The following grant announcements are new this week on the Population Research Institute Funding Announcements web page.

Aging Research Dissertation Awards to Increase Diversity (R36) - National Institute on Aging (NIA)

Archiving and Development of Socialbehavioral Datasets in Aging Related Studies (R03) - National Institute on Aging (NIA)

Functioning of People with Mental Disorders (R01) - National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Innovative Computational and Statistical Methodologies for the Design and Analysis of Multilevel Studies on Childhood Obesity (R01) - Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) - National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)

RFP for the Development and Improvement of the Measurement of Classroom Quality - Spencer Foundation - William T. Grant Foundation

The following grant announcements are new this week on the Population Research Institute Funding Announcements web page.

Novel Approaches for Assessing Exposure for School-Aged Children in Longitudinal Studies - National Center for Environmental Research (NCER)

Small Grants Program for Cancer Epidemiology (R03) - National Cancer Institute (NCI)

The following grant announcements are new this week on the Population Research Institute Funding Announcements web page.

Carlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship - Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation

Collaboration Research Awards - American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)

Comprehensive Alcohol Research Center on HIV/AIDS (P60) - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

Dissertation Completion Fellowships - American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) - Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Dissertation Fellowships in East European Studies - American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)

Early-Career Postdoctoral Fellowships in East European Studies - American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)

East European Studies Conference Grants - American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)

East European Studies Travel Grants - American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)

Exceptional, Unconventional Research Enabling Knowledge Acceleration (EUREKA) (R01) - National Cancer Institute (NCI) - National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) - National Institute on Aging (NIA) - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) - National Library of Medicine (NLM)

Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships - Ford Foundation - National Research Council

Impact of Health Communication Strategies on Dietary Behaviors (R01) - Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) - Food and Drug Administration (FDA) - National Cancer Institute (NCI) - National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion - National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) - Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) - Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)

Impact of Health Communication Strategies on Dietary Behaviors (R21) - Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) - Food and Drug Administration (FDA) - National Cancer Institute (NCI) - National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion - National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) - Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) - Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) - Office of Disease Prevention (ODP)

International Dissertation Research Fellowships (IDRF) - American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) - Andrew W. Mellon Foundation - Social Science Research Council (SSRC)

Mellon/ACLS Recent Doctoral Recipients Fellowships - American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) - Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship - National Academy of Education - Spencer Foundation

New Perspectives on Chinese Culture and Society - American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) - Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange

Reducing Risk Behaviors by Promoting Positive Youth Development (R01) - Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) - National Cancer Institute (NCI) - National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

RFA: The Role of Healthcare and Insurance in Improving Outcomes - American Cancer Society

Young Scholars Program - Foundation for Child Development

The following grant announcements are new this week on the Population Research Institute Funding Announcements web page.

Field-Initiated Grants - William T. Grant Foundation

Fred H. Bixby Felloswhip Program - Population Council

Social and Behavioral Dimensions of National Security, Conflict, and Cooperation (NSCC) - National Science Foundation (NSF)

Translational Research at the Aging/Cancer Interface (TRACI) (R01) - National Institute on Aging (NIA)

Translational Research at the Aging/Cancer Interface (TRACI) (R21) - National Institute on Aging (NIA)

The NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research will hold an online technical assistance meeting for investigators considering applications to Using Systems Science Methodologies to Protect and Improve Population Health on August 26 at 2 pm. For details, including pre-registration, see the NIH notice.

The following grant announcements are new this week on the Population Research Institute Funding Announcements web page.

Developmental and Learning Sciences (DLS) - National Science Foundation (NSF)

Fogarty International Research Collaboration - Behavioral and Social Sciences (FIRCA-BSS) Research Award (R03) - Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) - Fogarty International Center (FIC) - National Cancer Institute (NCI) - National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) - National Eye Institute - National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) - National Institute on Aging (NIA) - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) - National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) - Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) - Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH)

Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) - National Science Foundation (NSF)

Mechanism for Time-Sensitive Research Opportunities (R01) [expiration date extended to 6/10/2009] - National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars in Health Policy Research - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grants (T32) - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Short-Term Institutional Research Training Grants (T35) - Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) - National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) - National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) - National Eye Institute - National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) - National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) - National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) - National Institute on Aging (NIA) - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) - National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) - Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)

Using Systems Science Methodologies to Protect and Improve Population Health (R21) - Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) - Fogarty International Center (FIC) - National Cancer Institute (NCI) - National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) - National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) - National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) - National Institute on Aging (NIA) - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) - Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) - Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) - Office of Disease Prevention (ODP)

The following grant announcements are new this week on the Population Research Institute Funding Announcements web page.

Compassionate Love in a Relational Context - Fetzer Institute

Drug Abuse Prevention Intervention Research (R01) - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Drug Abuse Prevention Intervention Research (R03) - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Drug Abuse Prevention Intervention Research (R21) - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program - U.S. Department of Education (ED)

Methodology and Measurement in the Behavioral and Social Sciences (R01) - Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) - National Cancer Institute (NCI) - National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) - National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) - National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) - National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) - National Institute on Aging (NIA) - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) - National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) - Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) - Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)

Methodology and Measurement in the Behavioral And Social Sciences (R03) - Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) - National Cancer Institute (NCI) - National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) - National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) - National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) - National Institute on Aging (NIA) - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) - National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) - Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) - Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)

Methodology and Measurement in the Behavioral And Social Sciences (R21) - Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) - National Cancer Institute (NCI) - National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) - National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) - National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) - National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) - National Institute on Aging (NIA) - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) - National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) - Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) - Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)

Neural and Behavioral Profiles of Cognitive Aging (R01) - National Institute on Aging (NIA)

Research and Evaluation on Education in Science and Engineering (REESE) - National Science Foundation (NSF)

The following grant announcements are new this week on the Population Research Institute Funding Announcements web page.

Finding Answers: Disparities Research for Change - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Implementation Planning Grants for Educational, Behavioral, or Social Studies for Translation of Genetic Factors in Common Diseases (U34) - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Research on Causal Factors and Interventions that Promote and Support the Careers of Women in Biomedical and Behavioral Science and Engineering (R01) - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Research on Interventions that Promote Research Careers (R01) - National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Translation of Common Disease Genetics into Clinical Applications (R21) - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

The American Psychological Association is reconsidering a policy to charge authors a $2,500 fee for depositing papers in PubMed Central in order to comply with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Public Access Policy, as reported on the Chronicle of Higher Education’s News Blog.

Two major publishers have new policies relating to the NIH Public Access Policy, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education.

The Nature Publishing Group (including the journal Nature) has announced that it will deposit its authors’ manuscripts in PubMed Central for free with a 6-month embargo period.

The American Psychological Association will also deposit papers in PubMed Central - for a $2,500 fee, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education’s News Blog.