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| Opportunity Title | Opportunity Number | Description | Agency Name | Post Date | Close Date | Link |
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| FAA Aviation Research and Development Grants | 12-01 | The FAA is soliciting proposals for research grants and cooperative agreements to pursue the long-term growth and short-term technical needs of civil aviation.In order to streamline the application process, it is recommended that all prospective grantees submit a white paper (letter of intent) for agency technical review before complete proposal submission. Please be sure to identify the specific area of interest (Solicitation FAA-12-01 – Chapter I. FAA Research Grants Program, Technical Areas of Research #1-#9). The white paper shall be no longer than three (3) pages and shall detail overall research objectives. | DOT - FAA Aviation Research Grants | January 1, 2012 | July 6, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=12-01 |
| PHS 2019-02 Omnibus Solicitation of the NIH, CDC, and FDA for Small Business Innovation Research Grant Applications (Parent SBIR [R43/R44] Clinical Trial Not Allowed | PA-19-272 | This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), issued by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), invites eligible United States small business concerns (SBCs) to submit Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant applications. United States SBCs that have the research capabilities and technological expertise to contribute to the R and D mission(s) of the NIH, CDC, and FDA awarding components identified in this FOA are encouraged to submit SBIR grant applications in response to identified topics (see PHS 2019-2 SBIR/STTR Program Descriptions and Research Topics for NIH, CDC, and FDA. This Parent Funding Opportunity Announcement does not accept clinical trials. | National Institutes of Health | May 7, 2019 | July 6, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=PA-19-272 |
| PHS 2019-02 Omnibus Solicitation of the NIH for Small Business Technology Transfer Grant Applications (Parent STTR [R41/R42] Clinical Trial Required | PA-19-271 | This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), issued by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), invites eligible United States small business concerns (SBCs) to submit Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant applications. United States SBCs that have the research capabilities and technological expertise to contribute to the R and D mission(s) of the NIH awarding components identified in this FOA are encouraged to submit STTR grant applications in response to identified topics (see PHS 2019-2 SBIR/STTR Program Descriptions and Research Topics for NIH. This Parent Funding Opportunity Announcement requires that at least 1 clinical trial be proposed. The proposed project must be related to the programmatic interests of one or more of the participating NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs) based on their scientific missions. | National Institutes of Health | May 7, 2019 | July 6, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=PA-19-271 |
| PHS 2019-02 Omnibus Solicitation of the NIH for Small Business Technology Transfer Grant Applications (Parent STTR [R41/R42] Clinical Trial Not Allowed | PA-19-270 | This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), issued by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), invites eligible United States small business concerns (SBCs) to submit Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant applications. United States SBCs that have the research capabilities and technological expertise to contribute to the R and D mission(s) of the NIH awarding components identified in this FOA are encouraged to submit STTR grant applications in response to identified topics (see PHS 2019-2 SBIR/STTR Program Descriptions and Research Topics for NIH. This Parent Funding Opportunity Announcement does not accept clinical trials. | National Institutes of Health | May 7, 2019 | July 6, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=PA-19-270 |
| PHS 2019-02 Omnibus Solicitation of the NIH, CDC, and FDA for Small Business Innovation Research Grant Applications (Parent SBIR [R43/R44] Clinical Trial Required | PA-19-273 | This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), issued by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), invites eligible United States small business concerns (SBCs) to submit Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant applications. United States SBCs that have the research capabilities and technological expertise to contribute to the R and D mission(s) of the NIH, CDC, and FDA awarding components identified in this FOA are encouraged to submit SBIR grant applications in response to identified topics (see PHS 2019-2 SBIR/STTR Program Descriptions and Research Topics for NIH, CDC, and FDA. This Parent Funding Opportunity Announcement requires that at least 1 clinical trial be proposed. The proposed project must be related to the programmatic interests of one or more of the participating NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs) based on their scientific missions. | National Institutes of Health | May 7, 2019 | July 6, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=PA-19-273 |
| Demonstration Grants to Strengthen the Response to Victims of Human Trafficking in Native Communities (VHT-NC) Program | HHS-2020-ACF-IOAS-OTIP-TV-1805 | The Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP) within the Administration for Children and Families is announcing funds for the Demonstration Grants to Strengthen the Response to Victims of Human Trafficking in Native Communities (VHT-NC) Program. The goal of the VHT-NC Program is to fund organizations that will build, expand, and sustain organizational and community capacity to deliver services to Native American (i.e., American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and/or Pacific Islanders) victims of severe forms of human trafficking as defined by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 through the provision of direct services, assistance, and referrals. Under VHT-NC the following activities are required: 1) provision of comprehensive culturally and linguistically responsive case management to Native American victims of trafficking; 2) outreach efforts to increase identification of Native American victims of sex and labor trafficking; and 3) training to service providers and community partners. The VHT-NC Program is informed by a whole family approach that focuses equally and intentionally on services and opportunities for clients and their immediate family members living within their households. OTIP is encouraging the establishment of community partnerships, meaningful engagement of Native American survivors of trafficking, and the hiring of qualified professionals that reflect the communities being served in all project implementation strategies under the VHT-NC Program. Under the VHT-NC Program there is a 12-month project implementation period to facilitate optional partnerships, on-board new staff, and develop victim service protocol specific to Native American victims of trafficking. Under the VHT-NC Program there is a statutorily mandated 25 percent match (cash or in-kind) requirement. | Administration for Children and Families-IOAS-OTIP | April 28, 2020 | July 6, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=HHS-2020-ACF-IOAS-OTIP-TV-1805 |
| Tribal Wildlife Grants Program | F20AS00050 | The Tribal Wildlife Grants (TWG) Program was created to support the development and implementation of programs for the benefit of wildlife and their habitats and species of Tribal cultural or traditional importance, including species that are not hunted or fished. The TWG Program is part of the State Wildlife Grant (SWG) Program which provides wildlife conservation grants to States, Commonwealths, and to the District of Columbia, U.S. Territories, and Tribes under provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 and the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act. TWG Program funding originates from the Department of the Interior (DOI) and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (Pub. L. 107-63), when Congress first specified that the Service use a portion of the funds appropriated under the SWG Program to establish a competitive grant program available to federally recognized Tribes. This language allows the Secretary of the Department of the Interior, through the Director of the Service, to establish a separate competitive Tribal grant program which would not be subject to the provisions or other requirements of the SWG Program portion. The TWG Program provides opportunities for federally recognized Tribes to engage in fish and wildlife conservation efforts on their lands, many of which are located adjacent to DOI- managed lands. Many of the TWG Program-funded project activities increase fish and wildlife populations, allowing for hunting and fishing opportunities on and off Tribal lands. Additionally, the TWG Program also funds project activities that align and assist the Service with Endangered Species Act (ESA) activities supporting downlisting, delisting, and preventing species listing under the ESA. | Fish and Wildlife Service | May 5, 2020 | July 6, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=F20AS00050 |
| State Trade Expansion Program | OIT-STEP-2020-01 | The Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 provides that STEP grants may be awarded only to “States,” meaning any of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa. Therefore, only non-Federal entities that meet this definition are eligible to apply for, and administer an award under this Notice of Funding Opportunity. | Small Business Administration | February 6, 2020 | July 6, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=OIT-STEP-2020-01 |
| National Tribal Toxics Council (NTTC) Technical Support | EPA-HQ-OPPT-2020-003 | EPA’s Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) is announcing a five year assistance agreement to eligible applicants (see Section III.A.) to provide technical support to OPPT’s National Tribal Toxics Council (NTTC) in order to: 1) Represent tribal interests in the development and implementation of chemical risk assessment, risk management and pollution prevention programs; and 2) Facilitate tribal collaboration with EPA.For this competitive announcement, the successful applicant will: 1) Assist federally-recognized tribes, Alaska Native Villages and intertribal organizations in selecting and maintaining, a geographically diverse membership with a diversity of relevant and technical expertise in the NTTC; 2) Assist the NTTC in maintaining a viable charter that covers activities eligible for EPA funding; and 3) Provide professional and technical support to the NTTC to conduct its meetings and other activities. The recipient will work with EPA and the NTTC to fulfill the objectives of the NTTC charter including: 1) Raise and assess tribal chemical risk management and pollution prevention program development and implementation issues with OPPT; 2) Assess national chemical risk management policy and pollution prevention initiatives that affect tribes and Alaska Native Villages; 3) Offer a network for tribal chemical risk management officials to share information and represent tribal interests on chemical risk assessment, risk management policy and pollution prevention initiatives that impact tribes; and 4) Promote and enhance tribal chemical risk management and pollution prevention program development. | Environmental Protection Agency | April 28, 2020 | July 6, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=EPA-HQ-OPPT-2020-003 |
| Notice of Funding Opportunity for NRCS’s Wetland Mitigation Banking Program for Federal fiscal year (FY) 2020. | USDA-NRCS-NHQ-WMBP-20-NOFO0001002 | U.S. Department of Agriculture - Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS is announcing the availability of up to $5 million in Wetland Mitigation Banking Program (WMBP) grant funds for the development and establishment of mitigation banks and banking opportunities solely for agricultural producers with wetlands subject to the Wetland Conservation Compliance provisions of the 1985 Food Security Act (as amended). WMBP is a competitive grants program accepting proposals from Federally recognized Native American tribal governments, State and local units of government, for-profit entities, nonprofits with or without a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS other than institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, and public and State controlled institutions of higher education. Applications will be accepted from eligible entities in any of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Caribbean Area (Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands), and the Pacific Islands Area (Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands). Priority will be given to banks located in geographic areas with the largest numbers of wetland compliance producer requests. Based on NRCS data, proposals from the following States will receive priority consideration: Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. APPLICATION DEADLINE: Applications must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on July 6, 2020. FOR MORE INFORMATION: See the Full Announcement in the Related Documents tab of this opportunity. Applicants are encouraged to visit the WMBP website at https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detailfull/national/programs/farmbill/?cid=nrcseprd362686 to learn more about the program. . A webinar for potential WMBP applicants was held May 19, 2020. View the webinar recording and slides on the WMBP website at https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detailfull/national/programs/farmbill/?cid=nrcseprd362686 Please note that the introduction to the webinar was not recorded due to technical issues. | Natural Resources Conservation Service | May 5, 2020 | July 6, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=USDA-NRCS-NHQ-WMBP-20-NOFO0001002 |
| Public Information Officers and Communication Directors Master Trainer Course | 20JD03 | Public Information Officers (PIO) and Communication Directors play an important role in correctional agencies. The public’s perception and / or lack of understanding of correctional operations can influence public safety, funding, elections, appointments, and numerous other factors. The most successful agencies in the field of corrections are those whose leadership master a comprehensive agenda to address the expectations that stakeholders demand. Consistency, transparency and the ability to effectively communicate mission inside and outside of the organization is paramount. In the absence of effective communication, perception and misinformation often supersede real issues. Myths arise in the absence of facts and this void of information further exacerbates the agency’s ability to take charge and manage the outcome. Additionally, many correctional agencies only engage with the media and stakeholders when critical situations occur. Opportunities to share the good work, positive stories, and life-changing efforts are consistently missed. Likewise, not building effective relationships with the media can be detrimental when bad things happen. Effective organizations will have a clear purpose and goals that define their communication strategies. Building a positive rapport with the media, taking control of your message, humanizing the field of corrections, and engaging the community are just few of the priorities that should be addressed by PIOs and Communication Directors.Federal, state departments of corrections (DOC), and large jails often have designated staff in a full time capacity to function in these roles. Small and medium sized local jails are less likely to have designated staff and very well could have the duties of a PIO / Communication Director as a collateral duty. With over 3200 local jails, 50 DOCs, and the Federal Bureau of Prisons the leadership, culture, missions, visons, values, and resources of each agency (jail or prison) will vary. Likewise, the experience and skill level of each participant could vary. | National Institute of Corrections | May 5, 2020 | July 6, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=20JD03 |
| Urban Agriculture and Innovation Production (UAIP) Competitive Grants Program | USDA-NRCS-NHQ-UAIP-20-NOFO0001013 | The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) requests applications for the Urban Agriculture and Innovation Production (UAIP) Competitive Grants Program for fiscal year (FY) 2020. The anticipated amount available for UAIP in FY 2020 is approximately $3,000,000. This announcement provides information regarding the eligibility criteria for projects and applicants, and the application forms and instructions needed to apply for a UAIP grant. Applications will be accepted from eligible entities in any of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Caribbean Area (Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands), and the Pacific Islands Area (Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands). Key Dates Applications must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on July 06, 2020 through Grants.gov. Applications received after this deadline will not be considered for funding. A webinar will be held to provide an overview of the UAIP program purpose, project types, eligibility, and basic requirements for the submission of an application. Registration information is as follows: Event: Urban Agriculture and Innovation Production Competitive Grants Program Webinar When: Wednesday 3 June 2020, 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US and Canada) (Please note that Daylight Saving Time (+01:00 hr) is in effect during this time) To register now, please visit the following link: https://usdanrcs.adobeconnect.com/egfiru3twn9f/event/registration.html To know more about the event, please visit: https://usdanrcs.adobeconnect.com/egfiru3twn9f/event/event_info.html Frequently Asked Questions are posted online at https://www.farmers.gov/manage/urban/opportunities/grants-faq Purpose and Priorities UAIP supports the development of urban agriculture and innovative production activities by funding Planning Projects (PP) and Implementation Projects (IP) led by nonprofit organizations, local or Tribal governments, and schools that serve any of the grades K-12 in areas of the United States. PPs and IPs should target a single or multiple urban areas, suburbs, or urban clusters in the United States where access to fresh foods is limited or unavailable and should include one or more partner organizations to achieve project goals within the target area(s). Planning Projects (PP) The purpose of PP is to support the development of projects that will either initiate, build upon, or expand the efforts of farmers, gardeners, citizens, government officials, schools, and other stakeholders in urban areas and suburbs. No single PP award will exceed $200,000 in any single year or $500,000 over three years. PPs may be designed to: Develop recommendations for implementing community gardens and farms that respond to community needs as it relates to how food is grown, distributed, and marketed in target area(s); Facilitate urban agriculture assessments and identify opportunities that connect community needs with the benefits of urban agriculture such as food access, nutrition education, conservation, innovation, and economic development; Support the development of business plans, feasibility studies, and strategies to help offset start-up costs for new and beginning farmers in urban and suburban areas; Provide support for municipal planning that consider policies to meet the growing needs of and zoning for community gardens and farms, rooftop farms, outdoor vertical production, green walls, indoor farms, greenhouses, high-tech vertical technology farms, and hydroponic, aeroponic, and aquaponic farm facilities; or Assist schools that seek to increase knowledge of food and agricultural disciplines such as nutrition, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and to develop and implement programs that create future leaders, farmers, gardeners, and entrepreneurs in agriculture and innovative production. Implementation Projects (IP) The purpose of IP is to accelerate existing and emerging models of urban, indoor, and other agricultural practices that serve multiple farmers or gardeners. IPs should improve access to local food in the target area(s). No single IP award will exceed $100,000 in any single year or $300,000 over three years. IPs may be designed to: Facilitate the development of entrepreneurial projects by offering needed resources, such as job training, land, equipment, mentoring, and other business development assistance to new and beginning farmers; Increase food production in small urban and indoor spaces with emerging technologies such as vertical farming, hydroponics, aquaponics, rooftop farms, etc.; Operate community gardens or nonprofit farms to educate a community on food systems, nutrition, environmental impacts, and agricultural production and/or to offer hands-on training in farming or gardening; Meet specific state, local, or community food and agricultural needs by assisting municipalities, food producers, community organizations, and schools with policies for community gardens and farms that address food access, soil health, emerging technologies, and agricultural business; Provide schools with resources to incorporate and emphasize the importance of growing and consuming nutritious food as well as training students for careers in agriculture. | Natural Resources Conservation Service | May 6, 2020 | July 6, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=USDA-NRCS-NHQ-UAIP-20-NOFO0001013 |
| 2021 Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Women’s Leadership Academy | SUSMAS19CA0004 | The Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Mission to ASEAN announces an open competition for a cooperative agreement to develop and implement a Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Regional Workshop to empower emerging women leaders in the public health sector and help them advance their careers by providing access to advanced skills training and networking opportunities, pending the availability of funding. YSEALI is the U.S. government’s signature initiative to engage with emerging leaders in Southeast Asia. The program aims to create a network of young Southeast Asian leaders who work across national borders and the four pillars of YSEALI – sustainable development, economic growth, civic engagement, and education – to solve common problems. Please read the full NOFO here: https://go.usa.gov/xvzmb | U.S. Mission to ASEAN | May 18, 2020 | July 6, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=SUSMAS19CA0004 |
| Evidence Based Decision Making in State and Local Jurisdictions: Initiative Review | 20CS17 | The overarching goal of the Evidence Based Decision Making (EBDM) initiative is to establish and test articulated linkages (information tools and protocols) between the decisions of local criminal justice stakeholders and the application of human and organizational change principles (evidence-based practices) in achieving measurable reductions in pretrial misconduct and post-conviction risk of reoffending. The unique focus of the EBDM initiative is the review of locally developed criminal justice strategies that guide practice within existing statues and rules. The initiative intends to (1) improve the quality of information that jurisdictions use to make individual case decisions in local systems and (2) engage these systems as policymaking bodies to collectively improve the effectiveness and capacity of their decision making related to pretrial release/sentencing options. Local officials involved in the initiative included: judges, prosecutors, public defenders, police, human service providers, county executives, and administrators of jail, probation, and pretrial services agencies. | National Institute of Corrections | May 22, 2020 | July 6, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=20CS17 |
| BOLD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT/ENTREPRENEURSHIP GRANTS | 006-FY2020 | The United States Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina, through the Office of Public Affairs (OPA), is pleased to announce a Notice of funding opportunity to design and implement BOLD (BiH Omladinski Lideri, Bosnia and Herzegovina Young Leaders) Economic Development/Entrepreneurship Workshops for BiH Youth Leaders. The goal of the workshop is to prepare young BiH leaders to create opportunities for economic development in their communities through skill development; with special emphasis on how to move from theory to practice in the field of youth entrepreneurship, innovative business model design; project-based collaboration; and leveraging contributions toward broader impacts. | U.S. Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina | June 3, 2020 | July 6, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=006-FY2020 |
| BOLD CIVIC ENGAGEMENT | 007-FY2020 | The United States Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina, through the Office of Public Affairs (OPA), is pleased to announce a Notice of funding opportunity to design and implement BOLD (BiH Omladinski Lideri, Bosnia and Herzegovina Young Leaders) Civic Engagement Workshops for BiH Youth Leaders. The goal of the workshop is to prepare young BiH leaders to create opportunities for economic development in their communities through skill development; with special emphasis on how to move from theory to practice in the field of youth entrepreneurship, innovative business model design; project-based collaboration; and leveraging contributions toward broader impacts. | U.S. Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina | June 3, 2020 | July 6, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=007-FY2020 |
| Fomenting research partnerships between the U.S. and the D.R. | S-DR860-20-NOFO-004 | U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE U.S. EMBASSY IN SANTO DOMINGO Notice of Funding Opportunity Announcement Type: Grant Funding Opportunity Title: Fomenting research partnerships between the U.S. and the D.R. Funding Opportunity Number: S-DR860-20-NOFO-004 Date Opened: Thursday, June 4, 2020 Closing Date and Time for Submission of Application: July 6, 2020 CFDA Number: 19.040 – General Department of State Assistance Eligibility Category: U.S. and/or Dominican based committed and organized academic institutions. Total Amount Available: $25,000 Electronic Requirement: Applications must be submitted by email to the email address listed below. Announcement Type: New Announcement Federal Agency Contact: Grants Officer, Luke Schtele Email: SantoDomingoGrants@state.gov A. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Embassy in Santo Domingo announces an open competition to support effective partnerships that will bolster and leverage U.S. - Dominican Republic higher education research collaboration and capacity building focused on issues exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, including gender-based violence, public health, and access to education for vulnerable populations. Proposals should include at least one U.S. higher education institution and one Dominican higher education institution as joint implementers. The proposal should support the development of a sustainable and long lasting partnership between U.S. and Dominican higher education institutions and training and capacity building for Dominican students, faculty, and researchers. Please carefully follow all instructions below: The U.S. Embassy, Santo Domingo seeks proposals from U.S. and/or Dominican-based higher education institutions that meet all eligibility requirements outlined below. Organizations should submit proposals via email to SantoDomingoGrants@state.gov by Monday, July 6, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. Project Purpose: The goal of this higher education research partnership program is to connect higher education institutions from the United States and the Dominican Republic to conduct joint research and capacity building focused on issues exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, including gender-based violence, public health, and access to education for vulnerable populations. This program will increase research, dialogue and training for students, faculty and researchers at Dominican and U.S. higher education institutions. The project will provide training related to planning and implementing a research project and must include U.S. content as part of the proposal. Proposals should also include webinars that are open to the public and showcase the U.S. and Dominican higher education research partnership. Proposals must highlight how they plan on becoming sustainable following grant completion and evolve into a sustainable and long lasting partnership. Participants and Audiences: Dominican and U.S. faculty, researchers and students who are conducting or will conduct research related to issues exacerbated by COVID-19 at higher education institutions. | U.S. Mission to the Dominican Republic | June 4, 2020 | July 6, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=S-DR860-20-NOFO-004 |
