<div dir="ltr"><div>For the CRDF funding below (to which I am unaffiliated), US scientists, including those in the geosciences, are eligible who are 6 years or less post-PhD. </div><div><br></div><div>Related side note: For those specifically working on air pollution issues and interested in potentially finding new collaborators outside of the US and perhaps outside of their normal research and institutional circles, I can suggest joining our <a href="https://openaq-slackin.herokuapp.com/" target="_blank">OpenAQ's Slack Channel</a>, where a bunch of pretty collaborative AQ folks in various fields from around the world hangout virtually.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Christa</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">anjali kumar</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kumar.anja@gmail.com" target="_blank">kumar.anja@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 2:06 PM<br>Subject: [PEER] Funding opportunity for International Collaboration<br>To: <a href="mailto:usaid-peer-partners@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">usaid-peer-partners@googlegrou<wbr>ps.com</a><br><br><br><div dir="ltr">

<h2 class="m_-8123242727347912916m_1608469314947430366gmail-m_-6023953054718469806gmail-node-title m_-8123242727347912916m_1608469314947430366gmail-m_-6023953054718469806gmail-node-title" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0.2rem 0px 0.5rem;padding:0px;line-height:1.1;background-color:rgb(246,246,246);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font size="2"><font color="#542e91" face="Code Pro, Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:400;letter-spacing:1px;text-transform:uppercase"><a href="http://secure-web.cisco.com/1LD_X57GnLBgUe28EZGr1QguovSLyyMrGquf-uKegxHT06k73JTU1AlCiW8i6jmJyQYY76ikPzBmrfnD-sisuqqzP8DWytcuJu7Sn6S39Nj8tpP2lSXhsGv6ZSCKXdHQfHc5W8apOjn-pBa2xg3kNah38IY6yrP09bjZ-I338AZlJKDda76q9PEd2VA1hWFLj5Q4T48IP5pzhvRnWRV5S6FAewFWyz1kS6HuSdFf4Knlolb1Z61nYToHEG5eX3qCOz7DhFJqdgGb28rWHTiafxEyQ-NKDnz6kW2uP0Xdw9JbuN7M3DouMK19W-lw21kPTPKw6gJlSJSUPC_uUYcvbH8A2uTdBr9CosIrR-aAR7YGxadoNZEEnP1pii7OAJn2U_tTGIiyVSzmdczMMBEi0tVBbjF0COTgzfxFAUYLb5HRXrjANInXauCc3JW7mYRWS5Aau3GuqsO-m-hDeD2Hspw/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.crdfglobal.org%2Ffunding-opportunities%2FCatNRP2018" target="_blank">http://www.crdfglobal.org/fund<wbr>ing-opportunities/CatNRP2018</a></span></font><br></font></h2><h2 class="m_-8123242727347912916m_1608469314947430366gmail-m_-6023953054718469806gmail-node-title m_-8123242727347912916m_1608469314947430366gmail-m_-6023953054718469806gmail-node-title" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0.2rem 0px 0.5rem;padding:0px;font-family:"Code Pro","Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(84,46,145);line-height:1.1;letter-spacing:1px;text-transform:uppercase;background-color:rgb(246,246,246);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font size="2">2018 CATALYZING NEW RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS (CAT-NRP)</font></h2><div class="m_-8123242727347912916m_1608469314947430366gmail-m_-6023953054718469806gmail-field-funding-deadline" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(246,246,246);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><label style="box-sizing:border-box;display:block;font-weight:600;font-size:1rem;color:rgb(116,119,122);line-height:1.5;margin-bottom:0px;float:left;padding-right:0.5rem">Deadline:</label><div class="m_-8123242727347912916m_1608469314947430366gmail-m_-6023953054718469806gmail-field m_-8123242727347912916m_1608469314947430366gmail-m_-6023953054718469806gmail-field-name-field-fo-end-date m_-8123242727347912916m_1608469314947430366gmail-m_-6023953054718469806gmail-field-type-datetime m_-8123242727347912916m_1608469314947430366gmail-m_-6023953054718469806gmail-field-label-hidden m_-8123242727347912916m_1608469314947430366gmail-m_-6023953054718469806gmail-field-wrapper m_-8123242727347912916m_1608469314947430366gmail-m_-6023953054718469806gmail-field-wrapper" style="font-size:16px;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;color:rgb(116,119,122);font-weight:600"><span class="m_-8123242727347912916m_1608469314947430366gmail-m_-6023953054718469806gmail-date-display-single" style="box-sizing:border-box">Sunday, June 17, 2018</span></div></div><div class="m_-8123242727347912916m_1608469314947430366gmail-m_-6023953054718469806gmail-field-funding-start" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(246,246,246);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><label style="box-sizing:border-box;display:block;font-weight:normal;font-size:0.875rem;color:rgb(77,77,77);line-height:1.5;margin-bottom:0px">Opening:</label><div class="m_-8123242727347912916m_1608469314947430366gmail-m_-6023953054718469806gmail-field m_-8123242727347912916m_1608469314947430366gmail-m_-6023953054718469806gmail-field-name-field-fo-start-date m_-8123242727347912916m_1608469314947430366gmail-m_-6023953054718469806gmail-field-type-datetime m_-8123242727347912916m_1608469314947430366gmail-m_-6023953054718469806gmail-field-label-hidden m_-8123242727347912916m_1608469314947430366gmail-m_-6023953054718469806gmail-field-wrapper