Water Foundation Grant 
Assessing the Microbial Risks and Potential Impacts from Stormwater Collection and Uses to Establish Appropriate Best Management Practices
Deadline: September 24, 2019 
To assess the microbial risks and potential impacts from stormwater collection and onsite reuse to and help establish appropriate best management practices for stormwater harvesting/reuse and other stormwater control measures.
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The Getty Foundation
Getty Scholars Grants
Deadline: October 1, 2019
Getty Scholar Grants are for established scholars, or writers who have attained distinction in their fields. Recipients are in residence at the Getty Research Institute or Getty Villa, where they pursue their own projects free from academic obligations, make use of Getty collections, join their colleagues in a weekly meeting devoted to an annual research theme, and participate in the intellectual life of the Getty. Applications are welcome from researchers of all nationalities who are working in the arts, humanities, or social sciences.
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Robert Woods Johnson Foundation 
Advancing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Policy and Law Research
Deadline: October 2, 2019 
Policies for Action (P4A), a signature research program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is issuing a special call for proposals (CFP) to advance health equity by actively seeking new and diverse perspectives from the policy research field. This opportunity is designed to support researchers from multiple disciplines to better understand and find solutions that will promote health equity and foster action on policies and laws that ensure all people in America can attain and preserve good health and well-being.
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NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship Program in Education Research 
Deadline: October 3, 2019
The Dissertation Fellowship Program seeks to encourage a new generation of scholars from a wide range of disciplines and professional fields to undertake research relevant to the improvement of education. These $27,500 fellowships support individuals whose dissertations show potential for bringing fresh and constructive perspectives to the history, theory, or practice of formal or informal education anywhere around the world. Fellows will also attend professional development retreats and receive mentorship from NAEd members and other senior scholars in their field. This highly competitive program aims to identify the most talented emerging researchers conducting dissertation research related to education. The NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship program will fund 35 promising young scholars for the 2020-2021 academic year.  Click hereto learn about the current fellows.NAEd will host a webinar for interested applicants on Wednesday, September 4th, 2019 at 2:00pm ET.  Register for the webinar and find the fellowship application form on the NAEd website: https://naeducation.org/naedspencer-dissertation-fellowship-program/

Institute for Research on Innovation & Science 
Deadline: October 15, 2019 
The Institute for Research on Innovation and Science (IRIS) seeks to fund researchers who will use the IRIS UMETRICS data to address questions about the social and economic returns to investments in research. IRIS seeks to enable fundamental research on the results of public and private investments that support discovery, innovation, and education on the campuses of U.S. universities. We accomplish that goal by: (1) collecting and curating data from universities around the country; (2) cleaning, integrating and protecting that data in our capacity as an IRB approved data repository; (3) partnering with the U.S. Census Bureau to link university data to restricted federal micro-data; and, (4) making the resulting datasets as broadly available to research users as the law and responsible research practice allow. The IRIS UMETRICS dataset is available to researchers within the secure IRIS Virtual Data Enclave (VDE) environment. This dataset is comprised of three collections: (i) core files in which researchers find university financial and personnel administrative data pertaining to sponsored project expenditures at IRIS member universities during a given year; (ii) auxiliary files which provide researchers with look-up and contextual information on institutions, awards, vendors and subaward recipients, and (iii) linkage files in which researchers find crosswalks between IRIS data and external datasets (e.g., publications, patents, and federal award data) at the individual and award level. Awards up to $20,000 to support innovative research using IRIS UMETRICS data will be disbursed to the recipient’s institution. Funds can be used for personnel (e.g., research assistance, salaries, or stipend if recipient is a student), equipment, supplies, travel (may include travel mandated by the award), and other expenses (e.g., professional development and training). Awards must include no more than 12% overhead or indirect costs to be paid as a part of the award total. Applicants with proposals for projects with longer timelines may be considered, but the monetary award is limited to a 15-month time period beginning January 2020 through March 2021.
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Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council 
Deadline: October 15, 2019 
Insight Grants support research excellence in the social sciences and humanities. Funding is available to both emerging and established scholars for research initiatives of two to five years. Stable support for long-term research initiatives is central to advancing knowledge. It enables scholars to address complex issues pertaining to individuals and societies, and to further our collective understanding. Insight Grants support research proposed by scholars and judged worthy of funding by their peers and/or other experts. Insight Grant research initiatives may be undertaken by an individual researcher or a team of researchers working in collaboration.
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Princeton University 
Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Faculty Fellowships 
Deadline: November 4, 2019
The University Center for Human Values at Princeton University invites applications for Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Faculty Fellowships for the academic year 2020-21. Fellows devote an academic year in residence at Princeton to research and writing about topics involving human values in public and private life. This full-time visiting program is open to scholars in all disciplines provided their research plans qualify. In recent years fellows have been drawn from fields including philosophy, political theory, literature, history, classics, economics and law, but this list is not meant to be exhaustive.
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NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in Education Research 
Deadline: November 20, 2019
The Postdoctoral Fellowship Program supports early-career scholars working in critical areas of educational scholarship. Fellows will receive $70,000 for one academic year of research, or $35,000 for each of two contiguous years, working half time. Fellows will also attend professional development retreats and receive mentorship from NAEd members and other senior scholars in their field. Applicants must have had their PhD, EdD, or equivalent research degree conferred between January 1, 2014, and December 31, 2018.  This fellowship is non-residential, and applications from all disciplines are encouraged. The NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship program will fund 30 early-career researchers for the 2020-2021 academic year. Click hereto learn about the current fellows.