| BLM-CO Abandoned Mine Lands Reclamation Project - Gunnison Field Office | L20AS00101 | This announcement is to provide public notice of the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) intention to fund the following project activities without full and open competition. In support of this single-source justification and Notice of Intent to Award, BLM Colorado cites the following policy: Department of the Interior Policy (505 DM 2) requires a written justification which explains why competition is not practicable for each single-source award. The justification addresses one or more of the following criteria as well as discussion of the program legislative history, unique capabilities of the proposed recipient, and cost-sharing contribution offered by the proposed recipient, as applicable. In order for an assistance award to be made without competition, the award must satisfy one or more of the following criteria: BLM Colorado did not solicit full and open competition for this award based the following criteria and exception: (3) Legislative intent. Under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA), Congress has determined that a federally-approved State AML program will have the exclusive responsibility and authority to implement the provisions of the approved program¿ within the state (30 U.S.C. §1235(d)). Congress directed the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) to provide grants under SMCRA to such approved states, which then spend money to implement AML projects within their jurisdiction. Through SMCRA Congress recognizes state governments, following approval of their programs by the Secretary, as the primary governmental players in the reclamation of abandoned mine lands. The State of Colorado, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety is the only source that is uniquely qualified and legislatively authorized to perform the work proposed herein. The project area will be lands under the jurisdiction of the Gunnison Field Office which contains multiple watersheds. | Bureau of Land Management | June 3, 2020 | July 6, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=L20AS00101 |
| Alabama NRCS Technical Services and Projects for Fiscal Year 2020 | USDA-NRCS-AL-MULTI-20-NOFO0001021 | Proposals will be accepted for projects performed in Alabama. Conservation partners are invited to apply for NRCS assistance with projects focused on the following key conservation objectives: 1) Provide conservation planning technical assistance from Biologists to build technical capacity to implement all Farm Bill programs in Alabama. They will assist to local landowners and NRCS personnel in improving habitat for Gopher Tortoise, all T&E related species to longleaf pine ecosystem, Quail and specific knowledge in improving Quail habitat. They will use latest NRCS tools Conservation Desktop, CART and other technology available. 2) Technical investigations to identify cultural resources through reconnaissance field surveys, and/or phased field investigations, and/or the evaluation of cultural resources through the application of the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) eligibility criteria for historic properties, found at 36 CFR Part 63. Provide management summaries and/or reports or letter reports detailing cultural resources investigations to the Alabama NRCS for review and acceptance by NRCS Archaeologists, Cultural Resources Specialists (CRS) or the NRCS Cultural Resources Coordinator (CRC). 3) Provide technical assistance for watershed assessment of a 12-digit HUC watershed that meets one of the following: A stream or water body with water quality data documenting impairment, a stream or water body upstream of an impaired reach, or a source water protection area. The selected watershed must have with agricultural impacts that could be addressed with NRCS conservation practices. See Statement of Work for Watershed Assessments and Source Water Assessment in the Related Documents tab of this announcement on Grants.gov. 4) Utilize Outreach efforts to increase participation in NRCS programs and services by socially disadvantaged, limited resource, women, veterans and beginning farmers and ranchers in Alabama through the following methods listed below: • Conducting Conferences, Joint USDA Outreach meetings, Annie's Project, Women in Ag Conference, Farmers Cooperatives Workshops utilizing planning, and promotional techniques • Host multi-county Conservation Events, Regional Summit, Conservation Demonstration Tours Rural Farmers Market in targeted counties utilizing news articles and other media outlets to promote the events • Establishment, maintenance and distribution of local produce from community gardens for targeted audiences {including veterans, women, seniors, youth while increasing awareness of the benefits within the younger population. • Engage youth and community stakeholders in the implementation of a walking trail and wetland park within a defined geographic area • Establishment of urban gardens and walking trails to facilitate rehabilitation of our veteran's population to promote healthier lifestyles while promoting urban gardening Projects may be between one and five years in duration. Applicants should plan their projects based on a project start date of September 15, 2020. Applications for renewal or supplementation of existing projects are eligible to compete with applications for new Federal awards. An application for renewal means a proposal submitted to continue an existing agreement that meets the objectives and requirements of this NFO. An application for supplementation of an existing project means a proposal to add components to an existing agreement so that it would meet the objectives and requirements in this NFO. | Natural Resources Conservation Service | June 5, 2020 | July 6, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=USDA-NRCS-AL-MULTI-20-NOFO0001021 |
| Development of the American Probation and Parole Association (APPA) Black Letter Standards of Practice | 20CS20 | This is not a request for applications, this is notice of the National Institute of Corrections to fund the following project without full and open competition. | National Institute of Corrections | June 5, 2020 | July 6, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=20CS20 |
| BRAIN Initiative Fellows: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (F32) | RFA-MH-18-510 | The purpose of the BRAIN Initiative Fellows (F32) program is to enhance the research training of promising postdoctorates, early in their postdoctoral training period, who have the potential to become productive investigators in research areas that will advance the goals of the BRAIN Initiative. Applications are encouraged in any research area that is aligned with the BRAIN Initiative, including neuroethics. Applicants are expected to propose research training in an area that clearly complements their predoctoral research. Formal training in analytical tools appropriate for the proposed research is expected to be an integral component of the research training plan. In order to maximize the training potential of the F32 award, this program encourages applications from individuals who have not yet completed their terminal doctoral degree and who expect to do so within 12 months of the application due date. On the application due date, candidates may not have completed more than 12 months of postdoctoral training. | National Institutes of Health | November 7, 2017 | July 7, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-MH-18-510 |
| Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Legal Training and Technical Assistance (T/TA) Center | HHS-2020-ACF-OCS-ET-1825 | The Office of Community Services (OCS) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) plans to issue a funding opportunity announcement (FOA) for a cooperative agreement for the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Legal Training and Technical Assistance (T/TA) Center. Since 2013, OCS has awarded cooperative agreements focusing on expanding the capacity and ability of CSBG-eligible entities resolving concerns related to legal matters. The CSBG Legal T/TA Center cooperative agreement has contributed to the long-term capacity of State Agencies and local CSBG-eligible entities by increasing accountability and organizational performance through legal T/TA. This FOA is intended to support a 3-year effort for the CSBG Legal T/TA Center to provide continued supportive T/TA strategies for organizational assessment that can be utilized by State Agencies and local CSBG-eligible entities to encourage a culture of success, transparency, and partnerships. By design, T/TA efforts will identify and focus on organizational, fiscal, and legal matters concerning the organizational standards in the following areas: consumer input and involvement, community engagement, community assessment, leadership, board governance, strategic planning, human resource management, financial operations and oversight, and data and analysis. This cooperative agreement will support the implementation of T/TA strategies designed for State Agencies and CSBG-eligible entities to help address legal issues in three major focus areas: (1) providing organizational stability and support for CSBG-eligible entities experiencing significant fiscal or organizational challenges, including consultation focused on entities that are considering legal options for strategic restructuring, shared administrative or service arrangements, or mergers; (2) providing education and training to enhance general knowledge and understanding of CSBG statutory and regulatory requirements and the ability to address changing legal and regulatory issues affecting State Agencies and local CSBG-eligible entities in the CSBG Network; and (3) promoting exemplary legal practices and policies related to organizational approaches that help promote innovation, accountability, and responsiveness to specific community needs related to the reduction of poverty, the revitalization of low-income communities, and the empowerment of low-income families and individuals in rural and urban areas to become fully self-sufficient. | Administration for Children and Families - OCS | May 8, 2020 | July 7, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=HHS-2020-ACF-OCS-ET-1825 |
| Development and Integration of Novel Components for Open and Closed Loop Hormone Replacement Platforms for T1D Therapy (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) | RFA-DK-19-029 | This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages applications from institutions/organizations proposing original research addressing barriers that limit progress toward effective open- and closed-loop glucose control systems. Proposed research should tackle important obstacles at the level of sensing, hormone formulation and delivery, self-management decision support systems, and/or design of automated controllers/algorithms able to manage an integrated platform. This research may contribute to development of affordable and user friendly technologies to improve glucose control in patients with type 1 diabetes. | National Institutes of Health | January 2, 2020 | July 7, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-DK-19-029 |
| Polygenic Risk Score (PRS) Methods and Analysis for Populations of Diverse Ancestry Coordinating Center (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | RFA-HG-20-002 | The goal of the intended FOA is to establish a Coordinating Center (CC) for PRS Methods and Analysis for Populations of Diverse Ancestry to provide centralized support, infrastructure, coordination, and data analysis for the program collaboratively generate and refine PRS for populations of diverse ancestry by integrating existing datasets with genomic and phenotype data for a range of complex diseases and traits. Together with PRS Centers (described in a separate FOA), grantees funded under the intended FOA will form a Consortium with the primary objectives of: 1) leveraging genetic diversity to develop methods and improve the applicability of PRS to predict health and disease risk across diverse populations, and for a broad range of health and disease measures; and 2) optimizing the integration of large-scale, harmonized genomic and phenotype data to facilitate collaborative analysis, dissemination of PRS-related data, and development of related methods and resources. | National Institutes of Health | March 23, 2020 | July 7, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-HG-20-002 |
| Polygenic Risk Score (PRS) Methods and Analysis for Populations of Diverse Ancestry Centers (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | RFA-HG-20-001 | The goal of the intended FOA is to establish Centers for PRS Methods and Analysis for Populations of Diverse Ancestry to collaboratively generate and refine PRS for populations of diverse ancestry by integrating existing datasets with genomic and phenotype data for a range of complex diseases and traits. Together with a Coordinating Center (described in a separate FOA), grantees funded under the intended FOA will form a Consortium with the primary objectives of: 1) leveraging genetic diversity to develop methods and improve the applicability of PRS to predict health and disease risk across diverse populations, and for a broad range of health and disease measures; and 2) optimizing the integration of large-scale, harmonized genomic and phenotype data to facilitate collaborative analysis, dissemination of PRS-related data, and development of related methods and resources. | National Institutes of Health | March 23, 2020 | July 7, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-HG-20-001 |
| Marine Energy Foundational Research and Testing Infrastructure | DE-FOA-0002234 | The purpose of this modification is to correct information on estimated funding for Topic Area 3 on page 25.Complete information, including the full Funding Opportunity Announcement, can be found on the EERE Exchange website - https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is issuing, on behalf of the Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO), a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) titled “Marine Energy Foundational Research and Testing Infrastructure.” This FOA addresses priorities in the following Topic Areas:Topic Area 1: Foundational Research and Development (R&D)Topic Area 2: Atlantic Marine Energy Center (AMEC)Topic Area 3: Foundational Research Network Facilitator (FRNF)Topic Area 4: Current Energy Technology Testing InfrastructureComplete information can be found on the EERE Exchange website - https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/ | Golden Field Office | March 31, 2020 | July 7, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=DE-FOA-0002234 |
| Utilizing Cohort Studies to Address Health Outcomes in Cancer Survivors (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | RFA-CA-20-030 | Through this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), the NCI invites applications to support research in new and innovative cohort studies that identify clinical, lifestyle, genomic, and other factors that affect health outcomes (e.g., morbidity, mortality, quality of life, physical, social, and psychological outcomes) in cancer survivors. This RFA supports research that requires the creation of a new prospective cohort study of cancer survivors that addresses a gap in knowledge pertaining to the health of cancer survivors. Proposals must identify the scientific gap that the study addresses, which may include emerging treatments, less common cancer sites, and/or other understudied populations of cancer survivors with disparities. Sample size and proposed data collection must be driven by the scientific questions proposed and include information from the following five domains: 1) disease characteristics (e.g., type, stage), 2) individual survivor characteristics (e.g., comorbidities, SES, social connections, access to care measures), 3) treatment, treatment-related effects, and follow-up care (e.g. dose, adverse events, palliative care), 4) behavioral and lifestyle factors (e.g., diet, physical activity) and 5) quality of life outcomes (health related quality of life). These domains may represent exposures and/or outcomes, depending on the research questions, and should be measured at multiple timepoints, when appropriate. The UG3 Planning-Exploratory Phase focused on recruitment and data collection/utilization, and the UH3 Implementation Phase focused on completing the research agenda. Milestones to be accomplished in the UG3 phase for transition to the UH3 will be proposed by the PI, with approval by NCI, and must include a timeline for recruitment and show feasibility for data collection and analysis. Recruitment is not required to be completed in the UG3 phase, but reasonable progress should be demonstrated so that all aims will be completed in the UH3 phase. | National Institutes of Health | April 8, 2020 | July 7, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-CA-20-030 |
| Region XI American Indian Alaska Native (AI/AN) Collaboration Office | HHS-2020-ACF-OHS-HC-R11-1843 | Through this cooperative agreement, the Office of Head Start (OHS) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) will make available the funds to enhance coordination and collaboration between the Office of Head Start (OHS) Region XI AIAN Office, the OHS Training and Technical Assistance system, Head Start grantees, other providers of early care and education, as well as other stakeholders that provide services related to the development and learning of low-income children and families and the staff that work with them. Under the direction of the Collaboration Office Director, the collaboration office will promote partnerships with child care that emphasize the Early Head Start/Child Care Partnership Initiatives; collect data regarding early childhood programs and child outcomes; support the expansion and access of high quality, workforce and career development opportunities for staff; work with school systems to ensure continuity between Head Start and school system goals; and, support other regional office priorities such as family and community partnerships; and, health, mental health, and oral health. | Administration for Children and Families - OHS | April 23, 2020 | July 7, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=HHS-2020-ACF-OHS-HC-R11-1843 |
| Region XII Migrant and Seasonal Worker Collaboration Office | HHS-2020-ACF-OHS-HC-R12-1844 | Through this cooperative agreement, the Office of Head Start (OHS) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) will make available the funds to enhance coordination and collaboration between the Office of Head Start (OHS) Region XII Office, the OHS Training and Technical Assistance system, Head Start grantees, other providers of early care and education, and stakeholders that provide services related to the development and learning of low-income migrant and seasonal worker children and families. The Collaboration office will promote partnerships with child care that emphasize the Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership Initiatives; collect data regarding early childhood programs and child outcomes; support the expansion and access of high quality workforce and career development opportunities for staff; work with school systems to ensure continuity between Head Start and school system goals; and, support other regional office priorities such as family and community partnerships; and, health, mental health, and oral health. | Administration for Children and Families - OHS | April 23, 2020 | July 7, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=HHS-2020-ACF-OHS-HC-R12-1844 |
| Building Capacity for National Public Health Institutes Regionally through Mozambique National Institute of Health (INS) | CDC-RFA-GH20-2134 | Consolidating and organizing public health expertise and systems within a National Public Health Institute (NPHI) is a successful way for countries to carry out essential public health functions and improve their accountability and efficiency. The CDC, with over 70 years of experience as the U.S. NPHI, is helping countries around the world increase surveillance, laboratory, and outbreak response capacity to improve recognition of and response to health threats. An NPHI coupled with stronger local outbreak detection and response capabilities offers a sustainable solution for building global public health capacity, achieving global health security, and increasing public health impact. This Notice of Funding Award (NOFO) is published to solicit proposals by the National Institute of Health (Instituto Nacional de Saúde, INS), in Mozambique. to strengthen INS’ public health capacity and to support INS to work with countries to build strong National Public Health Institutes in the region. The CDC seeks to strengthen NPHIs that are credible, technically expert, and prioritize the protection of the public’s health. | Centers for Disease Control - CGH | May 7, 2020 | July 7, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=CDC-RFA-GH20-2134 |
| Building Capacity for National Public Health Institutes Regionally through Colombia National Institute of Health (INS). | CDC-RFA-GH20-2132 | Consolidating and organizing public health expertise and systems within a National Public Health Institute (NPHI) is a successful way for countries to carry out essential public health functions and improve their accountability and efficiency. The CDC, with over 70 years of experience as the U.S. NPHI, is helping countries around the world increase surveillance, laboratory, and outbreak response capacity to improve recognition of and response to health threats. An NPHI coupled with stronger local outbreak detection and response capabilities offers a sustainable solution for building global public health capacity, achieving global health security, and increasing public health impact. | Centers for Disease Control - CGH | May 7, 2020 | July 7, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=CDC-RFA-GH20-2132 |
| VOLUNTARY MEDICAL MALE CIRCUMCISION AS PART OF THE NATIONAL PROGRAM AND COMBINATION PREVENTION PROJECT IN BOTSWANA | CDC-RFA-GH15-15060501SUPP20 | The goal and objectives of the program is to solicit comprehensive and cost-effective technical assistance, capacity building and program implementation expertise for PEPFAR and Global Fund-supported global health activities (with emphasis on but not limited to HIV/AIDS) in the five programmatic areas listed under the purpose section of this FOA. This announcement will also support Global Fund implementing partners in assessing HIV service delivery and will develop technical assistance plans and strategies. This FOA will not provide direct program implementation. Rather, it will provide technical assistance support to PEPFAR and Global Fund implementing partners engaged in program implementation and scale-up activities. This FOA will support HHS/CDC’s efforts to provide high-quality, targeted technical assistance to ensure that the PEPFAR and Global Fund-supported countries have the capacity and necessary technical expertise to assume responsibility for service delivery and adequately respond to their HIV epidemics. While this announcement will address several of the overall program goals and objectives, it will primarily focus on five critical PEPFAR-supported technical areas. Applicants are expected to respond to one or more of the following program areas: Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV/AIDS (PMTCT); HIV Care and Treatment Clinical Services for adults and children; HIV Pediatric Care and Treatment (PEDs); Surveillance and Strategic Information (SI); and Laboratory | Centers for Disease Control - CGH | May 8, 2020 | July 7, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=CDC-RFA-GH15-15060501SUPP20 |
| FY18-20 Special Transportation Circumstances Projects | FR-CRS-20-002 | This notice details the application requirements and procedures for the states of Alaska, South Dakota, and Wyoming to obtain Special Transportation Circumstances (STC) directed grant funding for eligible rail Capital Projects. | DOT - Federal Railroad Administration | May 8, 2020 | July 7, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=FR-CRS-20-002 |
| Colombian National Police Human Resources Assessment | INLBOG-05082020-LEPHR | This project should support the overarching goal of INL Bogota’s Law Enforcement Professionalization Section (LEPS): to disrupt and dismantle narcotrafficking and other transnational crime by enhancing CNP capabilities, processes, and internal structures. To contribute to that goal, this project will assess the effectiveness of Colombian National Police (CNP) recruitment and retention processes and policies and provide recommendations, if warranted, that help the CNP (1) incorporate and keep the most qualified workforce possible and (2) increase staffing levels within CNP Directorates that most directly counter narcotics and crime.Police salaries in Latin America are traditionally low, usually far below skilled laborer or professional salaries in the same country. Although Colombia is the fourth largest country and the third largest economy in South America, CNP officials earn less than their counterparts in the region. Even though pay is substandard, Colombian police recruits must still pay several thousands of dollars to apply, enter, and graduate from the police academy. In addition to tuition and administrative fees, cadets must buy their uniforms, bedding, and textbooks. These costs limit recruits from poorer strata and minority groups.Only five of the country’s 32 departments consistently meet recruitment goals. The remainder of the country’s recruitment efforts do not produce the numbers that the CNP needs to counter attrition and provide police coverage nationwide, especially in rural areas. In addition, the CNP currently has a large percentage of its uniformed police officers assigned to clerical positions with no citizen security nexus.In light of the barriers to entry and acute attrition dynamics the CNP is currently experiencing, the purpose of this project will be to support the Government of Colombia and the Colombian National Police to assess existing human resources processes and diagnose if these are well suited to address the recruitment and retention challenges the CNP has already identified. This project will also provide recommendations that will aim to increase and enhance CNP overall recruitment, improve retention rates, and accelerate and expand CNP deployment into rural and underserved areas. As part of its diagnostic, this project will also evaluate the CNP salary scale and retirement system. | U.S. Mission to Colombia | May 8, 2020 | July 7, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=INLBOG-05082020-LEPHR |
