

Mail proposals to:
UCSD, Program in Japanese Studies
9500 Gilman Drive #0104
La Jolla, CA 92093-0104

Contact:
Kinuko Kanda
(858) 534-3598
japan@ucsd.edu

NIH deadline coming up - IMPORTANT UPDATES!

For all graduate students who are planning to submit NIH/NRSA applications for the April 8th deadline, we need those forms to review 2 weeks PRIOR to the NIH deadline. That means you need to get them to me by tomorrow; Wednesday, March 25.

To view the forms you will need, please go here. You can also download and review the instructions from that page.

Also, OGS will now require the NRSA assurance form, which can be found here.

Please email me if you have any questions. Best of luck!

Intel 2009-2010 PhD Fellowship Program

To see requirements for this award, please click on the following SURF link.

Part of the eligibility requirements for this award include being a a U.S. citizen, or someone from a controlled country. Students from embargoed countries are not eligible.

CONTROLLED
Albania
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Cambodia
China
Georgia
Iraq
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Libya
Macau
Moldova
Mongolia
Russia
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
Vietnam

EMBARGOED
Burma (Myanmar)+
Cuba
Iran
North Korea
Sudan
Syria