And please don't miss out on these Internal Opportunities:   

• September 25: Deadline for initial draft proposals for the Technology Catalyst Fund, with final proposals due October 16, to advance innovations originating from UMBC research to more commercially viable technologies.

• October 8: Deadline for the fall semester CAHSS Dean’s Research Fund (CDRF) funding opportunity.Provides up to $5,000 to support the research endeavors of CAHSS tenured and tenure-track faculty and lecturers.

Just days after U.S. News again recognized UMBC as one of the nation’s top universities for teaching and innovation, the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings have named UMBC a top global university.

In the new 2020 THE World University Rankings, UMBC is listed as among the top 800 universities worldwide, and #130 among U.S. universities on the global list. UMBC performs particularly well on an important measure of faculty research: citation impact. This reflects the visibility of UMBC faculty research on a global stage.

The Wall Street Journal / Times Higher Education College Rankings 2020 were also released earlier this month, with a focus on U.S. institutions. In this ranking, UMBC performs particularly well in student outcomes and learning environment. Outcomes include factors like graduate salary, university reputation, and debt after graduation, as well as graduation rate. Environment includes faculty and student diversity, international students, and student inclusion.

While recognizing that there is so much more to UMBC than rankings, President Freeman Hrabowski recently shared that UMBC’s standing reflects the university’s continued growth and the respect that colleagues at universities across the country and around the world have for UMBC.

Earlier this year, Times Higher Education spotlighted UMBC for advancements in graduating more low-income and minority students in the sciences, referring to this strength as “the holy grail of academia.” As President Hrabowski explained in the article, lessons learned in one area can inform others, and UMBC’s work to support underrepresented students in STEM has led to investments in supports for students of all backgrounds and in a broad array of majors across UMBC.

At UMBC, says Karl Steiner, vice president for research, “We take pride in our culture of inclusive excellence.”

UMBC was also again recognized by The Chronicle of Higher Education as a “Great College to Work For” this month. The University received special honors in two categories: (1) Confidence in Senior Leadership and (2) Respect and Appreciation.

As one employee shared with The Chronicle:

UMBC has now appeared on the Great Colleges to Work For list for ten years.

Featured image: Students on the stairs in front of the UMBC library. All photos by Marlayna Demond ’11 for UMBC.

Information about UMBC’s “Great Colleges” ranking went live on Sept. 16, and was added after initial article publication.

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE COUNTY (UMBC)
JOINT CENTER FOR EARTH SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY (JCET)

Research Activity:

The Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology (JCET) in cooperation of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) and Physics Department of UMBC seeks a Postdoctoral Research Associate. The research scope of this position is to advance the understanding of desert dust cycle and its interactions with the energy, water, and carbon cycles of the Earth system through integrating satellite observations and model simulations. Successful applicant will focus research on one of several projects, including (a) investigating the interannual to decadal variability of atmospheric dust, (b) quantifying the dust long-range transport and deposition, (c) assessing the dust direct radiative effects, and (d) studying dust-cloud interactions and the consequential impacts on weather and climate. The initial appointment will be for one (1) year period, with a possibility for extension of additional 1-2 years depending on satisfactory performance and the availability of funding. Salary for this position is competitive and commensurate with the successful applicant’s qualifications and experience.

Qualifications: The successful applicant should have a recent PhD degree in atmospheric sciences or physics with strong background in atmospheric radiation, aerosol/cloud physics, and/or satellite remote sensing. Preference will be given to candidates with experience in research related directly to atmospheric dust, as well as the ability to handle large datasets from polar-orbiting and geostationary satellites. Experience with dust modeling is a plus. The successful applicant must be proficient with UNIX/Linux systems and computer programming languages such as Python, FORTRAN 90, and IDL. Excellent oral and written communication skills are essential. The selection is contingent upon possessing appropriate visa status to meet requirements for employment.

For best consideration, submit electronically a cover letter (indicating the specific position number above), a complete curriculum vitae, home address, visa status (if applicable), names, emails, and telephone numbers of three (3) references preferably by November 1, 2019 (although applications for this position will be accepted until the position is filled) to: Belay Demoz (bdemoz@umbc.edu), Director, JCET, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Suite 320, 5523 Research Park Drive, Baltimore, MD 21228. UMBC is an Equal Employment/Affirmative Action employer.--