| “Colombian National Police-Basic Police Academy Curriculum Assessment” | INLBOG-05082020-LEP-BPA | This project should support the overarching goal of INL Bogota’s Law Enforcement Professionalization Section (LEPS): to disrupt and dismantle narcotrafficking and other transnational crime by enhancing CNP capabilities, processes, and internal structures. To contribute to that goal, this project will assess the CNP basic police academy curriculum and eligibility criteria to attend specialty schools and provide recommendations, if warranted. This will help the CNP: (1) Strengthen basic training curriculum with a focus on practical tactics applicable to police work in the field; and, (2) Improve CNP capability to disrupt and dismantle narcotrafficking and other transnational crime by increasing the efficiency of basic training and enabling the deployment of fully qualified police into the field more quickly.Current CNP training methods focus heavily on theory, providing negligible practical training throughout the basic course that fully prepares the participant to immediately and effectively discharge police duties. This approach runs counter to law enforcement best practices that emphasize practical training over classroom instruction. CNP policy also permits basic academy graduates to apply and enter into specialty schools after only serving one year in patrol, which reduces the amount of officers in the field. The proposed in-depth assessment of both curriculum and post-academy graduate training policies should evaluate the aforementioned approaches and provide recommendations that the CNP could adopt. | U.S. Mission to Colombia | May 8, 2020 | July 7, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=INLBOG-05082020-LEP-BPA |
| Colombian National Police Plan Cuadrante Police Service Model Assessment | INLBOG-05082020-LEP | This project should support the goals of INL Bogota’s Law Enforcement Professionalization Section (LEPS): to disrupt and dismantle narcotrafficking and other transnational crime by enhancing CNP capabilities, processes, and internal structures. To contribute to this goal, this project will specifically seek to evaluate the strength of the of the CNP’s national deployment model (Plan Cuadrante) and provide recommendations, if warranted, that help the CNP: (1) Incorporate novel and effective practices and technology that result in police deployment techniques that further increase citizen security; and, (2) Increase police deployment and strengthen the rule of law in rural areas.The CNP’s police service model is Plan Cuadrante. Plan Cuadrante involves dividing jurisdictions into sectors, the CNP gives sector officers various responsibilities that involve connecting with the community, knowing the businesses, churches, schools, criminal element present, and community leaders. Plan Cuadrante uses data to identify high crime and public disorder sectors, bring together sector commanders, and problem-solve responses to crime and disorder problems in those areas. The model assigns personnel to sectors where data indicates a high incidence of crime and fewer personnel to sectors with low crime levels. The model seeks to lower crime and to allow police commanders to get the most out of the manpower they already have. | U.S. Mission to Colombia | May 8, 2020 | July 7, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=INLBOG-05082020-LEP |
| Tanzania Presidents Office Regional Administration and Local Government (PORALG) Building Capacity for the Sub-national Implementation of the National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS) | CDC-RFA-GH20-2102 | This NOFO supports implementation of programs and activities that focus on protecting and improving health globally and implementing the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) through partnership with Tanzania’s President’s Office Regional Administration and Local Government (PORALG). PORALG’s mandate is the interpretation, operationalization, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of health security policies, guidelines, and strategies at the sub-national level. PORALG coordinates the provision of health services and sector development with Regional Secretariats and Local Government Authorities. This NOFO supports three main strategic areas: prevent avoidable epidemics, detect threats early, and respond rapidly and effectively to potential events of concern for public health and health security and advance support for multisectoral engagement, including human and animal health in high-risk districts. Activities include: improve sharing of best practices, use relevant tools to promote health security, strengthen accountability and transparency of data sharing, and participate in regional and national health security initiatives. Outcomes include: strengthening capacities to prevent, detect, respond to potential events of concern for public health and health security to establish and promote local leadership and ownership in implementing the Tanzania National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS) in line with GHSA 2024 Framework (https://www.ghsagenda.org/ghsa2024). | Centers for Disease Control - CGH | May 12, 2020 | July 7, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=CDC-RFA-GH20-2102 |
| Gender-Based Violence Prevention in Brazil and/or Paraguay | SFOP0007000 | The United States Department of State’s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA) announces a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to support a gender-based violence prevention (GBV) program focused on GBV prevention training for adolescent girls and boys in Brazil and/or Paraguay. Subject to availability of funds, WHA intends to issue one award of $641,975 in FY 2019 Economic Support Funds for a project period of up to two years. The funds are attributed to a global U.S. Department of State congressional GBV earmark, and support the U.S. Department of State and the Administration’s Women Peace and Security (WPS) Policy Outcomes 2 & 3, and the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity (W-GDP) Initiative Pillar 3. | Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs | May 26, 2020 | July 7, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=SFOP0007000 |
| Leaders for Change-Virtual Exchange Program | S-DR860-20-NOFO-005 | A. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Embassy in Santo Domingo, U.S. Department of State, announces an open competition for individuals and organizations to submit applications to carry out a virtual exchange program between U.S. and Dominican Higher education institutions that involves students from both countries to strengthen bilateral ties and interest in higher education. Proposals should include one U.S. higher education institution and one Dominican higher education institution as partner implementers. Please carefully follow all instructions below: The U.S. Embassy, Santo Domingo seeks proposals from U.S. and/or Dominican-based higher education institutions that meet all eligibility requirements outlined below. Organizations should submit proposals via email to SantoDomingoGrants@state.gov by Tuesday, July 07, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. Project Purpose: The goal of this virtual exchange program is to connect U.S. and the Dominican Republic higher education institutions to work with Dominican and U.S. students on project development and innovation in times of crisis. This program will provide a platform for dialogue and training for young leaders focused on workforce development, social entrepreneurship, leadership, decision-making and planning while aiming to promote a positive change driven mindset. The project should provide interactive modules on leadership, community issues, and digital citizenship. Participants will gain 21st century global competency skills. In addition, they will develop mutual understanding and learn how to communicate across cultures. Proposals must include U.S. content. Participants and Audiences: Students from the Dominican Republic and the United States who are creating positive impact through the use of technologies to help develop their communities, and within the age range of 15-21 years old. Allowable Activities and Costs Please note that there should be included in the proposal a meeting with U.S. Embassy staff prior to the start of the program. E-learning expenses should be included in the proposal for review by the grant review committee. Activities that are typically funded include, but are not limited to: Online platforms to carry out the program Virtual trainer or speaker expenses Reasonable equipment and materials Activities that are not typically funded include, but are not limited to: Grants to individuals Academic or scientific research Paying to complete activities begun with other funds Projects that are inherently political in nature or that contain the appearance of partisanship/support to individual or single party electoral campaigns Sustained staff salaries, office space, and overhead/operational expenses Large items of durable equipment or construction programs Alcohol, excessive meals, refreshments, or entertainment Charitable or development activities or the provision of direct social services to a population Programs that support specific religious activities Fundraising campaigns Suggested activity guidelines: Host at least three synchronous sessions (e.i. Adobe Connect, YouTube, Facebook Live, Skype, Google Hangouts, and UberConference). Virtual exchange activities do not have to be live-streamed. Many teachers use email, text chats on social media, and even phone calls to supplement live streaming, or to bridge large differences in time zones) supported by a series of asynchronous connections (e.i. SnapChat, WhatsApp, Facebook, etc. You do not need to have high internet bandwidth to build a virtual exchange) in between the program; Dialogues should be between small groups, large group, to one-on-one if appropriate; Involve skilled facilitators at each point of connection to guide conversation and ensure deep engagement for all participants; Take time for participants to get to know each other personally, but go deeper than the “foods, flags, and festivals” level of exchange; Some of the virtual connections should be in small-group format, five or less, so that as many participants as possible get a chance to interact directly Design your exchange so that participants create and execute a joint project together that each group will carry out separately. Participants should have incentives or milestones to achieve to interact with one another beyond their project as well. You will also want to have some sort of culminating event, whether it is a guest speaker, an awards ceremony, a performance, or something else. Integrate a variety of evaluation tools and methods to ensure participants reach program goals, learning, and participant outcomes and outputs. Please use the following logic model template to measure success of the program at the end: Inputs: What are the resources invested to start and maintain the program? Activities: What activities will you implement? Output: What are the immediate results of those activities? Short-term Outcomes: What are the intermediate results of the intervention? Long-term Outcomes: What are the long-term results due to the program intervention? | U.S. Mission to the Dominican Republic | June 5, 2020 | July 7, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=S-DR860-20-NOFO-005 |
| Basic and Translational Research on Decision Making in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional) | PAR-18-544 | This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) invites applications for basic research to better characterize the affective, cognitive, social, and motivational parameters of impaired and intact decision making in both normal aging and Alzheimer's disease (AD). Research is sought that will characterize the extent to which basic behavioral and neural processes involved in decision-making are differentially impacted in normal aging and AD, investigate the influence of social factors on decision-making, and investigate the decision-making factors that render older adults (with or without cognitive impairment) vulnerable to financial exploitation and other forms of mistreatment and abuse. The FOA also invites applications to apply basic research on the processes involved in decision-making to the design of decision-supportive interventions for midlife and older adults with and without AD. Specific opportunities include the development of decision-supportive interventions to leverage cognitive, emotional and motivational strengths of these populations: tools to assess decisional capacity; strategies for simplifying choices and offering better defaults; and the promotion of timely adoption of optimal delegation practices (e.g., power of attorney, living wells, etc.). | National Institutes of Health | December 21, 2017 | July 8, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=PAR-18-544 |
| Emotional Function in Normal Aging and/or MCI and AD/ADRD (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional) | PAR-18-581 | This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications that expand on foundational research demonstrating generally improved emotional function and emotion regulation with aging, to further clarify the trajectories of change in emotion processing and linked neurobiological factors in adults who are aging normally, as well as in individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), Alzheimer's disease, and related dementias (ADRD). The goal is three-fold: to advance understanding of (1) normative maturational shifts in emotional processes, (2) how dysfunction in the integrative neural-behavioral mechanisms of emotional function might manifest in MCI and the early stages of ADRD, and/or (3) how such dysfunction might account for any of the neuropsychiatric symptoms observed in ADRD. Such studies may identify novel targets for interventions or prevention efforts, or provide clues to intervention strategies that might be applied to normalize emotion dysregulation or strengthen emotional resilience at different life stages in normal aging or disease stages in MCI and ADRD. This FOA invites Stage 0 (basic research) or Stage I (intervention development/modification) clinical trials, in line with the NIH Stage Model. | National Institutes of Health | January 12, 2018 | July 8, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=PAR-18-581 |
| The Science of Learning and Augmented Intelligence Program | PD-19-127Y | The Science of Learning and Augmented Intelligence Program (SL) supports potentially transformative research that develops basic theoretical insights and fundamental knowledge about principles, processes and mechanisms of learning, and about augmented intelligence - how human cognitive function can be augmented through interactions with others, contextual variations, and technological advances. The program supportsresearch addressing learning in individuals and in groups, across a wide range of domains at one or more levels of analysis including: molecular/cellular mechanisms; brain systems; cognitive, affective, and behavioral processes; and social/cultural influences. The program also supports research on augmented intelligence that clearly articulates principled ways in which human approaches to learning and related processes, such as in design, complex decision-making and problem-solving, can be improved through interactions with others, and/or the use of artificial intelligence in technology. These could include ways of using knowledge about human functioning to improve the design of collaborative technologies that have capabilities to learn to adapt to humans. For both aspects of the program, there is special interest in collaborative and collective models of learning and/or intelligence that are supported by the unprecedented speed and scale of technological connectivity. This includes emphasis on how people and technology working together in new ways and at scale can achieve more than either can attain alone. The program also seeks explanations for how the emergent intelligence of groups, organizations, and networks intersects with processes of learning, behavior and cognition in individuals. Projects that are convergent and/or interdisciplinary may be especially valuable in advancing basic understanding of these areas, but research within a single discipline or methodology is also appropriate.Connections between proposed research and specific technological, educational, and workforce applications will be considered as valuable broader impacts but are not necessarily central to the intellectual merit of proposed research. The program supports a variety of approaches including: experiments, field studies, surveys, computational modeling, and artificial intelligence/machine learning methods. Examples of general research questions within scope of the Science of Learning and Augmented Intelligence program include: What are the underlying mechanisms that support transfer of learning from one context to another or from one domain to another? How is learning generalized from a small set of specific experiences? What is the basis for robust learning that is resilient against potential interference from new experiences? How is learning consolidated and reconsolidated from transient experience to stable memory? How do human interactions with technologies, imbued with artificial intelligence, provide improved human task performance? What models best describe the interplay of the individual and collaborative processes that lead to co-creation of knowledge and collective intelligence? In what ways do the capacities and constraints of human cognition inform improved methods of human-artificial intelligence collaboration? How can we integrate research findings and insights across levels of analysis, relating understanding of cellular and molecular mechanisms of learning in the neurons to circuit and systems-level computations of learning in the brain, to cognitive, affective, social, and behavioral processes of learning? What is the relationship between assembly of new networks (development) and learning new knowledge in a maturing/mature brain? What concepts, tools (including Big Data, machine learning, and other computational models), or questions will provide the most productive linkages across levels of analysis? How can insights from biological learners contribute and derive new theoretic perspectives to artificial intelligence, neuromorphic engineering, materials science, and nanotechnology? How can the ability of biological systems to learn from relatively few examples improve efficiency of artificial systems? How do learning systems (biological and artificial) address complex issues of causal reasoning? How can knowledge about the ways in which humans learn help in the design of human-machine interfaces? | National Science Foundation | September 19, 2019 | July 8, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=PD-19-127Y |
| NHGRI Technology Development Coordinating Center (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | RFA-HG-20-019 | This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages applications for the establishment of a Technology Development Coordinating Center for the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI). The Coordinating Center will be responsible for enhancing integration between components of the NHGRI Genome Technology program by facilitating opportunities for collaborations and leading efforts to promote standards in genomic technologies. The Center will also disseminate program advances, develop resources and outreach strategies for engaging the broader biomedical research community, and manage an Opportunity Funds program to rapidly fund and support promising small-scale work that advances the development of innovative genomic technologies. | National Institutes of Health | March 12, 2020 | July 8, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-HG-20-019 |
| Firearm Injury Surveillance Through Emergency Rooms (FASTER) | CDC-RFA-CE20-2005 | Firearm deaths and injuries are a serious public health problem in the United States. In 2018 (the latest year of available data), 39,740 people died as a result of a firearm-related injury. Many more people suffer nonfatal firearm-related injuries. People hospitalized with non-fatal gunshot wounds often experience long-term consequences, including physical disabilities and chronic mental health problems from conditions such as post-traumatic-stress disorder. The economic impact of firearm injury and mortality is also substantial, costing the United States billions of dollars each year in medical and lost productivity costs alone. An understanding of the full extent of the problem is crucial to informing prevention strategies and reducing future incidents. Timely state- and local-level data on ED visits for nonfatal firearm injuries are currently limited. The collection of near real-time data on emergency department visits for nonfatal firearm injuries overall and by intent (intentional self-directed, unintentional, and assault-related) at the state- and local-level could improve state and local practitioners’ ability to identify and respond to emerging public health problems. The goal of this NOFO is for recipients to improve the timeliness of surveillance of ED visits for nonfatal firearm injuries. Collaboration will include sharing data in order to improve syndrome definitions, data collection methods, analysis of surveillance data, and presentation and dissemination of findings. This NOFO will serve as a pilot to demonstrate the feasibility of monitoring nonfatal firearm injuries using syndromic surveillance data. Additionally, this collaborative NOFO will result in tools and methods that can be used by state and local health departments across the nation to rapidly track and respond to firearm injuries. Specifically, recipients are asked to: 1. Increase the timeliness of aggregate reporting of emergency department visits for nonfatal firearm injuries. 2. Disseminate surveillance findings to key stakeholders working to prevent or respond to firearm injuries. Enhanced surveillance will provide the timely data on nonfatal firearm injuries that key stakeholders need to inform and improve prevention and response efforts. | Centers for Disease Control - NCIPC | May 8, 2020 | July 8, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=CDC-RFA-CE20-2005 |
| Educational Materials for Professional Organizations Working on Efficiency and Renewable Energy Developments (EMPOWERED) | DE-FOA-0002258 | The Educational Materials for Professional Organizations Working on Efficiency and Renewable Energy Developments (EMPOWERED) funding program is a collaborative effort across EERE’s Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO), Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO), and Building Technologies Office (BTO), to provide professionals with educational materials and training resources in fields newly interacting with distributed energy resources (DER). In this program, DER includes distributed solar, like on homes and businesses, as well as efficient building technologies and sustainable transportation technologies, such as electric vehicles. The goal of this program is to create resources that will help those on the front lines of DER adoption—like first responders, safety officials, and building managers and owners keep up with these rapidly emerging and advancing technologies. These professionals are at the forefront of America’s energy transition and play a role in easing adoption, ensuring safety, and reducing installation costs. Because of this, the participating EERE offices see these professionals as key to enabling understanding and acceptance of new energy technologies. SETO, BTO, and VTO seek applicants that will create and integrate education and training materials for professionals who have significant involvement and authority over implementing solar, building, or vehicle technologies on the distribution system but who do not work primarily with these technologies. Those technologies include but are not limited to DER—like PV systems, building efficiency technologies, energy storage systems, AFV, EV—and EV infrastructure. | Golden Field Office | April 6, 2020 | July 8, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=DE-FOA-0002258 |
| WaterSMART Drought Response Program: Drought Resiliency Projects for Fiscal Years 2020 and 2021 | BOR-DO-20-F002 | The objective of this FOA is to invite states, tribes, irrigation districts, water districts, and other organizations with water or power delivery authority to leverage their money and resources by cost sharing with Reclamation on Drought Resiliency Projects that will increase the reliability of water supplies; improve water management; and provide benefits for fish, wildlife, and the environment to mitigate impacts caused by drought. | Bureau of Reclamation | May 1, 2020 | July 8, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=BOR-DO-20-F002 |
| Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the Department's Fiscal Year 2020 Supplemental Comprehensive Housing Counseling Grant Program | FR-6400-N-33 | The purpose of HUD’s Housing Counseling Grant Program is to provide funds to HUD approved housing counseling agencies that provide counseling and advice to tenants and homeowners, with respect to property maintenance, financial management and literacy, and other matters as may be appropriate to assist program clients in improving their housing conditions, meeting their financial needs, and fulfilling the responsibilities of tenancy or homeownership. This NOFA plays an integral role in helping individuals and families obtain housing and stay in their homes through responsible homeownership or affordable rental housing. Housing counseling agencies are an important safeguard in the prevention of housing scams and discrimination and serve as an important gateway to local, state, federal and private housing assistance and resources. | Department of Housing and Urban Development | May 27, 2020 | July 8, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=FR-6400-N-33 |
| Small-Scale Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Systems and Hybrid Electrolyzer Technology Development | DE-FOA-0002300 | This FOA will solicit applications for multiple areas of interest and will correspond to research outlined in the Department's August 2019 Report on the Status of the Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Program” (https://www.energy.gov/fe/report-congress-status-solid-oxide-fuel-cell-program), to Congress and could include, but are not limited to the following:* Small-scale (nominally 5-25 kWe) distributed generation SOFC systems.* Hydrogen production from Solid State Electrolyzer Cell (SOEC) systems and reversible SOFC systems including improving and validating the materials and systems required for the improving the cost, performance and reliability of systems using natural gas or coal-derived syngas as fuel.* Cleaning of coal-derived syngas for use as SOFC fuel and testing of single and multiple cells on syngas. | Headquarters | May 28, 2020 | July 8, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=DE-FOA-0002300 |
