Update on Sloan RFP PRocess

The Sloan Foundation review process for proposals dealing with the microbiology of the built environment deadline has been extended from June 15th until the first week of July.  Full text below:   Dear Colleague − Due to the large number of submissions in response to the March 27, 2012 call for letters of intent, the …

Request for Proposals: Sloan Foundation program in the Microbiology of the Built Environment

An official missive from the Sloan Foundation (PDF version here) Dear Colleague − The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has created a new funding opportunity in its Microbiology of the Built Environment program. The Foundation seeks to support up to four new studies of the microbiology of the built environment.  Successful projects will be either hypothesis …

A conversation with Paula Olsiewski, program director, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation program on the Microbiology of the Built Environment

The driving force behind much of the new research in the microbiology of built environment is the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation which is funding a large variety of research projects, as well as microBEnet. For more information on their program, accomplishments to date, and goals for the future check out this written interview with Paula …

Homeland Security Funding Opportunity – Reference Genome Sequencing

Just a quick note about a funding opportunity of potential interest. The Department of Homeland Security “BAA 12-04  Whole Genome Approach to Microbial Forensics (WGAMF)” program has a grant called “Whole-genome sequencing to capture the global biodiversity of human, plant and animal pathogens (bacterial, viral and fungal) in support of microbial forensics analysis” https://baa2.st.dhs.gov/portal/public/Menu.action?page=baa_current_solicitations Here’s the …