Volume 10: No. 15: 3) Funding opportunities

Volume 10: No. 15

		1) Computists' news
		2) Book and journal calls
		3) Funding opportunities
		4) Crime and punishment
		5) Technology news
		6) Information retrieval
		7) Soft and hard computing
		8) Alife
		9) AI languages
		10) AI resources

Upcoming NSF deadlines include: Engineering Sciences for Modeling and Simulation-Based Life-Cycle Engineering, 19May00; Advanced Technological Education (ATE) preliminary proposals, 25May00; Interagency Education Research Initiative (IERI), 09Jun00; Science and Technology Centers (STC) Integrative Partnerships letters of intent, 15Jun00; NSF Computer Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Scholarships (CSEMS) letters of intent, 16Jun00; Information Technology Workforce, 22Jun00; Advanced Computational Research Program software tools, 01Jul00; FY 2000/2001 Combined Research-Curriculum Development (CRCD) Program, 02Jul00; Computational Neuroscience, (10Jul00); Human Cognition and Perception, (15Jul00); Linguistics, (15Jul00); Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCOR), 17Jul00; Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) Program preproposals, 19Jul00; Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program, 25Jul00; Science and Technology Studies Program, (01Aug00); Societal Dimensions of Engineering, Science and Technology: Ethics and Values Studies Research on Science and Technology, (01Aug00); Instrumentation Grants for Research in Computer and Information Science and Engineering, 02Aug00; NSF Computer Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Scholarships (CSEMS), 03Aug00; Science and Technology Centers (STC): Integrative Partnerships preproposals, 11Aug00; Decision, Risk, and Management Science (15Aug00). . See also for deadlines in NSF's Div. of International Programs. [NSF E-Bulletin, 01May00.]

Nominations for Sloan Research Fellowships in Computer Science are due 15Sep00. Nominees must be US/Canadian regular faculty in early stages of their research careers. Winners will receive funds for whatever line of research they wish to pursue. . [CRA Bulletin, 02May00.]

The US Army Research Laboratory (ARL) is seeking proposals for its Collaborative Alliances in Technology program, supporting extramural centers of research aimed at Army technology needs. This "federated laboratory" (or FedLab) concept has been an overwhelming success. Audra Crozier (919) 549-4269. . [FOA, 03May00.]

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