| APG Army Compatible Use Buffer Program | MICC-FSH-20-0004 | MICC-FSH announces a potential partnering opportunity for the Aberdeen Proving Ground Army Compatible Use Buffer (ACUB) program. The successful applicant will, after coordinating with Aberdeen Proving Ground encroachment planners and natural resource managers, negotiate the purchase of easements or fee simple property (perpetual real property interests) from willing landowners. The entire project plan encompasses approximately 57,610 acres within two ACUB Priority Areas near Aberdeen Proving Ground in Harford County Maryland. The goal within this project area is protection of approximately 10,100 acres. | Mission and Install. Cmd. JBSA Ft. Sam Houston | June 1, 2020 | July 8, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=MICC-FSH-20-0004 |
| NEI Translational Research Program (TRP) on Therapy for Visual Disorders (R24 Clinical Trial Optional) | PAR-18-707 | The purpose of this FOA is the rapid and efficient translation of innovative laboratory research findings into therapies, devices or other resources for use by clinicians to treat visual system diseases or disorders. Multidisciplinary teams of scientists and clinicians will focus on generating preclinical data that will lead to the development of biological interventions, such as gene therapy, cell-based therapy, pharmacological approaches, and/or medical devices. The ultimate goal of this program is to make technological, biological and pharmacological resources available to clinicians and their patients. | National Institutes of Health | March 6, 2018 | July 9, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=PAR-18-707 |
| NHLBI SBIR Phase IIB Small Market Awards to Accelerate the Commercialization of Technologies for Heart, Lung, Blood, and Sleep Disorders and Diseases (R44 Clinical Trial Optional) | RFA-HL-19-018 | The purpose of the NHLBI SBIR Phase IIB Small Market Award is to provide support to Phase II SBIR or STTR awardees that are developing NHLBI mission-related products that address a rare disease or young pediatric populations. The goal of this FOA is for these products to be further validated so that development can continue with private funding after NHLBI support ends. Applicants must submit a Commercialization Plan that includes details on any independent third-party funding that has already been secured or is anticipated during the project period. It is expected that the level of this independent third-party funding will be equal to or greater than one-third of the NHLBI funds being requested throughout the project period. Projects proposed in response to this FOA must require eventual Federal regulatory approval/clearance, and may address preclinical and/or clinical stages of technology development. Clinical trials may be proposed as appropriate, but are not required. | National Institutes of Health | May 16, 2018 | July 9, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-HL-19-018 |
| NHLBI SBIR Phase IIB Bridge Awards to Accelerate the Commercialization of Technologies for Heart, Lung, Blood, and Sleep Disorders and Diseases (R44 - Clinical Trial Optional) | RFA-HL-19-017 | The purpose of the NHLBI SBIR Phase IIB Bridge Award is to facilitate and accelerate the capital-intensive steps that are required to transition SBIR/STTR Phase II projects to the commercialization stage by promoting partnerships between SBIR/STTR Phase II awardees and third-party investors and/or strategic partners. Applicants must submit a Commercialization Plan, which should include details on any independent third-party funding that has already been secured or is anticipated during the Phase IIB Bridge Award project period. It is expected that the level of this independent third-party funding will be equal to or greater than the NHLBI funds being requested throughout the Phase IIB Bridge Award project period. Projects proposed in response to this FOA must relate to the NHLBI mission and require eventual Federal regulatory approval/clearance. Proposed projects may address preclinical and/or clinical stages of technology development. Clinical trials may be proposed as appropriate, but are not required. | National Institutes of Health | May 16, 2018 | July 9, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-HL-19-017 |
| Access to Historical Records: Major Initiatives program | MAJOR-202007 | The National Historical Publications and Records Commission seeks projects that will significantly improve public discovery and use of major historical records collections. The Commission is especially interested in collections of America’s early legal records, such as the records of colonial, territorial, county, and early statehood and tribal proceedings that document the evolution of the nation’s legal history. All types of historical records are eligible, including documents, photographs, born-digital records, and analog audio and moving images. Projects may:• Digitize historical records collections, or related collections, held by a single institution and make them freely available online• Provide access to born-digital records• Create new freely-available virtual collections drawn from historical records held by multiple institutions• Create new tools and methods for users to access recordsThe NHPRC welcomes collaborative projects, particularly for bringing together related records from multiple institutions. Projects that address significant needs in the field and result in replicable and scalable approaches will be more competitive. We also encourage organizations to actively engage the public in the work of the project. Applicants should also consult Access to Historical Records: Archival Projects program, which has different requirements and award amounts.For a comprehensive list of Commission limitations on funding, please see: "What we do and do not fund" (http://www.archives.gov/nhprc/apply/eligibility.html). Applications that consist entirely of ineligible activities will not be considered. Award InformationA grant is for one to three years and between $100,000 and $350,000. We expect to make up to five grants in this category for a total of up to $1,000,000. Grants begin no earlier than January 1, 2021.The Commission requires that grant recipients acknowledge NHPRC grant assistance in all publicity, publications, and other products that result from its support.EligibilityEligible applicants:• U.S. nonprofit organizations or institutions• U.S. colleges, universities, and other academic institutions• State or local government agencies• Federally-acknowledged or state-recognized Native American tribes or groupsCost SharingThe total costs of a project are shared between the NHPRC and the applicant organization.The Commission provides no more than 50 per cent of total project costs in the Access to Historical Records: Major Initiatives category. NHPRC grant recipients are not permitted to use grant funds for indirect costs (as indicated in 2 CFR 2600.101).Cost sharing is required. The applicant's financial contribution may include both direct and indirect expenses, in-kind contributions, non-Federal third-party contributions, and any income earned directly by the project. Indirect costs must be listed under the applicant's cost sharing contribution. Other RequirementsApplicant organizations must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) prior to submitting an application, maintain SAM registration throughout the application and award process, and include a valid DUNS number in their application. Details on SAM registration and requesting a DUNS number can be found at the System for Award Management website at https://sam.gov. Please refer to the User Guides section and the Grants Registrations PDF.A complete application includes the Application for Federal Assistance (Standard Form 424), Assurances -- Non-Construction Programs (Standard Form 424B), a Project Narrative, Summary, Supplementary Materials, and Budget. Applications lacking these items will not be considered.Ineligible applications will not be reviewed. | National Archives and Records Administration | May 16, 2019 | July 9, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=MAJOR-202007 |
| Clinical Trials to Test Artificial Pancreas Device Systems in Populations Challenging to Manage Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) (U01 Clinical Trial Required) | RFA-DK-19-036 | This FOA will support the conduct of clinical trials designed to test the clinical safety and efficacy of artificial pancreas (AP) device systems with the objective of improving glycemic control, reducing acute complications and improving quality of life in people with difficult to control T1D when using standard of care therapies. | National Institutes of Health | December 4, 2019 | July 9, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-DK-19-036 |
| ROSES 2020: Cassini Data Analysis | NNH20ZDA001N-CDAP | Step-2 proposals cannot be submitted if a Step-1 proposal was not submitted. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (SMD) released its annual omnibus Research Announcement (NRA), Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) – 2020 (OMB Approval Number 2700-0092, CFDA Number 43.001) on February 14, 2020. In this case "omnibus" means that this NRA has many individual program elements, each with its own due dates and topics. All together these cover the wide range of basic and applied supporting research and technology in space and Earth sciences supported by SMD. Awards will be made as grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and inter- or intra-agency transfers, depending on the nature of the work proposed, the proposing organization, and/or program requirements. However, most extramural research awards deriving from ROSES will be grants, and many program elements of ROSES specifically exclude contracts, because contracts would not be appropriate for the nature of the work solicited. The typical period of performance for an award is three years, but some programs may allow up to five years and others specify shorter periods. In most cases, organizations of every type, Government and private, for profit and not-for-profit, domestic and foreign (with some caveats), may submit proposals without restriction on teaming arrangements. Tables listing the program elements and due dates, the full text of the ROSES-2020 solicitation, and the "Summary of Solicitation" as a stand-alone document, may all be found NSPIRES at http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020. This synopsis is associated with one of the individual program elements within ROSES, but this is a generic summary that is posted for all ROSES elements. For specific information on this particular program element download and read the PDF of the text of this program element by going to Tables 2 or 3 of this NRA at http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020table2 and http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020table3, respectively, click the title of the program element of interest, a hypertext link will take you to a page for that particular program element. On that page, on the right side under "Announcement Documents" the link on the bottom will be to the PDF of the text of the call for proposals. For example, if one were interested in The Lunar Data Analysis Program (NNH20ZDA001N-LDAP) one would follow the link to the NSPIRES page for that program element and then to read the text of the call one would click on “C.8 Lunar Data Analysis (.PDF)” to download the text of the call. If one wanted to set it into the context of the goals, objectives and know the default rules for all elements within Appendix C, the planetary science division, one might download and read “C.1 Planetary Science Research Program Overview (.PDF)” from that same page. While the letters and numbers are different for each element within ROSES (A.12, B.7, etc.) the basic configuration is always the same, e.g., the letter indicates the Science Division (A is Earth Science, B is Heliophysics etc.) and whatever the letter, #1 is always the overview. Frequently asked questions for ROSES are posted at http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/faqs. Questions concerning general ROSES-2020 policies and procedures may be directed to Max Bernstein, Lead for Research, Science Mission Directorate, at sara@nasa.gov, but technical questions concerning specific program elements should be directed to the point(s) of contact for that particular element, who may be found either at the end of the individual program element in the summary table of key information or on the web list of topics and points of contact at: http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/program-officers-list. Not all program elements are known at the time of the release of ROSES. To be informed of new program elements or amendments to this NRA, proposers may subscribe to: (1) The SMD mailing lists (by logging in at http://nspires.nasaprs.comand checking the appropriate boxes under "Account Management" and "Email Subscriptions"), (2) The ROSES-2020 RSS feed for amendments, clarifications, and corrections to at http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/grant-solicitations/ROSES-2020, and (3) The ROSES-2020 due date Google calendar. Instructions are at https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/library-and-useful-links (link from the words due date calendar). | NASA Headquarters | February 14, 2020 | July 9, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=NNH20ZDA001N-CDAP |
| ROSES 2020: New Frontiers Data Analysis | NNH20ZDA001N-NFDAP | The close date above is the date for the Step-1 proposal submission. See the solicitation for the Step-2 due date. Step-2 proposals cannot be submitted if a Step-1 proposal was not submitted. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (SMD) released its annual omnibus Research Announcement (NRA), Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) – 2020 (OMB Approval Number 2700-0092, CFDA Number 43.001) on February 14, 2020. In this case "omnibus" means that this NRA has many individual program elements, each with its own due dates and topics. All together these cover the wide range of basic and applied supporting research and technology in space and Earth sciences supported by SMD. Awards will be made as grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and inter- or intra-agency transfers, depending on the nature of the work proposed, the proposing organization, and/or program requirements. However, most extramural research awards deriving from ROSES will be grants, and many program elements of ROSES specifically exclude contracts, because contracts would not be appropriate for the nature of the work solicited. The typical period of performance for an award is three years, but some programs may allow up to five years and others specify shorter periods. In most cases, organizations of every type, Government and private, for profit and not-for-profit, domestic and foreign (with some caveats), may submit proposals without restriction on teaming arrangements. Tables listing the program elements and due dates, the full text of the ROSES-2020 solicitation, and the "Summary of Solicitation" as a stand-alone document, may all be found NSPIRES at http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020. This synopsis is associated with one of the individual program elements within ROSES, but this is a generic summary that is posted for all ROSES elements. For specific information on this particular program element download and read the PDF of the text of this program element by going to Tables 2 or 3 of this NRA at http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020table2 and http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020table3, respectively, click the title of the program element of interest, a hypertext link will take you to a page for that particular program element. On that page, on the right side under "Announcement Documents" the link on the bottom will be to the PDF of the text of the call for proposals. For example, if one were interested in The Lunar Data Analysis Program (NNH20ZDA001N-LDAP) one would follow the link to the NSPIRES page for that program element and then to read the text of the call one would click on “C.8 Lunar Data Analysis (.PDF)” to download the text of the call. If one wanted to set it into the context of the goals, objectives and know the default rules for all elements within Appendix C, the planetary science division, one might download and read “C.1 Planetary Science Research Program Overview (.PDF)” from that same page. While the letters and numbers are different for each element within ROSES (A.12, B.7, etc.) the basic configuration is always the same, e.g., the letter indicates the Science Division (A is Earth Science, B is Heliophysics etc.) and whatever the letter, #1 is always the overview. Frequently asked questions for ROSES are posted at http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/faqs. Questions concerning general ROSES-2020 policies and procedures may be directed to Max Bernstein, Lead for Research, Science Mission Directorate, at sara@nasa.gov, but technical questions concerning specific program elements should be directed to the point(s) of contact for that particular element, who may be found either at the end of the individual program element in the summary table of key information or on the web list of topics and points of contact at: http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/program-officers-list. Not all program elements are known at the time of the release of ROSES. To be informed of new program elements or amendments to this NRA, proposers may subscribe to: (1) The SMD mailing lists (by logging in at http://nspires.nasaprs.comand checking the appropriate boxes under "Account Management" and "Email Subscriptions"), (2) The ROSES-2020 RSS feed for amendments, clarifications, and corrections to at http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/grant-solicitations/ROSES-2020, and (3) The ROSES-2020 due date Google calendar. Instructions are at https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/library-and-useful-links (link from the words due date calendar). | NASA Headquarters | February 14, 2020 | July 9, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=NNH20ZDA001N-NFDAP |
| Exploring the Mechanisms Underlying Modulation of Glymphatic-Lymphatic Systems by Complementary and Integrative Health Approaches (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) | RFA-AT-21-001 | This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages research applications that explore the impact of and the mechanisms by which complementary and integrative health approaches regulate the activities of glymphatic/lymphatic systems, or investigate the effect of complementary and integrative health approaches on the interactions between glymphatic/lymphatic functions and physiological/pathological processes. Proposed mechanistic studies may be in relevant animal models and/or human research participants. This FOA will not support clinical trials aiming to assess efficacy or effectiveness of clinical outcomes. | National Institutes of Health | March 5, 2020 | July 9, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-AT-21-001 |
| Exploring the Mechanisms Underlying Modulation of Glymphatic-Lymphatic Systems by Complementary and Integrative Health Approaches (R21 Clinical Trial Optional) | RFA-AT-21-002 | This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages research applications that explore the impact of and the mechanisms by which complementary and integrative health approaches regulate the activities of glymphatic and lymphatic systems, or investigate the effect of complementary and integrative health approaches on the interactions between glymphatic/lymphatic functions and physiological/pathological processes. Proposed mechanistic studies may be in relevant animal models and/or human research participants. This FOA will not support clinical trials aiming to assess efficacy or effectiveness of clinical outcomes. | National Institutes of Health | March 5, 2020 | July 9, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-AT-21-002 |
| DoD Neurofibromatosis, Exploration- Hypothesis Development Award | W81XWH-20-NFRP-EHDA | The NFRP Exploration - Hypothesis Development Award supports the initial exploration of innovative, high-risk, high-gain, and potentially groundbreaking concepts in NF research. Studies supported by this award mechanism are expected to lay the groundwork for future avenues of scientific investigation. The proposed research project should include a well-formulated, testable hypothesis based on strong scientific rationale and study design. The presentation of preliminary and/or published data is encouraged, but not required. | Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA | March 30, 2020 | July 9, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81XWH-20-NFRP-EHDA |
| DoD Neurofibromatosis, Early Investigator Research Award | W81XWH-20-NFRP-EIRA | The Early Investigator Research Award supports NF-focused research opportunities for individuals in the early stages of their careers, under the guidance of a designated Mentor. This opportunity allows for early-stage investigators to develop a research project, investigate a problem or question in NF research, and further their intellectual development as an NF researcher of the future. The postdoctoral investigator is considered the Principal Investigator (PI) of the application and must exhibit strong potential for, and commitment to, pursuing a career as an investigator at the forefront of NF research; however, the PI is not required to have previous NF research experience. Applications must include at least one Mentor, appropriate to the proposed research project, who has experience in NF research and mentoring as demonstrated by a record of active funding, recent publications, and successful mentorship. The primary Mentor can be a junior faculty member, in which case the PI is encouraged to include a secondary Mentor with a more robust track record in NF research and mentorship. The selected Mentor(s) should also demonstrate a clear commitment to the development of the PI toward independence as an NF researcher. | Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA | March 30, 2020 | July 9, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81XWH-20-NFRP-EIRA |
| DoD Neurofibromatosis, New Investigator Award | W81XWH-20-NFRP-NIA | The intent of the NFRP New Investigator Award is to support the continued development of promising early-stage investigators and/or the transition of established investigators from other research fields into a career in the field of NF research. Prior experience in NF research is not required. However, Principal Investigators (PIs) with a limited background in NF research are strongly encouraged to have a collaborator who is experienced in the NF field. | Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA | March 30, 2020 | July 9, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81XWH-20-NFRP-NIA |
| DoD Neurofibromatosis, Clinical Trial Award | W81XWH-20-NFRP-CTA | The NFRP Clinical Trial Award supports the rapid implementation of clinical trials with the potential to have a significant impact on the treatment or management of NF. Clinical trials may be designed to evaluate promising new products, pharmacologic agents (drugs or biologics), devices, clinical guidance, and/or emerging approaches and technologies. Proposed projects may range from small proof-of-concept trials (e.g., pilot, first in human, Phase 0), to demonstrate feasibility or inform the design of more advanced trials, through large-scale trials to determine efficacy in relevant patient populations. | Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA | March 30, 2020 | July 9, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81XWH-20-NFRP-CTA |
| DoD Tuberous Sclerosis Complex, Exploration- Hypothesis Development Award | W81XWH-20-TSCRP-EHDA | The Exploration – Hypothesis Development Award supports the initial exploration of innovative, high-risk, high-gain, and potentially groundbreaking concepts in the TSC research field. The studies supported by this award mechanism are expected to generate preliminary data for future avenues of scientific investigation. The proposed research project should include a well-formulated, testable hypothesis based on a strong scientific rationale and study design. Applications should demonstrate the ability to achieve interpretable results in the absence of preliminary data supporting the hypothesis. | Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA | April 1, 2020 | July 9, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81XWH-20-TSCRP-EHDA |
| DoD Tuberous Sclerosis Complex, Idea Development Award | W81XWH-20-TSCRP-IDA | The Idea Development Award promotes ideas that have the potential to yield high-impact findings and new avenues of investigation. This award mechanism supports conceptually innovative research that could ultimately lead to critical discoveries in TSC research and/or improvements in patient care. Research projects should include a well-formulated, testable hypothesis based on strong preliminary data and scientific rationale. | Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA | April 1, 2020 | July 9, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81XWH-20-TSCRP-IDA |
| Offshore Wind Energy Atmospheric Science and Project Development | DE-FOA-0002236 | Complete information, including the full Funding Opportunity Announcement, can be found on the EERE Exchange website - https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/ The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is issuing, on behalf of the Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO), Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) DE-FOA-0002236 entitled “Offshore Wind Atmospheric Science and Project Development.” This FOA has Two Topic Areas Topic Area 1: The overall goal of this Topic Area is to provide funding for a project that will improve wind resource modeling and predictions in offshore wind energy development areas. Using lessons-learned and information gained during the previous program work in complex-terrain wind resource modeling and prediction, this Topic Area will focus on improving wind resource model physics for foundational wind forecasts and other applications in offshore wind energy development areas. Topic Area 2: The overall goal of this Topic Area is to provide funding for a project(s) that will enable demonstration of a novel technology and/or methodology that will advance the state-of-the-art of offshore wind energy in the United States. The proposed project must either implement an innovative technology at engineering/pilot or full-scale, and/or employ a novel methodology that has yet to be utilized commercially in the United States for offshore wind. | Golden Field Office | April 1, 2020 | July 9, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=DE-FOA-0002236 |
| DoD Tuberous Sclerosis Complex, Clinical Translational Research Award | W81XWH-20-TSCRP-CTRA | The Clinical Translational Research Award supports studies that will move promising, well-founded preclinical and/or clinical research findings closer to clinical application, including diagnosis, prognosis, or treatment of TSC. Projects supported by this award mechanism may include studies moving from preclinical to clinical research and/or the reverse, analyzing human anatomical substances and/or data associated with clinical trials (such as correlative studies). Studies advancing clinical trial readiness through development of biomarkers, clinical endpoints, and validation of PK/PD are of particular interest to the FY20 TSCRP. In addition, pilot clinical trials, including behavioral interventions, are encouraged. | Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA | April 1, 2020 | July 9, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81XWH-20-TSCRP-CTRA |