m_-8123242727347912916m_1608469314947430366gmail-m_-6023953054718469806gmail-field-wrapper" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;color:rgb(116,119,122);font-weight:600"><span class="m_-8123242727347912916m_1608469314947430366gmail-m_-6023953054718469806gmail-date-display-single" style="box-sizing:border-box">Thursday, May 17, 2018</span></div></div><div class="m_-8123242727347912916m_1608469314947430366gmail-m_-6023953054718469806gmail-field m_-8123242727347912916m_1608469314947430366gmail-m_-6023953054718469806gmail-field-name-field-fo-body m_-8123242727347912916m_1608469314947430366gmail-m_-6023953054718469806gmail-field-type-text-with-summary m_-8123242727347912916m_1608469314947430366gmail-m_-6023953054718469806gmail-field-label-hidden m_-8123242727347912916m_1608469314947430366gmail-m_-6023953054718469806gmail-field-wrapper m_-8123242727347912916m_1608469314947430366gmail-m_-6023953054718469806gmail-field-wrapper" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(246,246,246);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem;padding:0px;font-family:"Gill Sans",Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-size:1.125rem;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(51,49,49)">As part of its efforts to promote and support international collaboration in science and technology, CRDF Global is pleased to announce the 2018 Catalyzing New Research Partnerships Program (Cat-NRP). Through this program, CRDF Global aims to catalyze new international research collaborations designed to open up new scientific directions for U.S. early career scientists, their South/Southeast Asian, Latin American West/Sub-Saharan African counterparts, and the broader international science community.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem;padding:0px;font-family:"Gill Sans",Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-size:1.125rem;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(51,49,49)">This solicitation will support travel grants of up to $10,000 for U.S. early-career scientists residing and working in the United States, so that they may travel to one of the aforementioned regions to undertake a new collaboration with a non-U.S. colleague. During visits to their colleague’s institution, CRDF Global expects selected applicants to participate in specific activities including data gathering, preliminary fieldwork, and research planning that will lay the foundation for a new international research partnership.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem;padding:0px;font-family:"Gill Sans",Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-size:1.125rem;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(51,49,49)">The scope of the research project that will be eventually undertaken should be in the area of the natural sciences or engineering and must be directly related to one of the following NSF directorates:</p><ol style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem 1.4rem;padding:0px;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.6;list-style-position:outside;font-family:inherit"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:"Gill Sans",Arial,sans-serif">Biological Sciences</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:"Gill Sans",Arial,sans-serif">Computer and Information Science and Engineering</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:"Gill Sans",Arial,sans-serif">Engineering</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:"Gill Sans",Arial,sans-serif">Geosciences</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:"Gill Sans",Arial,sans-serif">Mathematical and Physical Sciences</li></ol><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem;padding:0px;font-family:"Gill Sans",Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-size:1.125rem;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(51,49,49)">This RFP will not support any biomedical research collaborations.  </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem;padding:0px;font-family:"Gill Sans",Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-size:1.125rem;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(51,49,49)">Refer to the Request for Proposals (RFP) below for full program guidelines.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem;padding:0px;font-family:"Gill Sans",Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-size:1.125rem;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(51,49,49)">Applications are being accepted via e-mail. To apply, please email your application package to<span> </span><a href="mailto:Cat-NRP2018@crdfglobal.org" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(110,80,161);text-decoration:none;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Code Pro LC","Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-size:0.9rem;border-bottom:2px solid transparent;padding:0px 0px 1px" target="_blank">Cat-NRP2018@crdfglobal.org</a></p></div><span class="m_-8123242727347912916m_1608469314947430366gmail-HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">

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