siteadmin posted on November 18, 2010 12:10
The VIVO Collaboration is pleased to announce the release of its Request for Applications (RFA) for the VIVO Collaborative Research Projects Program.
Canadian can apply too!
Under this RFA, VIVO anticipates committing $250,000 dollars during the 2010-2011 academic year to provide funding for people and institutions interested in developing tools that use VIVO data or code to positively impact scientists and science.
Proposals are invited that target new systems or modifications to existing open source systems that:
· Consume or produce VIVO compatible data to improve scientific performance
or results
· Improve the identification of potential collaborators or strengthen existing
collaborations
· Reduce the work required by scientists to comply with reporting or other
display requirements
· Link VIVO data to other linked open data systems
· Ingest scholarly data (e.g. papers, patents, grants, resources, course data)
· Create fundamental new opportunities for the advancement of science
Resulting tools must be open source and available for download from the VIVO software distribution web sites by the end of the funding period.
The due date for applications is December 10, 2010 by 5:00pm EST. For complete details, please see the
full RFA text announcement.
NIH policy allows payments to foreign (Canada) components of the VIVO budget. However, please note the following:
· There is a maximum of $25,000 (USD) for foreign components, so if non-USA decides to submit an application, please budget appropriately.
· There is an additional permission/review process for adding foreign components to the primary VIVO budget. If an award is made to a non-USA application, extra time will be needed for the review/approval process. I don’t imagine it would take a long time to get approval for a Canadian partner, but we have never gone through this process before, so I can’t say for sure.
Please contact Alicia Turner for more information
About VIVO
VIVO is an open source, open ontology, research discovery platform which hosts information about scientists, their interests, activities, and accomplishments. VIVO supports open development and integration of science through simple, standard semantic web technologies. VIVO is funded by the National Institutes of Health, U24 RR029822.