| 2020 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) Tribal Grants | EPA-OAR-OTAQ-20-07 | EPA’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality is soliciting applications nationwide for projects that achieve significant reductions in diesel emissions.Eligible entities include tribal governments (or intertribal consortia) and Alaska Native Villages, which have jurisdiction over transportation or air quality. Although private fleet owners are not eligible to apply directly to EPA for DERA funding, both public and private fleets can benefit from the programs implemented by DERA national grant recipients. Eligible diesel vehicles, engines and equipment may include buses, Class 5 – Class 8 heavy-duty highway vehicles, marine engines, locomotives and nonroad engines, equipment or vehicles including, but not limited to, those used in construction, handling of cargo, agriculture, mining or energy production. Eligible diesel emissions reduction solutions include verified retrofit technologies such as exhaust after-treatment technologies, engine upgrades, and cleaner fuels and additives, verified idle reduction technologies, verified aerodynamic technologies, verified low rolling resistance tires, certified engine replacements and conversions, and certified vehicle or equipment replacement. | Environmental Protection Agency | April 9, 2020 | July 9, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=EPA-OAR-OTAQ-20-07 |
| DoD Neurofibromatosis, Synergistic Idea Award | W81XWH-20-NFRP-SIA | The NFRP Synergistic Idea Award supports new ideas that represent synergistic approaches to neurofibromatosis research involving two or three Principal Investigators (PIs). These investigators should utilize their complementary and synergistic perspectives to address a central problem or question in neurofibromatosis research. This award is designed to support both new and pre-existing partnerships, and encourages participation of PIs from other research fields. | Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA | April 24, 2020 | July 9, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81XWH-20-NFRP-SIA |
| DoD Neurofibromatosis, Investigator- Initiated Research Award | W81XWH-20-NFRP-IIRA | The NFRP Investigator-Initiated Research Award supports highly rigorous, high-impact research projects that have the potential to make an important contribution to NF research and/or patient care. Research projects may focus on any phase of research, excluding clinical trials. The rationale for a research idea may be derived from laboratory discovery, population-based studies, a clinician’s firsthand knowledge of patients, or anecdotal data. Applications must include preliminary and/or published data that are relevant to NF and the proposed research project. | Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA | April 24, 2020 | July 9, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81XWH-20-NFRP-IIRA |
| NEA Grants for Arts Projects 2, FY2021 | 2020NEA01GAP2 | Grant applications previously submitted to the Art Works category will now be submitted to the Grants for Arts Projects category. An organization may submit only one application under these FY2021 Grants for Arts Projects guidelines. The Arts Endowment's support of a project may start on or after June 1, 2021. Generally, a period of performance of up to two years is allowed. Grant Program Description “The Arts . . . belong to all the people of the United States” * Grants for Arts Projects is the National Endowment for the Arts’ principal grants program. Through project-based funding, we support public engagement with, and access to, various forms of excellent art across the nation, the creation of art that meets the highest standards of excellence, learning in the arts at all stages of life, and the integration of the arts into the fabric of community life. Projects may be large or small, existing or new, and may take place in any part of the nation’s 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories. The National Endowment for the Arts is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and fostering mutual respect for the diverse beliefs and values of all individuals and groups. | National Endowment for the Arts | May 5, 2020 | July 9, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=2020NEA01GAP2 |
| Montana/Dakotas Rangeland Resource Management | L20AS00083 | Project Description: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Rangeland Management Program administers grazing for more than 155 million acres of public land. This includes, but is not limited to, such things as inventorying, controlling and managing noxious weeds and invasive species; improving rangelands through grazing management, vegetation restoration treatments, and grazing management structures; and soil resource management. Coordination with land managers and other stakeholders is conducted to complete priority soil surveys, ecological site descriptions, and on-the-ground projects to improve soil stability and reduce erosion. Appropriate management of rangeland and soil resources also support actions and authorizations that include, but are not limited to, such things as energy development, endangered and special status species recovery, grazing of domestic livestock, recreation, forest management, hazardous fuels reduction, and post fire rehabilitation. To better support land management decisions regarding grazing and other range management treatments, soils management, and invasive species, the BLM will place a priority on collecting data through the use of consistent, comparable, and common indicators, consistent methods, and an unbiased sampling framework which will allow for analyses that are repeatable and comparable across a region, and decisions based on science and data that are legally defensible. Land health assessments completed at a larger scale will be more efficient and less costly over time and provide timely support for decision-making. The Rangeland Management program conducts inventories, assessments and evaluations of soil and vegetation conditions and land health. Monitoring data is collected and analyzed to ensure progress toward meeting land health standards. Expected Outcomes: 1. Gather data to complete land health assessments. 2. Process grazing permits for identified high priority areas. 3. Increased efforts to coordinate shared objectives with wildlife, forestry, aquatic, and cultural and recreation programs, to effectively maintain or restore land health. 4. Evaluate multiple allotments together or at the watershed scale to improve efficiencies for evaluating land health and processing permits. 5. Continue to work with permittees and other stakeholders on targeted grazing to decrease fuel loads and restore desirable perennial grasses and forbs. 6. Implement outcome based grazing with collaborative monitoring with stakeholders to increase flexibility and improve efficiencies. Public/BLM Benefits: Funded projects under this program will focus on high priority work such as activities that support maintaining or achieving land health and productivity and creating resilient landscapes. These activities could include, but are not limited to, such things as: 1. Vegetation monitoring. 2. Vegetation restoration treatments. 3. Installation, maintenance, and monitoring erosion control structures. 4. Soils mapping and development of ecological site descriptions. 5. Engagement of community members and other stakeholders, through mentoring, training, and educational programs. 6. Project development and layout. 7. Planning analysis and document preparation as appropriate, in order to carry out land use planning decisions, and Endangered Species requirements. 8. Cultural survey and assessment, data collection and monitoring. | Bureau of Land Management | May 11, 2020 | July 9, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=L20AS00083 |
| Montana/Dakotas Fisheries and Aquatic Resource Management | L20AS00095 | Project Description: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) manages the Nations most ecologically diverse range of aquatic habitat for fish, wildlife, and invertebrates, totaling more than 150,000 miles of streams and rivers, over 3 million acres of lake and reservoir habitat, and nearly 13 million acres of wetlands. Properly functioning instream, riparian and wetland areas are critical to sustaining ecosystem functions and services, providing local communities with clean water, habitat for aquatic and terrestrial wildlife, reducing sedimentation, soil erosion, improving water quality, and providing recreational opportunities. The BLM Aquatic Habitat Management mission area works cooperatively with a wide range of constituents to manage for the biological, chemical, and physical integrity and function and natural diversity of aquatic ecosystems. The BLM develops strategies that provide protection for instream, riparian and wetland areas as well as maintain or restore stream function and stream access to floodplains while supporting multiple uses on public lands. The program manages and guides fish and aquatic habitat conservation, riparian and wetland conservation, control of aquatic invasive species, aquatic organism passage, and monitoring riparian and instream habitat conditions and water quantity and quality conditions and trends. The BLM inventories and monitors water resource conditions and trends to support multiple uses of public lands, including providing habitat for fish and other aquatic organisms. Monitoring surface and groundwater quality, as well as identifying, promoting, and implementing best-management practices, helps to maintain and improve water quality and function of aquatic ecosystems. Managing riparian, wetland and instream habitat provides appropriate conditions for fish, invertebrates and amphibians, including special status, anadromous, and subsistence species, and other native and game aquatic species. Supporting the preparation and processing of water rights filings assures adequate water is available for multiple use public lands management. The programs participation in the Colorado River Salinity Control Forum collaboratively addresses sediment and salt discharge into its waters, and helps ensure usable water supplies for millions of downstream users of the Colorado River Basin. The BLM works to prevent the introduction, spread, and impacts that result from aquatic and riparian invasive species with local, State, and non-governmental partners. A myriad of invasive species pose threats to water delivery and aquatic habitat health, including invasive plants, mammals, fish and invertebrates, including zebra and quagga mussels. The Secretary of the Interior made a commitment to the Western Governors Association in June 2017, ¿Safeguarding the West from Invasive Species: Actions to Strengthen Federal, State, and Tribal Coordination to Address Invasive Mussels. The BLMs role is prevention through collaborative partnerships to limit the transportation of invasive mussels by inspecting and decontaminate watercraft in concert with State management agencies throughout the West. The BLM continues to work with partners to fund and implement actions identified in invasive species management plans and State and Federal agency habitat management plans. The BLM designs and implements lake, wetland, river, stream, and riparian treatments to restore and reconnect native and game aquatic species habitat on public lands. The BLM also works to enhance the quality and quantity of angling opportunities on BLM managed lands by conserving and restoring habitat and improving fish productivity. These activities include analyzing habitat and water resource data needed to maintain, protect, and restore aquatic habitat resources effectively, as well as applying expertise to assess and improve the public experience, productivity and resiliency of these resources on public lands. The Aquatic Habitat Management mission area enables the BLM to develop and implement program policy, carry out projects, assure adequate water is available, and maintain vital partnerships at all levels within the Bureau to support multiple use and sustained yield on public lands. Management actions emphasize on-the-ground and in-the-water actions that increase the health of fish and wildlife populations to sustain recreational and subsistence uses that enhance or maintain many local economies in the West. In addition, these actions reduce the need to federally list species and work to protect and recover listed species and the ecosystems upon which they depend, as per the Endangered Species Act of 1973. The Clean Water Act guides the BLMs uses of water resources, including water quality and quantity. Expected Outcomes: 1. Development and/or implementation of watershed management plans. 2. Increased local capacity to protect and enhance aquatic habitat, water quality, promote water conservation, and sustain the present health of the watershed. 3. Improvements in the resiliency of ecosystems, communities, and economies in the watershed. 4. Improvements in the hydraulic and geomorphic conditions of streams. 5. Removal of invasive plants and animals to enhance fish habitat, water quality and the physical characteristics of the stream. 6. Inventory, modernize and/or develop infrastructure such as culverts and diversion structures in order to improve fish and other aquatic organism passage. 7. Provide a forum for enhanced communication among diverse stakeholder groups along the watershed. 8. Conserve and enhance aquatic and riparian habitats for native and desired non-native species. 9. Provide resources for recreational and subsistence fishing opportunities including increasing public access and infrastructure, such as fishing piers, for public enjoyment and outreach, education and job mentoring activities for youth, families, and veterans. 10. Protect and stabilize both lotic and lentic aquatic and riparian habitats. 11. Implement projects to reduce erosion, salinity and sediments. 12. Collect and analyze water resources data needed to maintain, protect and restore water resources effectively. 13. Inventory, assess, monitor, and improve aquatic, riparian, and wetland habitat quality and quantity. 14. Address the immediate threats from aquatic invasive species, including quagga and zebra mussels. 15. Influencing water temperature or improving the timing or volume of available flows at particular locations to improve aquatic conditions. 16. Monitor surface and groundwater quality. 17. Manage geospatial and biometric data. 18. Conduct baseline inventories and assessments critical to many public land uses and ongoing monitoring programs. 19. Engage citizen-scientists and students in monitoring and directed research of various BLM dependent aquatic and riparian species and their habitats. 20. Develop and assist with Bureau aquatic invasive programs including: mapping, control, prevention, education, data analysis, ecological modeling and risk assessments, biosecurity, eDNA surveillance, etc Public/BLM Benefits: The BLM will continue to work with cooperators, conservation organizations, fishing partners, and other stakeholders to focus on the highest value habitat restoration and conservation projects. The BLM will also continue to conduct baseline inventories and assessments critical to many public land uses and ongoing monitoring programs, including emphasizing native, special status, sport, and subsistence species to enhance opportunities for fishing on America's public lands, in support of Secretarial Orders (SO) 3347, Conservation Stewardship and Outdoor Recreation, 3356, Hunting, Fishing, Recreational Shooting, and Wildlife Conservation Opportunities and Cooperation with States, Tribes, and Territories, and 3366, Increasing Recreational Opportunities on Lands and Waters Managed by the U.S. Department of the Interior. | Bureau of Land Management | May 11, 2020 | July 9, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=L20AS00095 |
| Small Grants Program for Leading English Discussion Groups in Sapporo, Japan | PAS-SAPPORO-FY21-0002 | The U.S. Consulate General Sapporo is accepting applications for small grants to individuals or organizations to lead an English education program with American cultural content at the Public Affairs Section at the Consulate, located in the Maruyama suburb of Sapporo, Hokkaido. Contingent on the availability of funds, the U.S. Consulate General Sapporo will award multiple grants ranging from $500 to $2,000 to fund a series of events to promote English language education, introduce American culture, and/or to encourage future travel and study in the United States. To promote English language, we ask that at least one native-level American English speaker is involved in the proposed activities as a discussion group leader, but that native level speaker does not need to be a U.S. citizen. Proposed activities might include American film screenings, book club discussion groups, guest speakers, musical programs, or the applicant may propose an alternative model. Sessions can be held monthly, bi-monthly, or quarterly on or after October 15, 2020 for a minimum six month and maximum two-year period. Sessions may be hosted on-line but preference will be given to in-person gatherings held in the Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Consulate General in Sapporo. Sessions must be open to the public and cannot be commercial, trade or charitable activities. No for-profit organizations can receive funding through these awards. If awarded, the Grantee will be responsible for coordinating the schedule with the PAS Sapporo. The application should include a proposed activity plan; an audience recruitment plan; and a line-item budget with anticipated programming costs such as honoraria, transportation fees for organizers and guest speakers, and materials and copier fees for publicizing event. Proposals will be evaluated on their potential to effectively promote English language, U.S. culture, and U.S. study abroad or travel and tourism, with particular attention on incorporating new audiences for engagement. This annual notice of funding opportunities outlines our funding priorities and areas of interest, as well as procedures for submitting requests for funding. Please note that this notice supplements specific notices of funding opportunities that may be posted both here and on other relevant sites throughout the year. Any organization or individual interested in applying for funding should carefully follow all instructions. | U.S. Mission to Japan | May 26, 2020 | July 9, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=PAS-SAPPORO-FY21-0002 |
| DRL Supporting Sudan’s Democratic Transition | SFOP0006998 | The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) announces an open competition for organizations interested in submitting applications for a project in Sudan that supports accountability and protecting civic space during Sudan’s 39-month transition period culminating with the holding of free and fair elections. | Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor | May 29, 2020 | July 9, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=SFOP0006998 |
| Center for Inherited Disease Research (CIDR) High Throughput Sequencing and Genotyping Resource Access (X01) | PAR-17-269 | The Center for Inherited Disease Research (CIDR) high-throughput genotyping, sequencing and supporting statistical genetics services are designed to aid the identification of genes or genetic modifications that contribute to human health and disease or to enhance existing collections of well-phenotyped specimens by the addition of genotype or next-generation sequence data. The laboratory specializes in genomic services that cannot be efficiently carried out in individual investigator laboratories. CIDR provides the most up-to-date platforms, services and statistical genetic support. This is an NIH-wide initiative that is managed by NHGRI. Information about the current services offered can be accessed via: http://www.cidr.jhmi.edu. | National Institutes of Health | May 3, 2017 | July 10, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=PAR-17-269 |
| Surface Transportation System Funding Alternatives (STSFA) | 693JJ319NF00004 | The Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act of 2015, Pub. L. No. 114-94, Sec 6020, authorized the Secretary of Transportation to establish the Surface Transportation System Funding Alternatives (STSFA) Program. The purpose of the STSFA Program is to provide grants to States to demonstrate user-based alternative revenue mechanisms that utilize a user fee structure to maintain the long-term solvency of the Federal Highway Trust Fund. The FAST Act provides that $15 million in Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 and $20 million annually from FY 2017 through 2020 will be made available from the Highway Research and Development Program for grants for STSFA demonstration projects. These grants shall make up no more than 50 percent of total proposed project costs, with the remainder coming from non-Federal sources. Other Federal funds using their appropriate matching share may be leveraged for the deployment but cannot be considered as part of the STSFA matching funds, which must come from non-Federal sources unless otherwise allowed by statute. The grants are only available to States; however, groups of States can form partnerships for regional or national proposals. Section 6020 of the FAST Act authorizes the DOT to enter into agreements with State authorities to demonstrate user-based alternative revenue mechanisms. However, this solicitation requires that a State department of transportation (State DOT) serve as the lead agency for administering the program funding through the Federal-aid highway program. Another State agency or a State agency in a different State (if the project involves a group of States) may be responsible for providing day-to-day project oversight. It is expected that all relevant State agencies (e.g., Department of Motor Vehicles, Department of Revenue) needed to initiate a full-scale deployment of the proposed revenue mechanism will be actively involved in the planning and operation of the demonstration. All funds were not awarded based on applications received by 10/15/2019, there will be another closing date on July 10th, 2020 at 11:59 PM (Eastern time). ****** There will be a 2020 STSFA Webinar for interested parties on Tuesday, February 4, 2020 from 1:00 to 2:30 EDT. Pre-registration at: https://connectdot.connectsolutions.com/eyksjsd1sqs9/event/registration.html ****** | DOT Federal Highway Administration | August 8, 2019 | July 10, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=693JJ319NF00004 |
| Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Performance Management Technical Assistance | HHS-2020-ACF-OCS-ET-1814 | The Office of Community Services (OCS) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) announces the availability of funds for a cooperative agreement for the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Performance Management Technical Assistance (PMTA) funding opportunity announcement (FOA). Since 2016, cooperative agreements supported by OCS funded the development of the CSBG Performance Management Framework including revised National Performance Indicators and a new automated Annual Report. The CSBG Performance Management Framework also includes Organizational Standards for eligible entities, Federal Accountability Measures, State Accountability Measures, and Results Oriented Management and Accountability (ROMA). These elements were designed to increase effectiveness and accountability across all levels of the CSBG network (federal, state, and local), and to generate more robust results for the individuals, families, and communities that OCS serves. This new three-year FOA will support the continuous improvement of the CSBG Performance Management Framework. Recent enhancements and revisions to ROMA and the Annual Report required revisions to reporting forms and changes in current reporting systems and/or the development of new reporting systems for states and eligible entities. The grantee under this cooperative agreement will be responsible for identifying and prioritizing the training needs of the CSBG network, and providing T/TA to the CSBG network to continue the seamless transition to the new reporting systems and any updates made to these formats. This includes providing T/A to states on the submission and use of data for ROMA, reporting purposes, and to encourage a culture of success, transparency, and partnerships. Additionally, this grant will enable OCS to continue meeting its responsibilities to report to Congress annually on CSBG activities and accomplishments as outlined in 42 U.S.C § 9917(b) of the CSBG Act. This includes conducting a national aggregation and analysis of data in order to assist in the development of an annual report to Congress. Over the three-year period, the grantee will provide quality assurance assistance for a public-facing website maintained by OCS. The public-facing website will allow grantees, and the general public, access to information regarding CSBG expenditures, activities, and outcomes. | Administration for Children and Families - OCS | May 26, 2020 | July 10, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=HHS-2020-ACF-OCS-ET-1814 |
| OR/WA Master Cultural and Paleontological Resource Management | L20AS00005 | BLM Oregon/Washington manages archaeological and historic sites, artifact collections, places of traditional cultural importance to Native Americans and other communities, and paleontological resources that occur on federal lands in the states of Oregon and Washington. Collectively, these heritage resources represent thousands of years of human occupation, and millions of years of the earths natural history. BLM Cultural Heritage and Paleontology Programs coordinate management, preservation, education and outreach efforts, economic opportunities, and public uses of a fragile, nonrenewable scientific record that represents an important component of Americas heritage. | Bureau of Land Management | December 10, 2019 | July 10, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=L20AS00005 |
| OR/WA Master Invasive and Noxious Plant Management Funding Opportunity | L20AS00025 | One of the BLM's highest priorities is to promote ecosystem health and one of the greatest obstacles to achieving this goal is the rapid expansion of weeds across public lands. These invasive plants can dominate and often cause permanent damage to natural plant communities. If not eradicated or controlled, noxious weeds will continue to jeopardize the health of the public lands and to constrain the myriad activities that occur on public lands. | Bureau of Land Management | December 10, 2019 | July 10, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=L20AS00025 |
| Land and Water Conservation Fund Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program Round 4 | P20AS00029 | The National Park Service State and Local Assistance Division announces the availability of $40 million mainly appropriated in FY 2018 and 2019 for Land and Water Conservation Fund State Assistance grants for a nationally competitive grant program. Eligible U.S. state and local government agencies and federally recognized Indian tribes are invited to submit proposals for matching grants to support projects that would acquire or develop public land for outdoor recreation purposes located within or serving Census-delineated "urbanized areas": places with a population of 50,000 or more people that are densely settled. | National Park Service | January 31, 2020 | July 10, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=P20AS00029 |
