>Has anyone heard that about NSF small grants program ($50k max)? If so,
>can you tell me where I might find more information about it?

I think those are the SGER (sugar?) grants--Small Grants for Experimental
Research.  Proposals are not peer-reveiwed--decisions are at the discretion
of the program officer, so contact him/her/it.

Sweetly,
Kevin

Kevin Crosby
Grants Administrator
Office of Sponsored Programs & Research
DePaul University
xxxxxx@condor.depaul.edu
http://condor.depaul.edu/~kcrosby/ospr.html