| Rural HIV/AIDS Planning Program | HRSA-20-105 | This notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the Rural HIV/AIDS Planning Program. ‘Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE): A Plan for America’ is a multi-year U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) initiative to end the HIV epidemic in the United States by 2030. The Rural HIV/AIDS Planning program targets seven states (Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma and South Carolina) with a disproportionate number of HIV diagnoses in rural areas. The purpose of the Rural HIV/AIDS Planning program is to assist in the planning and development of an integrated rural HIV health network for HIV care and treatment, specifically with network participants who do not have a history of formal collaborative HIV efforts. The Rural HIV/AIDS Planning program offers rural health care providers the opportunity to address community HIV needs, gaps and challenges, including issues related to the need for early diagnosis, comprehensive care that includes support services such as transportation, substance use treatment, stigma, innovative service delivery models with the goal of improving health outcomes among people with HIV and reducing the number of new HIV infections. The intent is for rural HIV health networks to expand access to HIV care, increase the use of health information technology such as CDC data to care models, use telemedicine models for training and care, partner with Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) recipients, explore innovative health care delivery models, and continue to promote quality health care across the continuum of care. The Rural HIV/AIDS Planning program provides support to rural communities for the implementation of activities needed to plan and develop formal and integrated rural HIV health care networks such as, but not limited to, business plan development, community needs assessment, network organizational assessment, SWOT analysis and a health information technology readiness assessment. The purpose of this program is to fund planning activities. Applications that propose to use award funds to pay for the direct provision of clinical health services will be deemed unresponsive and will not be considered for funding under this notice. A rural HIV health network (also called consortium) is defined as an organizational arrangement among at least three (3) separately owned regional or local health care providers that come together to develop strategies for improving health services delivery systems in a community. Health networks can be an effective strategy to help smaller rural health care providers and health care service organizations align resources, achieve economies of scale and efficiencies, collaboratively address challenges, and create impactful, innovative solutions. HRSA encourages applicants to consider innovative partnerships with their State Office of Rural Health (SORH) to coordinate statewide collaboration that support and expand rural community efforts that provide sustainable HIV care services. For example, a RWHAP clinic, a rural health clinic, and a public health department may collaborate to form a rural HIV health network around a shared purpose. Other examples of consortium participants include, but are not limited to: AIDS Education and Training Centers (AETCs), HIV award recipients of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Agency (SAMHSA), and the Indian Health Service (IHS) programs, community health centers, Rural Health Associations, Primary Care Associations, Area Health Education Centers, critical access hospitals, public health agencies, local or state health departments, home health providers, mental health centers, substance use disorder service providers, primary care providers, oral health providers, social service agencies, health profession schools, local school districts, emergency services providers, migrant health centers, federally qualified health centers, tribal health programs, churches, faith-based organizations, and civic organizations that provide health care. | Health Resources and Services Administration | May 11, 2020 | July 10, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=HRSA-20-105 |
| ROSES 2020: Development and Advancement of Lunar Instrumentation Program | NNH20ZDA001N-DALI | The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (SMD) released its annual omnibus Research Announcement (NRA), Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) – 2020 (OMB Approval Number 2700-0092, CFDA Number 43.001) on February 14, 2020. In this case "omnibus" means that this NRA has many individual program elements, each with its own due dates and topics. All together these cover the wide range of basic and applied supporting research and technology in space and Earth sciences supported by SMD. Awards will be made as grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and inter- or intra-agency transfers, depending on the nature of the work proposed, the proposing organization, and/or program requirements. However, most extramural research awards deriving from ROSES will be grants, and many program elements of ROSES specifically exclude contracts, because contracts would not be appropriate for the nature of the work solicited. The typical period of performance for an award is three years, but some programs may allow up to five years and others specify shorter periods. In most cases, organizations of every type, Government and private, for profit and not-for-profit, domestic and foreign (with some caveats), may submit proposals without restriction on teaming arrangements. Tables listing the program elements and due dates, the full text of the ROSES-2020 solicitation, and the "Summary of Solicitation" as a stand-alone document, may all be found NSPIRES at http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020. This synopsis is associated with one of the individual program elements within ROSES, but this is a generic summary that is posted for all ROSES elements. For specific information on this particular program element download and read the PDF of the text of this program element by going to Tables 2 or 3 of this NRA at http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020table2 and http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020table3, respectively, click the title of the program element of interest, a hypertext link will take you to a page for that particular program element. On that page, on the right side under "Announcement Documents" the link on the bottom will be to the PDF of the text of the call for proposals. For example, if one were interested in The Lunar Data Analysis Program (NNH20ZDA001N-LDAP) one would follow the link to the NSPIRES page for that program element and then to read the text of the call one would click on “C.8 Lunar Data Analysis (.PDF)” to download the text of the call. If one wanted to set it into the context of the goals, objectives and know the default rules for all elements within Appendix C, the planetary science division, one might download and read “C.1 Planetary Science Research Program Overview (.PDF)” from that same page. While the letters and numbers are different for each element within ROSES (A.12, B.7, etc.) the basic configuration is always the same, e.g., the letter indicates the Science Division (A is Earth Science, B is Heliophysics etc.) and whatever the letter, #1 is always the overview. Frequently asked questions for ROSES are posted at http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/faqs. Questions concerning general ROSES-2020 policies and procedures may be directed to Max Bernstein, Lead for Research, Science Mission Directorate, at sara@nasa.gov, but technical questions concerning specific program elements should be directed to the point(s) of contact for that particular element, who may be found either at the end of the individual program element in the summary table of key information or on the web list of topics and points of contact at: http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/program-officers-list. Not all program elements are known at the time of the release of ROSES. To be informed of new program elements or amendments to this NRA, proposers may subscribe to: (1) The SMD mailing lists (by logging in at http://nspires.nasaprs.comand checking the appropriate boxes under "Account Management" and "Email Subscriptions"), (2) The ROSES-2020 RSS feed for amendments, clarifications, and corrections to at http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/grant-solicitations/ROSES-2020, and (3) The ROSES-2020 due date Google calendar. Instructions are at https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/library-and-useful-links (link from the words due date calendar). | NASA Headquarters | February 14, 2020 | July 10, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=NNH20ZDA001N-DALI |
| Navigating the New Arctic Community Office | 20-549 | In 2016, the National Science Foundation (NSF) unveiled a set of “Big Ideas,” 10 bold, long-term research and process ideas that identify areas for future investment at the frontiers of science and engineering (seehttps://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/big_ideas/index.jsp). The Big Ideas represent unique opportunities to position our Nation at the cutting edge of global science and engineering leadership by bringing together diverse disciplinary perspectives to support convergence research. As such, when responding to this solicitation, even though proposals must be submitted to GEO/OPP,once received, the proposals will be managed by a cross-disciplinary team of NSF Program Directors NSF invites proposals to establish a Navigating the New Arctic Community Office (NNA-CO). Launched in 2016, NNA has been building a growing portfolio of research and planning grants at the intersection of the built, social, and natural environments to improve understanding of Arctic change and its local and global effects. Each NNA-funded project is responsible for its own performance, including its core research and broader impacts. However, an NNA community office is required to coordinate the activities of funded NNA projects; engage new PIs; and promote research, education, and outreach activities. The NNA-CO will also provide centralized representation of ongoing NNA activities to the broader scientific community and the public. The lead PI of the successful NNA-CO proposal will serve as the Office Director and will work with the research community to develop and implement appropriate communication networks and support for investigators, stakeholders, and research teams pursuing NNA research. NNA research is inherently convergent, seeking new knowledge at the intersection of the natural, built, and social environments. NNA research also inherently involves diverse stakeholders, from local to international. The NNA-CO will need to demonstrate the ability to work with these types of research teams and audiences. | National Science Foundation | February 22, 2020 | July 10, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=20-549 |
| NSF Convergence Accelerator Phase I and II | 20-565 | The goals of NSF’s convergence accelerator effort are to support and accelerate use-inspired convergence research in areas of national importance within particular topics (tracks).NSF Convergence Accelerator tracks can be related toIndustries of the Future (IotF),NSF’s Big Ideas, or other topics, that may not relate directly to an IotF or Big Idea, however, they must have the potential for significant national impact. The 2020 NSF Convergence Accelerator is a two-phase program. Both phases are described in this solicitation. Phase I awardees receive significant resources to further develop their convergence research ideas and identify crucial partnerships and resources to accelerate their projects, leading to deliverable research prototypes in Phase II. This solicitation invites proposals for the following Tracks: Quantum Technology (Track C) AI-Driven Innovation via Data and Model Sharing (Track D) The NSF Convergence Accelerator leverages fundamental research leading to rapid advances that can deliver significant societal impact. Proposers must first submit a Phase i preliminary proposal in order to be invited to submit a full Phase I proposal. The information required in the preliminary proposal is described in section V. Phase I proposals must describe a team, or a process to build a team, that includes personnel with the appropriate mix of disciplinary and institutional expertise needed to build a Phase II convergence research effort. Phase I proposals must describe one or more deliverables and how those research outputs could impact society by the end of Phase II. Phase I proposals should describe the deliverable and the research plan and team formation efforts that will refine it to a proof-of-concept. Phase I will include NSF-organized convenings for training and intra- and cross-cohort collaboration. Phase I awards are expected to be for up to 9 months and up to $1M each. Only awardees of Phase I grants under this solicitation may submit a Phase II proposal. Phase II proposers must outline a two-year research and development plan in which research transitions to practice through collaboration with end-users. Phase II proposals must describe clear deliverables that will be produced in two years of effort and the metrics by which impacts will be assessed. The Phase II teams must include appropriate stakeholders (e.g., industry, Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs), non-profits, government entities, and others), each with a specific role(s) in facilitating the transition of research outputs into practical uses. Successful proposals will be funded initially for one year. Each team’s progress will be assessed during the year through approximately six virtual and in-person meetings with NSF program staff. The overall progress will be evaluated at the end of one year, based on a report and presentation that the team will make to a panel of reviewers. Teams that show significant progress during the first year, in accordance with the agreed timetable of milestones and deliverables, will receive funding for a second year.Teams should plan on completing the effort within two years; no-cost extensions will be authorized only in extraordinary circumstances. | National Science Foundation | April 11, 2020 | July 10, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=20-565 |
| Smoking Machine Adaptor Design Project for ENDS, Cigars, and Heated Tobacco Products (UC2) Clinical Trials Not Allowed | RFA-FD-21-003 | FDA's CTP is seeking to develop a smoking machine adaptor for use with electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS), cigars, and heated tobacco products that will require significant collaboration and research efforts with outside organizations. The selected organization(s) will develop a single universal adaptor, or standardized family of adaptors, for the attachment of ENDS, cigars, and heated tobacco products to existing smoking machines originally designed for use with cigarettes and make available to tobacco stakeholders, contract and government laboratories, and academic institutions. | Food and Drug Administration | April 13, 2020 | July 10, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-FD-21-003 |
| Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Well-Rounded Education through Student-Centered Funding Demonstration Grants CFDA 84.424E | ED-GRANTS-051120-001 | Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information. For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on February 13, 2019 (84 FR 3768),or at www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-02-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf. Purpose of Program: The Well-Rounded Education through Student-Centered Funding Demonstration Grants program provides competitive grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to demonstrate model programs for providing well-rounded education opportunities through the development and implementation of student-centered funding (SCF) systems based on weighted per-pupil allocations under section 1501 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA). Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 84.424E | Department of Education | May 11, 2020 | July 10, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=ED-GRANTS-051120-001 |
| Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Transition Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities into Higher Education (TPSID) CFDA 84.407A | ED-GRANTS-051120-002 | Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information. For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on February 13, 2019 (84 FR 3768),or at www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-02-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf. Purpose of Program: The purpose of the TPSID program is to support model demonstration programs that promote the successful transition of students with intellectual disabilities into higher education and to enable institutions of higher education (IHEs), or consortia of IHEs, to create or expand high-quality, inclusive model comprehensive transition and postsecondary programs for students with intellectual disabilities. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 84.407A | Department of Education | May 11, 2020 | July 10, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=ED-GRANTS-051120-002 |
| Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Coordinating Center for Transition Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities into Higher Education—(TPSID-CC) CFDA 84.407B | ED-GRANTS-051120-003 | Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information. For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on February 13, 2019 (84 FR 3768),or at www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-02-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf. Purpose of Program: The purpose of the TPSID program is to support a national coordinating center charged with conducting and disseminating research on strategies to promote positive academic, social, employment, and independent living outcomes for students with intellectual disabilities. The TPSID-CC will establish a comprehensive research and evaluation protocol for TPSID programs; administer a mentoring program matching current and new TPSID grantees based on areas of expertise; and coordinate longitudinal follow-up data collection and technical assistance to TPSID grantees on programmatic components and evidence-based practices. The TPSID-CC will also provide technical assistance to build the capacity of kindergarten through grade 12 transition services and support postsecondary education inclusive practices, among other activities. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 84.407B | Department of Education | May 11, 2020 | July 10, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=ED-GRANTS-051120-003 |
| Regional Harmonization to PVE in Coastal West Africa | SFOP0006930 | The Bureau of African Affairs is looking for proposals to build ties between communities in remote border regions vulnerable to violent extremism with government to inform national and regional-level Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism policies and response. Countries of focus will be Benin, Togo, Ghana, and Cote d'Ivoire, and should include coordination with Burkina Faso as appropriate in both the local and regional context. | Bureau of African Affairs | May 12, 2020 | July 10, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=SFOP0006930 |
| Increasing Financial Integrity and Strengthening Financial Stability and Inclusion in Tajikistan | STI40020GR0025 | The U.S Embassy in Dushanbe, Tajikistan announces a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to help the National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT) continue strengthening its financial oversight of anti-money laundering and combatting the finance of terrorism (AML/CFT) transactions. The program also aims to provide the NBT with the basic monetary tools it needs to promote economic growth and stability. Additionally, this project supports the NBT goal of reestablishing correspondent banking relationship with U.S. and European banks and diversifying Tajikistan’s financial sector towards Western markets. A grant for up to $987,750 U.S. Dollars in FY 2019 Assistance for Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia (AEECA). The period of performance will be 24 months. Funding authority rests in the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended. | U.S. Mission to Tajikistan | May 12, 2020 | July 10, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=STI40020GR0025 |
| DRL FY19 Supporting Transitional Justice in Burma | SFOP0006937 | The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) announces an open competition for projects supporting civil society efforts to investigate and document allegations of gross violations of human rights committed in Burma, particularly in areas of conflict, for the purposes of pursuing justice for victims and accountability for crimes committed in violation of international human rights and humanitarian law. | Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor | May 26, 2020 | July 10, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=SFOP0006937 |
| Increasing Public Awareness and Provider Education About Primary Immunodeficiency Disease | CDC-RFA-OE17-17020401SUPP20 | CDC-RFA-OE-17-1702 Title: Increasing Public Awareness and Provider Education About Primary Immunodeficiency Disease FUNDING OPPORTUNITY DESCRIPTION Purpose/Description: The purpose of the program is to strengthen the nation’s capacity to carry out public health activities in the area of primary immune deficiency (PID) diseases by increasing and physician education and public health awareness through programs for PID. The objective is to disseminate educational information on a national level to public and private health care providers, educators, third-party payers, impacted families, and others who may help expedite clinical recognition and improve health outcomes for Americans with PI Disease. This program addresses the “Healthy People 2020/2030” topic(s) of education and community-based programs, and health communications. Office of Genomics and Precision Public Health (OGPPH), Deputy Director for Public Health Science and Surveillance (DDPHSS) which facilitates this grant activity serves the CDC priorities of Advance Evidence-based Health Policies, Prevent Illness, Injury and Premature Death, and Support of State, Tribal and local Health Departments. This is accomplished by generating credible, evidence-based information for public health policy and programs in genomics. Applying evidence-based information to further improvements of health care delivery and containment of cots, helps promote the Health and Human Services’ (HHS) priorities to promote prevention and wellness and promote high-value, safe, and effective health care. Healthy People 2020/2030 goals are also served by focusing resources into areas where genomics can enhance prevention of disease. | Centers for Disease Control - CSELS | June 4, 2020 | July 10, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=CDC-RFA-OE17-17020401SUPP20 |
| Short-term Mentored Career Enhancement Awards in Mobile and Wireless Health Technology and Data Analytics: Cross-Training at the intersection of Behavioral and Social Sciences and STEM Disciplines (K18 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | PAR-18-881 | The goal of the program is to support the development of research capability in mobile and wireless health technology (e.g., wearable devices, mobile applications, electronic health records, data analytics). Special emphasis will be given to independent behavioral and social sciences investigators who seek to train in a STEM discipline (e.g., big data analysis, computational modeling, engineering, computer science, and mathematics) or to STEM scientists who which to train in a behavioral and social science discipline | National Institutes of Health | July 31, 2018 | July 12, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=PAR-18-881 |
| Short-term Mentored Career Enhancement Awards in Mobile and Wireless Health Technology and Data Analytics: Cross-Training at the intersection of Behavioral and Social Sciences and STEM Disciplines (K18 Independent Clinical Trial Required) | PAR-18-882 | The goal of the program is to support the development of research capability in mobile and wireless health technology (e.g., wearable devices, mobile applications, electronic health records, data analytics). Special emphasis will be given to independent behavioral and social sciences investigators who seek to train in a STEM discipline (e.g., big data analysis, computational modeling, engineering, computer science, and mathematics) or to STEM scientists who which to train in a behavioral and social science discipline. | National Institutes of Health | July 31, 2018 | July 12, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=PAR-18-882 |
| Family Violence Prevention and Services Discretionary Grant Program/National Domestic Violence Hotline | HHS-2020-ACF-ACYF-EV-1820 | The national domestic violence hotline (hotline) serves as a critical partner in the intervention, prevention and resource assistance efforts of family violence, domestic violence and dating violence service providers. The Hotline provides assistance in the following areas: (1) crisis intervention and counseling by helping the caller identify problems and possible solutions, including making plans for safety in an emergency; (2) education and information about resources on domestic violence and dating violence, children exposed to domestic violence, sexual assault, batterer intervention programs, working through the criminal and civil justice systems; and (3) nationwide referrals to domestic violence shelters and programs, social service agencies, programs addressing the needs of children exposed to domestic violence, legal assistance agencies, economic self-sufficiency programs, and other related services. The entity chosen as the hotline grant recipient must be able to: (1) operate a 24-hour, national, toll-free telephone hotline to provide information and assistance to adult and youth victims of family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence, family and household members of such victims, and persons affected by the victimization; (2) provide assistance and referrals for youth victims of domestic violence and for victims of dating violence who are minors, which may be carried out through a national teen dating violence hotline; (3) provide digital services including chatting and texting as needed to fill the needs of certain users; (4) commit to diversity and ensure the provision of services to underserved populations, including ethnic, racial, and non-English speaking minorities, in addition to older individuals and individuals with disabilities including those with hearing impairments; (5) provide services that include crisis intervention, safety planning, counseling, information and referral (including direct connection to service providers); (6) hire and maintain a diverse, skilled and knowledgeable staff (7) demonstrate a record of high quality service to victims of family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence, including a demonstration of support from advocacy groups and State Domestic Violence Coalitions. The Secretary shall give priority to applicants with experience in operating a hotline that provides assistance to adult and youth victims of family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence. | Administration for Children & Families - ACYF/FYSB | May 28, 2020 | July 12, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=HHS-2020-ACF-ACYF-EV-1820 |
| Youth Conservation Service Cooperative Agreement | W9126G-21-2-FOA-2021 | Overview: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) intends to enter into a nationwide cooperative agreement with a nonprofit organization (Recipient) for training and education services relating to natural resources conservation and outdoor recreation management. Funds are intended to provide young adults and veterans with real life work experiences in stewardship of the environment in all fifty states by offering opportunities for education, leadership and personal development to the Recipient’s participants, while providing a high quality public service in natural resources/recreation management and conservation. Recipient must have an extensive history of providing young people and veterans with opportunities to serve within the leading federal land management agencies, providing hands-on career training, internships and other education programs to young adults and veterans. Recipient recruits, selects, trains and places qualified young adults and veterans to serve in support of conservation and recreation management projects and has the capability and expertise to provide a series of conservation/recreation management experiences for youth ranging from high school to post graduate that collectively comprise a continuous opportunity for young adults to enhance their understanding of conservation and prepare for careers in natural resources/recreation management. Recipient has the experience, plant capacity and demonstrated capability to immediately and successfully place interns and conservation crews at over 400 USACE lake and river projects and other sites nationwide to include all fifty states in the United States. The cooperative agreement will be entered into pursuant to 33 USC 2339(a) - Assistance Programs and Delegation of Authority under Section 213(a) of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) 2000.Please see attached Funding Opportunity Announcement W9126G-21-2-FOA-2021Please send responses or direct questions to:USACESandy Justman Contract Specialist CESWF-CTEmail: sandra.justman@usace.army.milOffice: 817-886-1073This FOA closes 12 July 2020.Review of interested candidates will begin 13 July 2020. | Fort Worth District | May 12, 2020 | July 12, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W9126G-21-2-FOA-2021 |
| University Research Program for Georgian PhD Professors | DOS-GEO-20-CA-008-051920 | The Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Embassy in Tbilisi, Georgia is pleased to announce an open competition for the University Research Program. PAS invites U.S. universities and educational institutions to submit proposals for one- to two-year projects aimed at improving the teaching of academic research at Georgian universities, and to encourage greater interaction between Georgian and American researchers. The project is designed to develop Georgian university research faculties’ teaching capacity in western research methodology and approaches and to increase publication of peer-reviewed articles by Georgian researchers, with the long-term goal of advancing Georgia’s economic growth. Upon completion of the program, the Georgian faculties should refined the existing research methodology curriculum, honed their skills in teaching quantitative and qualitative research as well as academic writing, improved instruction in scientific ethics, oral and poster presentation skills, and library usage. In addition, faculty member should have mentored PhD students in research methods, so that the mentees are better able to develop analytical papers, communicate research findings to other researchers and policy makers, and eventually publish in peer-reviewed articles. The proposal may also include teaching academic English and updating Georgian research library capacities and resources. | U.S. Mission to Georgia | May 19, 2020 | July 12, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=DOS-GEO-20-CA-008-051920 |
| NSF INCLUDES Planning Grants | 19-600 | In 2016, the National Science Foundation (NSF) unveiled a set of “Big Ideas,” 10 bold, long-term research and process ideas that identify areas for future investment at the frontiers of science and engineering (see https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/big_ideas/index.jsp). The Big Ideas represent unique opportunities to position our Nation at the cutting edge of global science and engineering leadership by bringing together diverse disciplinary perspectives to support convergence research. As such, when responding to this solicitation, even though proposals must be submitted tothe Education and Human Resources (EHR) Directorate/Division of Human Resource Development (HRD), once received, the proposals will be managed by a cross-disciplinary team of NSF Program Directors. Through this solicitation, NSF Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (NSF INCLUDES) will support Planning Grants to build capacity for the development of collaborative infrastructure to: (a) facilitate innovative partnerships, networks, and theories of action for broadening participation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) at scale and (b) lead to the establishment of future centers, alliances, or other large-scale networks to address a broadening participation challenge. While this solicitation is open to all, NSF INCLUDES Design and Development Launch Pilots are especially encouraged to apply, as a Planning Grant could serve as an intermediate conduit for bringing their exploratory pilotwork to scale. A hallmark of NSF INCLUDES is to support the development of collaborative infrastructure to achieve systemic change. Collaborative infrastructure refers to the process by which partnering organizations come together with a shared vision; map out mutually reinforcing activities; develop goals, objectives, and measures to chart their progress; engage in constant communication; and advance the potential for expansion, sustainability, and scaling that would not be possible otherwise. NSF INCLUDES, one of the 10 Big Ideas, is a comprehensive national initiative to enhance U.S. leadership in STEM discoveries and innovations focused on NSF's commitment to diversity, inclusion, and broadening participation in these fields. The vision of NSF INCLUDES is to catalyze the STEM enterprise to work collaboratively for inclusive change, resulting in a STEM workforce that reflects the population of the Nation. NSF INCLUDES features a National Network composed of Design and Development Launch Pilots, Alliances, a Coordination Hub, NSF-funded broadening participation projects, other relevant NSF-funded projects, and other organizations that support the development of talent from all sectors of society to build an inclusive STEM workforce. | National Science Foundation | September 5, 2019 | July 13, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=19-600 |
| National Human Trafficking Hotline | HHS-2020-ACF-IOAS-OTIP-TV-1807 | The Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP) within the Administration for Children and Families is announcing funds for the National Human Trafficking Hotline (NHTH). The goal of the NHTH is to maintain and support the operation of the current NHTH, which includes telephone (1-888-373-7888), text, chat, and website capabilities that provide coverage in the United States (U.S.) and U.S. territories. The NHTH is a dedicated, toll-free hotline, and is operational 24 hours a day, seven days a week, every day of the year, and is staffed by trained experienced human trafficking advocates that provide services and assistance to victims of severe forms of human trafficking as defined by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act. Under the NHTH, the following activities are required: 1. Operate the NHTH, a 24/7 U.S. national telephone and online communication hotline system; 2. Increase the identification and protection of victims of severe forms of human trafficking; 3. Provide information and service referrals to victims of trafficking using a trauma-informed, victim-centered approach, and in a timely manner; and 4. Notify law enforcement agencies of potential cases of human trafficking as well as instances when a trafficking victim is in imminent danger, and document emerging trafficking schemes to assist in the detection and investigation of trafficking cases. The NHTH must provide assistance to both foreign and domestic victims of trafficking to include multi-lingual services, crisis intervention, information, and referrals to anti-trafficking and/or direct victim services programs, temporary lodging/housing resources, and access to other emergency assistance. The NHTH must work cooperatively with law enforcement and other key stakeholders to support appropriate notification and interventions on behalf of potential victims in distress. The NHTH must have the capacity to receive and process requests in multiple formats, i.e., text, chat, email, and telephonically. The NHTH must take reasonable measures to safeguard protected personally identifiable information in compliance with 45 CFR §75.303(e). | Administration for Children and Families-IOAS-OTIP | April 29, 2020 | July 13, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=HHS-2020-ACF-IOAS-OTIP-TV-1807 |
| Rural Communities Opioid Response Program – Planning | HRSA-20-109 | This notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program – Planning (RCORP-Planning). RCORP is a multi-year HRSA initiative with the goal of reducing morbidity and mortality resulting from substance use disorder (SUD), including opioid use disorder (OUD), in high risk rural communities. This funding opportunity, RCORP-Planning, will advance RCORP’s overall goal by strengthening and expanding the capacity of rural communities to provide SUD/OUD prevention, treatment, and recovery services. The purpose of RCORP-Planning is to strengthen and expand the capacity of rural communities to engage high-risk populations and provide SUD/OUD prevention, treatment, and recovery services. Recipients will conduct planning activities, engage multi-sector consortiums (as defined in Section III.1, “Eligible Applicants”), and participate in the RCORP-Planning learning collaborative (see Section IV.2, “Program Specific Instructions” for additional details). While the primary focus of RCORP-Planning is OUD, HRSA recognizes that many individuals with OUD are polysubstance users. Therefore, applicants may also choose to address an additional substance of concern in the target population. RCORP-Planning funds will support 18 months of planning activities. For the purposes of this grant, planning activities are those that prepare a community to provide direct prevention, treatment, and recovery services. In addition to the required core planning activities (see Section IV.2, “Program Specific Instructions” for additional details), examples include (but are not limited to): • Distributing naloxone to individuals/organizations who may need it; • Providing community-based naloxone trainings; • Recruiting and training providers and support staff in medication assisted treatment (NOTE: These grant funds cannot be used to pay providers/support staff to deliver medication assisted treatment); • Creating a strategy to reach and engage individuals at high risk of SUD/OUD; • Working with law enforcement to develop a diversion program; • Training providers, administrative staff, and other relevant stakeholders to optimize reimbursement for treatment encounters through proper coding and billing. Direct services may not be provided using these grant funds. Examples of direct services include (but are not limited to): • Providing Medication Assisted Treatment • Providing peer-based recovery services • Transporting individuals to receive treatment • Paying individuals to administer naloxone. HRSA envisions that RCORP-Planning will establish the foundation for recipients to implement long-term, sustainable SUD/OUD services in the target rural area. HRSA also expects that planning activities will ensure that future OUD/SUD services are affordable and accessible. If awarded you are encouraged to explore multiple avenues for sustainability, including alternate funding sources and optimizing reimbursement for treatment encounters. | Health Resources and Services Administration | May 12, 2020 | July 13, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=HRSA-20-109 |
| Social and Economic Development Strategies - Growing Organizations (GO) | HHS-2020-ACF-ANA-NN-1837 | The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Administration for Native Americans (ANA) announces the availability of funds for a new program titled Social and Economic Development Strategies for Growing Organizations (SEDS-GO). This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is focused on assisting Growing Organizations in reaching their full potential as highly functioning entities able to effectively serve their Native American communities. Native American communities include American Indian tribes (federally-recognized and non-federally recognized), Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Native American Pacific Islanders. The SEDS-GO is a funding opportunity that has the flexibility for a three year project period with an award ceiling of $200,000 per budget period. Although it is not required to have a three year project, the funding opportunity will allow the flexibility for one year of planning and two years of project implementation. | Administration for Children and Families - ANA | May 14, 2020 | July 13, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=HHS-2020-ACF-ANA-NN-1837 |
| Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences Data to Action | CDC-RFA-CE20-2006 | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences: Data to Action (PACE:D2A), a cooperative agreement designed to address state-specific needs related to the prevention of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). The two primary goals of this NOFO are 1) to build a state-level surveillance infrastructure that ensures the capacity to collect, analyze, and use ACE data to inform statewide ACE prevention activities; and 2) to support the implementation of data-driven, comprehensive, evidence-based ACE primary prevention strategies; and provide technical support to states in these efforts. This NOFO has three required foci to support these goals – 1) enhance or build the infrastructure for the state-level collection, analysis, and application of ACE-related surveillance data that can be used to inform and tailor ACE prevention activities, 2) implement strategies based on the best available evidence to prevent ACEs, and 3) conduct data to action activities to continue to assess state-wide surveillance and primary prevention needs and make needed modifications. The work of these foci, and the infrastructure and expertise exerted to accomplish that work, should be interdependent and should be planned and implemented as part of a comprehensive and coordinated ACE prevention dynamic system that reflects the 10 Essential Public Health Services promoted by CDC. | Centers for Disease Control - NCIPC | May 8, 2020 | July 13, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=CDC-RFA-CE20-2006 |
| Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grants | RUS-20-02-DLT | Authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa, the DLT Program provides financial assistance to enable and improve distance learning and telemedicine services in rural areas. DLT grant funds support the use of telecommunications-enabled information, audio and video equipment, and related advanced technologies by students, teachers, medical professionals, and rural residents. These grants are intended to increase rural access to education, training, and health care resources that are otherwise unavailable or limited in scope.The regulation for the DLT Program can be found at 7 CFR part 1734. All applicants should carefully review and prepare their applications according to instructions in the FY 2020 DLT Grant Program Application Guide (Application Guide) and program resources. This Application Guide can be found in this entry on grants.gov as well as at https://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/distance-learning-telemedicine-grants. Expenses incurred in developing applications will be at the applicant’s own risk.This is the second application window for the DLT program in FY2020. Approximately $71.7 million was made available for funding under Window 1, which included $47 million in funds appropriated for FY2020 as well as funds totaling $24.7 million which were not awarded during FY2019 and have been carried forward to the current year. Window 1 closed April 10, 2020. The Agency will be processing applications and making Window 1 awards in the coming months. Funds not awarded under Window 1 will be made available under Window 2, along with $25 million received from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). The agency also reserves the right to increase funding utilizing the application queue under this opportunity should additional appropriations become available for the same purposes. | Utilities Programs | April 15, 2020 | July 13, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RUS-20-02-DLT |
| NSF Program on Fairness in Artificial Intelligence in Collaboration with Amazon | 20-566 | NSF has long supported transformative research in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). The resulting innovations offer new levels of economic opportunity and growth, safety and security, and health and wellness, intended to be shared across all segments of society. Broad acceptance and adoption of large-scale deployments of AI systems rely critically on their trustworthiness which, in turn, depends on the ability to assess and demonstrate the fairness (including broad accessibility and utility), transparency, explainability, and accountability of such systems. For example, the behavior of algorithms for face recognition, speech, and language, especially when integrated into decision support systems applied across different segments of society, would benefit from new foundational research in fairness of AI systems. NSF and Amazon are partnering to jointly support computational research focused on fairness in AI, with the goal of contributing to trustworthy AI systems that are readily accepted and deployed to tackle grand challenges facing society. Specific topics of interest include, but are not limited to transparency, explainability, accountability, potential adverse biases and effects, mitigation strategies, algorithmic advances, fairness objectives, validation of fairness, and advances in broad accessibility and utility. Funded projects will enable broadened acceptance of AI systems, helping the U.S. further capitalize on the potential of AI technologies. Although Amazon provides partial funding for this program, it will not play a role in the selection of proposals for award. Advancing AI is a highly interdisciplinary endeavor drawing on fields such as computer science, information science, engineering, statistics, mathematics, cognitive science, and psychology. As such, NSF and Amazon expect these varied perspectives to be critical for the study of fairness in AI. NSF's ability to bring together multiple scientific disciplines uniquely positions the agency in this collaboration, while building AI that is fair and unbiased is an important aspect of Amazon's AI initiatives. This program supports the conduct of fundamental computer science research into theories, techniques, and methodologies that go well beyond today's capabilities and are motivated by challenges and requirements in real systems. NSF’s mission calls for the broadening of opportunities and expanding participation of groups, institutions, and geographic regions that are underrepresented in STEM disciplines, which is essential to the health and vitality of science and engineering. Consistent with this principle of diversity and particularly suitable for the thrust of this program, NSF and Amazon encourage proposals (either independently or in multi-institution collaborations) from investigators at institutions that serve groups historically underrepresented in STEM disciplines. | National Science Foundation | April 16, 2020 | July 13, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=20-566 |
| 2020 Office of Naval Research (ONR) Global Research Opportunity: Global-X Challenge | N00014-20-S-SN14 | The purpose of this Global-X Challenge is to discover, disrupt, and ultimately provide a catalyst for later development and delivery of revolutionary capabilities to the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, the commercial marketplace, and the public. The expected outcomes of this Global-X Challenge are promising revolutionary concepts whose technology maturity may be accelerated under separate agile follow-on technology development efforts.Objective:ONR Global is interested in promising concepts to achieve revolutionary capability advances with both military and commercial value in the multidisciplinary technology challenge areas described below. Specifically excluded are approaches that primarily result in evolutionary improvements to the existing state of practice, or are already funded by existing research programs.ONR Global recognizes that international scientists and engineers conduct creative and novel research. This Global-X Challenge provides an opportunity for these international researchers to collaborate, generate revolutionary ideas and demonstrate these ideas will succeed. ONR Global invites outstanding international researchers to form multi-national, multidisciplinary teams to address one or more of these capability challenges. ONR Global will use existing online collaboration tools to help researchers to connect, collaborate and form teams. ONR Global will provide more information about collaboration forums during the Kick-off Webinar. Individual researchers may participate on more than one team. Teams are responsible for establishing nondisclosure agreements among team members, if necessary. All ONR Global and U.S. Federal employees are already covered by Federal laws requiring the protection of trade secrets and proprietary information. Researchers from academia and industry may participate. ONR Global expects, but does not require, that multi-national teams will consist of at least two research entities outside of the U.S., whether from academia, industry and/or the broad research community. Researchers from U.S. research entities may also participate, but are not required. As stated above, this Global-X Challenge is an opportunity specifically directed toward international researchers; therefore, ONR Global expects the majority of team members will be outside of the U.S. Each team shall designate a lead Principal Investigator (PI) whose research organization outside of the U.S. will submit the white paper or proposal, and that will distribute funding to co-PIs and other subrecipients. For a given project team, one award is made to the PI’s institution. Only the PI’s institution will be the prime awardee, and that institution is responsible for all aspects of the grant, including conditions on the use of funds and other terms and conditions of the grant.Teams must submit white papers describing their concept and approach by 23:59 EDT on 25 May 2020. ONR Global will evaluate submitted white papers and will invite teams with the most promising and revolutionary concepts, on or before 5 June 2020, to submit a grant proposal. Full proposals are due by 23:59 EDT on 13 July 2020. ONR Global will notify teams selected Special Notice N00014-20-S-SN14 Page 3 of 8 for award on or before 31 July 2020, and intends to award grants by 7 September 2020. Within eight months of grant award, ONR Global expects teams to demonstrate their concept will likely meet proposed objectives. The initial grant period of performance is expected to be nine months. Following a successful proof-of-concept demonstration, ONR Global may exercise the optional research effort for up to an additional nine months to continue concept development and testing. A final research progress report is required in accordance with the terms and conditions of the grant. Financial and patent reports will also be required.*See Solicitation in attachments folder for full description* | Office of Naval Research | April 21, 2020 | July 13, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=N00014-20-S-SN14 |
| Drug Court and Technical Training Grant | ONDCP-DRUGCOURT-2020 | The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), Executive Office of the President, is seeking applications from a non-profit entity as described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code with expert knowledge and extensive experience in training drug court and other criminal justice practitioners on the application of evidence-based practices to address addiction among people involved in the criminal justice system. Deadline: Applicants must register with Grants.gov before applying. All applications are due to be submitted and in receipt of a successful validation message in Grants.gov by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on July 13, 2020. ELIGIBILITY ONDCP invites applications from non-profit organizations (including faith-based, community, and tribal organizations), and institutions of higher learning (including tribal institutions of higher education) with demonstrated expertise in leading state and local governments in criminal justice systems reform. Applicants must be able to secure the participation of expert practitioners. ONDCP welcomes joint applications from two or more eligible applicants; however, one applicant must be clearly indicated as the primary applicant (for correspondence, award, and management purposes) and the others indicated as co-applicants. The applicant should provide information that demonstrates the strength of the commitment of their partnering organizations, as set forth in Memorandums of Understanding, letters of support, statements of work, etc. All co-applicants must have demonstrated expertise in the provision of training and technical assistance on criminal justice systems reform and substance use disorders. HOW TO APPLY Applicants must register in, and submit applications through Grants.gov, a “one-stop storefront” to find Federal funding opportunities and apply for funding. Find complete instructions on how to register and submit an application at www.Grants.gov. Applicants that experience technical difficulties during this process should call Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800-518-4726 or 606-545-5035, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except Federal holidays. Registering with Grants.gov is a one-time process; however, processing delays may occur, and it can take several weeks for first-time registrants to receive confirmation and a user password. ONDCP encourages applicants to register several weeks before the application submission deadline. In addition, ONDCP urges applicants to submit applications 72 hours prior to the application due date to allow time to receive validation messages or rejection notifications from Grants.gov and to correct, in a timely fashion, any problems that may have caused a rejection notification. Further, ONDCP strongly encourages all prospective applicants to sign up for Grants.gov email notifications regarding this announcement. If this announcement is canceled or modified, individuals who sign up with Grants.gov for updates will be automatically notified. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION ONDCP’s Drug Court Training and Technical Assistance Grant supports training and technical assistance (TTA) that helps states, state courts, local courts, units of local government with drug courts or considering drug courts develop, maintain, and enhance alternatives to incarceration for individuals with addiction. The President’s priority is to enhance public safety by providing those who have engaged in criminal activity with greater opportunities to lead productive lives by addressing a range of issues, including mental health, vocational training, job creation, after-school programming, substance abuse, and mentoring through evidence-based rehabilitation programs. ONDCP seeks to reduce drug use and its consequences through evidence-based practices, and this grant will apply these principles to the criminal justice system. The purpose of this grant is to: (1) educate, train, and produce materials to improve adherence to best practices, (2) decrease justice costs and recidivism, (3) improve access to services and service delivery, and (4) reduce disproportionality of punishment in the criminal justice system. The grant recipient shall: Use expert practitioners in the fields engaged in the science of addiction, criminal justice, healthcare, and drug courts. Provide in-person training, online training, and jurisdiction-specific technical assistance to a variety of demographically composed areas at the state, local, and tribal levels. Include ONDCP policy priorities in the development and execution of training and technical assistance programs and educational materials: Applying a comprehensive approach to addressing opioid use disorders, including overdose prevention and naloxone administration training, and programs that provide access to medication-assisted treatment. Diversion programming with evidenced-based and comprehensive case management, treatment for substance use disorders, recovery and other necessary services. Consistency of practice among drug courts. Collect and analyze data from jurisdictions engaged in grantee programming on alternatives to incarceration to determine the effectiveness of the trainings and on-site assistance. All portions of the application must reflect these objectives and subject matter areas. | Office of National Drug Control Policy | May 11, 2020 | July 13, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=ONDCP-DRUGCOURT-2020 |
| Improving Public Health Globally: Strengthening Public Health Impact , Systems, Capacity, and Security in Sierra Leone | CDC-RFA-GH20-2123 | The Ministry of Health and Sanitation and Sanitation (MoHS) will utilize the Improving Public Health Globally: Strengthening Public Health Impact, Systems, Capacity, and Security Notice Of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to support and achieve GHSA strategic priorities in Sierra Leone. Through the GHSA, the Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL), U.S. Government, and International Partners are working toward a world safe and secure from global health threats including the economic and humanitarian impacts of infectious diseases. The GoSL and partners are working toward successful implementation of the GHSA by supporting all action packages with an initial focus on epidemiology and surveillance, workforce development, quality improvement and quality assurance, laboratory systems strengthening, and emergency management. All activities completed under this NOFO funding will leverage, compliment, or synergize with existing CDC and U.S. Government funded work in Sierra Leone. | Centers for Disease Control - CGH | May 11, 2020 | July 13, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=CDC-RFA-GH20-2123 |
| Congo American Language Institute (CALI) | AF-DRC-FY20-02 | The Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo announces an open competition to administer the Congo American Language Institute (CALI), pending the availability of funds. CALI is an English Language Program of the Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Since 1962, CALI has provided quality English instruction to government officials, students preparing for studies abroad, and other professionals in the city of Kinshasa.CALI supports cultural and educational programming by the Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. CALI offers a six-level program of English instruction: beginner to advanced classes. For advanced English speakers, CALI offers additional courses, including business English, advanced conversation, TOEFL preparation, and writing skills. CALI provides both on- and off-site English courses for several local and international companies, government agencies, the United Nations and NGOs. In addition, CALI offers several English training and outreach programs targeting underserved populations, called the Access Microscholarship Programs. CALI implements professional development events for teachers and other education administrators throughout Democratic Republic of the Congo.Public Diplomacy GoalsThe funding opportunity announced in this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) strengthens and expands English language learning opportunities for the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo, especially students, professionals, and government officials. The NOFO aims to support the Department of State’s initiatives to promote and strengthen English language teaching and learning in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The framework for the relationship between the United States and the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the Privileged Partnership for Peace and Prosperity, which focuses on improving governance, promoting peace and security, combating corruption, advancing human rights, and creating conditions for greater U.S. investment and economic growth. Public Diplomacy programming supports this framework through communication with Congolese and international audiences, education and cultural programming, and professional and educational exchanges. English language programs are a key component of our efforts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and are based on an enduring program that has engaged key audiences in the DRC and provided professional, educational, and personal opportunities for Congolese program participants.Proposals funded under this award will further the U.S. Embassy to the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s public diplomacy goals as follows:1. Promote economic growth through development of a broader cohort of English-language competent employees, entrepreneurs, and public sector representatives who can interact with international and U.S. partners.2. Strengthen people-to-people ties between the United States and the Democratic Republic of the Congo through shared information, experiences, exchanges, and/or expertise.3. Strengthen civil society and local organizations to build long-term, self-sustaining relationships and institutional linkages between U.S. and Congolese organizations, including capacity building support for Congolese organizations.4. Promote community cohesion through positive messages and inclusive perspectives that increase social tolerance and counter extremist narratives. | U.S. Mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo | May 12, 2020 | July 13, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=AF-DRC-FY20-02 |
| Capacity Building for GBV Survivor Support Service Providers In Latin America and the Caribbean | SFOP0006940 | The United States Department of State’s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA) announces a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to address the root causes of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Latin America and the Caribbean as well as build the capacity of GBV survivor support-service providers. GBV ranges from intimate partner violence to gender-based killing of women and girls, significantly hindering the ability of individuals to participate fully in society and contribute to their families and communities. Subject to availability of funds, WHA intends to issue one award to not exceed $888,888 in FY 2019 Economic Support Funds (ESF) for a project period up to three (3) years, and of which up to $294,444 will support designated high-income countries in the region such as Chile, Panama, and Uruguay. Middle- and low-income countries in WHA will be beneficiaries of the remaining funds of which up to $594,444 will support project activities and may include but are not limited to Argentina, Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, and Peru. Grant funds cannot directly assist or support GBV survivors; rather, grant funds should improve the delivery of services from organizations to GBV survivors, and/or address socio-cultural norms that perpetuate GBV through sensitization trainings to ensure individuals from communities with high rates of GBV have a better understanding of what the root causes of GBV are, and promote non-violent relationships. The $888,888 is attributed to a global U.S. Department of State congressional GBV earmark, and supports the U.S. Department of State and the Administration’s Women Peace and Security (WPS) Policy Outcomes 2 & 3, and the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity (W-GDP) Initiative Pillar 3. | Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs | May 13, 2020 | July 13, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=SFOP0006940 |
| FY2020 Nevada Forests and Woodlands Resources Management | L20AS00091 | The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Forest and Woodland Resource Management Program manages and conserves 58 million acres of forest and woodland in 12 western States and Alaska. These forests provide a range of ecosystem services including wildlife habitat, hydrologic function, and sustainable harvest of forest products valued by society. A primary activity of the program is to maintain and improve the resilience of forest and woodland ecosystems to wildfire, insects, disease, and drought through density management using timber sales, Stewardship agreements, and Good Neighbor (GNA) agreements. | Bureau of Land Management | May 14, 2020 | July 13, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=L20AS00091 |
| Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): School Based Mental Health Services Grant Program CFDA Number 84.184H | ED-GRANTS-052820-001 | Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information. For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on February 13, 2019 (84 FR 3768),or at www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-02-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf. Purpose of Program: The School-Based Mental Health Services Grant Program provides competitive grants to State educational agencies (SEAs) to increase the number of qualified (i.e., licensed, certified, well-trained, or credentialed, each as defined in this notice) mental health service providers (service providers) providing school-based mental health services to students in local educational agencies (LEAs) with demonstrated need (as defined in this notice). Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number 84.184H | Department of Education | May 28, 2020 | July 13, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=ED-GRANTS-052820-001 |
| YSEALI Regional Workshop: "Enhancing ASEAN Human Capital in Health" | 20-VNM-NOFO-02 | U.S. Embassy Hanoi announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to design, plan, and implement a three-day workshop (not inclusive of travel dates) in Hanoi, Vietnam for the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI), pending the availability of funds. The three-day workshop in May 2021 will gather approximately 50-80 participants between 20-30 years of age from all ten ASEAN member states and Timor-Leste around the theme, “Enhancing ASEAN Human Capital in Health.”YSEALI is the U.S. government’s signature initiative to strengthen partnerships with emerging leaders in ASEAN member states (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam) and Timor-Leste. Program participants are encouraged to work across national borders to solve regional challenges, encompassed by the four pillars of YSEALI – economic growth, sustainable development, education, and civic engagement – and to strengthen the U.S.-ASEAN partnership. Through a variety of programs and engagements, YSEALI seeks to build the leadership capabilities of youth in the region, strengthen ties between the United States and Southeast Asia, and nurture a community of leaders who work across borders to solve shared issues.Program Objectives:This Human Capital-focused YSEALI Regional Workshop will bring together approximately 50-80 YSEALI members who have economic, educational, or health care-related backgrounds, as well as leadership potential and a commitment to improve their community. This workshop will develop human capital not only for those working directly in the health care field, but also educators of health care professionals, those involved in the economics of health care, young people pursuing a career in public health, and those working for health-related non-government organizations (NGOs), and Community Service Organizations (CSOs). The focus will be building bridges between the health care institutions in each country so that the ASEAN nations and Timor-Leste can work together not only to handle pandemic diseases like COVID-19, but everyday shared challenges in the area of public health, such as chronic diseases, good nutrition, tobacco use, occupational health, etc. The participants will also address inclusive distribution of services in their societies, which is essential to achieve a higher standard of living, boost economic inclusive economic development, and create conditions for self-reliance. This workshop will examine human capital development as a powerful tool for economic empowerment with an emphasis on healthcare for the labor force and for the community as a whole.This regional workshop entitled “Enhancing ASEAN Human Capital in Health” will advance the YSEALI theme of Economic Growth and strengthen people-to-people ties between the United States and ASEAN member nations. It will also strengthen the bonds between U.S. and ASEAN member health care and health policy communities.This workshop seeks to empower a new generation of emerging leaders in ASEAN and Timor-Leste, who are not only committed to empowering their societies as a whole through efforts that enrich their communities’ human capital, but also well positioned to bring new ideas and critical thinking to tackling some of the most pressing social issues in regional human capital that stem from issues related to clean water, food safety, and access to affordable healthcare options. The workshop will also incorporate examples of U.S. government and U.S. private sector human capital investments in the regional health sector.This workshop will also empower young leaders in ASEAN and Timor-Leste with the knowledge and skills necessary to create practical solutions to overcome hindrances in healthcare services that impede human capital development. Listed below are several components that the workshop could include:• Improve regional healthcare systems under normal circumstances and in the event of a crisis;• Tackle infectious and non-communicable diseases for a healthy workforce;• Fight against malnutrition and ensure food safety for laborers;• Ensure affordability and accessibility of essential and quality healthcare system;• Provide clean water ;• Foster a healthy workplace;• Promote social entrepreneurship in healthcare services;• Regulate private and public sectors to deal with a health crisis and maintain the sustainable economy;• Provide examples of U.S. government and U.S. private sector in healthcare improvement and human capital investment in the region.Participants will have the opportunity to connect with other young leaders, guest speakers, facilitators, and mentors who represent different sectors from the United States, the ASEAN region, and Timor-Leste. As a result, these intercultural interactions will set the stage for long-term engagement and transnational cooperation. The workshop will incorporate a number of activities, including:• Informational sessions and inspirational speeches designed to provide best practices from USG Alumni, U.S. and ASEAN business and civic leaders, and other young leaders from the ASEAN region and Timor-Leste;• Interactive group activities to encourage young leaders to initiate social solutions;• Networking events among participants, speakers, facilitators and mentors;• Training to strengthen necessary skills in the workplace;• Site visits to enable the participants to have practical viewpoints on the issues;• Small grants competition to launch participants’ initiatives;• Cultural activities and a reception.The proposal should include workshop follow-on activities such as virtual collaborative work, projects funded through small seed grants, and/or ongoing mentorship. These follow-on activities should be included in the monitoring and evaluation plan. Furthermore, the proposal should include pre- and post-workshop surveys to measure the overall effectiveness of the workshop as well as to gauge how much their knowledge base expanded vis-à-vis their understanding of human capital development.The concepts of leadership, reinvesting in one’s community, and fostering a shared ASEAN identity rooted in a commitment to tackle regional issues should be integrated into this program. Workshop speakers, facilitators, and mentors should be citizens of the United States, ASEAN member states, and/or Timor-Leste.The recipient is expected to develop bespoke syllabus content and an event program with participant and speaker biographies, as well as design, print, and position banners, backdrops, and other printed materials. The recipient is also expected to craft a strategic digital engagement campaign geared toward engaging both workshop participants and social media audiences through live video and/or live online interactions during theprogram. No new website specific to the event should be created or launched. Domain, hosting and design costs will not be covered.Participants and Audiences:The recipient will coordinate with U.S. Embassy Hanoi and with the U.S. embassies in ASEAN and Timor-Leste to recruit and select approximately 50-80 participants. Participants will be registered YSEALI members and between the ages 20-30, who have experience relevant to healthcare industry, such as nutrition and food safety, healthcare services, water, and sanitation. Participants should demonstrate their leadership and active engagement in effecting change in their home communities and in the region. Participants should be racially, ethnically, religiously, and experientially diverse. A premium should be placed on recruiting a geographically diverse group of participants, with an emphasis on participants who hail from provincial regions outside the capitals of their respective nations. Participants must be citizens and residents of an ASEAN member country or Timor-Leste.The recipient will create an online application process and work with the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi and other U.S. Embassies/Consulate Generals in the region to advertise the opportunity. The selection of final participants will be made by the recipient in consultation with the U.S. Embassies in each of the 10 ASEAN countries and Timor-Leste to ensure the diverse background of participants in terms of ages, gender, fields of working or studying, living or working places. All programs must include participants from all ten ASEAN member countries and Timor-Leste.During the application process, candidates will outline a problem that their community is currently facing related to human capital development and the obstacles that they see as impeding its advancement. At the conclusion of the workshop, participants will be required to utilize what they have learned during the workshop to propose a multi-pronged solution to their identified problem.The workshop will be conducted in English. As such, all participants must be proficient in written and spoken English.The recipient will be responsible for arranging and using cooperative agreement funds to cover all elements related to participant and staff travel including, but not limited to:• International and domestic flights• Visa-related fees• Travel to and from airports• Accommodation expenses• Per diem• Insurance• Meals and incidentals during the program.Application form and templates are available at www.Grant.gov as well as the U.S. Mission to Vietnam Website at https://vn.usembassy.gov/education-culture/grants-and-scholarship-opportunities/ under the announcement title YSEALI Regional Workshop: “Enhancing ASEAN Human Capital in Health”, funding opportunity number 20-VNM-NOFO-02. | U.S. Mission to Vietnam | May 29, 2020 | July 13, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=20-VNM-NOFO-02 |
| U.S. EMBASSY GRANTS PROGRAM | ANK-NOFO-FY20-03 | The U.S. Embassy in Ankara announces its country-wide Grants Program. Funding is available to support projects that address one or more of the following key bilateral themes below. For each project, we encourage applicants to consider developing programs for Turkish participants from any or all age groups, to include educational audiences, such as teachers and students, from elementary school through university and vocational programs.· Support Shared Security: Projects for consideration in this category should support and advance cooperation between the United States and Turkey in bilateral counterterrorism efforts and transnational crime as well as in NATO and other multilateral security organizations.· Strengthen Economic Prosperity: Promoting Innovation, Fostering Entrepreneurship, and Strengthening the Digital Economy – Depending on the level of entrepreneurial opportunity and ability in the targeted region(s) for the activity, proposals here could include: training to introduce the concept and principles of entrepreneurship; providing small-and-medium enterprise (SME) planning, such as crafting a business plan or attracting financing; teaching marketing and outreach techniques; fostering research and development/innovation; and advancing awareness of and adherence to labor rights and laws, etc. Proposals to strengthen an open and dynamic digital economy are also welcome, which could include the utilization of cloud-based technology to meet local needs, training on the importance of the free flow of data, and improving the data literacy of citizens to take advantage of publicly-available information. · Reinforce Democratic Values: Media – should support journalists, citizen journalism, and critical media literacy. Trainings or activities can address, investigative journalism, principles of journalistic integrity, social media/internet publishing, media literacy, outlet sustainability, research and fact-checking, documentary filmmaking, visual or other storytelling, etc.· Reinforce Democratic Values: Freedom of Expression and Public Discourse – Proposals should focus on activities promoting public discourse and freedom of opinion, including but not limited to arts, culture or other innovative forms of creative expression, reaching and teaching underserved audiences (e.g., ethnic or religious minorities, LGBTI, youth, or women – or promoting awareness of their issues), and encouraging respect of cultural and social diversity, pluralism and equity in cultural life and policy. Foster Turkish and U.S. Ties: Proposals for programs developing English language teaching/learning, cross-cultural awareness and understanding, STE(A)M education among Turkish youth, and which encourage study in the United States will be considered under this category. | Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs | June 1, 2020 | July 13, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=ANK-NOFO-FY20-03 |
| This is a test opporturtunity. Please DO NOT submit. | RG-20100118-124026-7-JM-Test | Funding opp text desc! | July 14, 2019 | July 14, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RG-20100118-124026-7-JM-Test | |
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| This is a test opporturtunity. Please DO NOT submit. | RG-20100118-124255-3-JM-Test | Funding opp text desc! | July 14, 2019 | July 14, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RG-20100118-124255-3-JM-Test | |
| Addressing Economic and Market Needs of the U.S. Aquaculture Industry | NOAA-OAR-SG-2020-2006331 | The National Sea Grant College Program (Sea Grant) was enacted by U.S. Congress in 1966 (amended in 2008, Public Law 110-394) to support leveraged Federal and state partnerships that harness the intellectual capacity of the nation’s universities and research institutions to solve problems and generate opportunities in coastal communities. Subject to the availability of funding, Sea Grant anticipates approximately $5,000,000 will be available for research projects and programs that will significantly advance the understanding of the economics of aquaculture businesses in the U.S. and address gaps regarding important market information. The overall goal is to advance business management towards development of a sustainable marine and Great Lakes aquaculture industry in the U.S. Successful proposals will address geographic and/or topical needs and will fully integrate research, extension, and education. Proposals that will support broad, non-proprietary research to address critical gaps with respect to aquaculture economics and market needs; make that information available to U.S. aquaculture businesses and management agencies; and build the capacity of Sea Grant and its partners, including Sea Grant aquaculture extension personnel and industry stakeholders, are preferred. These investments are consistent with Sea Grant’s focus area of Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture (SFA) and the Sea Grant Network’s 10-year Aquaculture Vision, both which support NOAA and Department of Commerce aquaculture goals. All proposals to this competition must be submitted by a Sea Grant program. Other interested entities must submit proposals in partnership with and through a relevant Sea Grant Program. A complete list of Sea Grant programs with email contacts can be found at https://seagrant.noaa.gov/ Proposals must also include funding (Federal or match) for Sea Grant extension personnel as collaborators. Industry stakeholder participation/involvement in projects is strongly encouraged. This document sets out requirements for submitting to NOAA-OAR-SG-2020-2006331. Additional guidance and tips on how best to prepare an application are provided in the Sea Grant General Application Guide available at (https://seagrant.noaa.gov/Portals/1/Guidance/SeaGrantGeneralApplicationGuide.pdf). Potential applicants are encouraged to check Sea Grant's national website at - https://seagrant.noaa.gov/Funding - for information about a webinar and FAQs related to this announcement. | Department of Commerce | January 27, 2020 | July 14, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=NOAA-OAR-SG-2020-2006331 |
| Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) (U54)- Clinical Trials Optional | RFA-MD-20-006 | The purpose of the Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) Program is to expand the national capacity for research in the health sciences by providing cooperative agreement support to institutions that offer doctorate degrees in the health professions or in a health-related science and have a historical and current commitment to educating underrepresented students, and for institutions that deliver health care services, providing clinical services to medically underserved communities. The primary goals of the RCMI specialized centers are to: (1) enhance institutional research capacity within the areas of basic biomedical, behavioral, and/or clinical research; (2) enable all levels of investigators to become more successful in obtaining competitive extramural support, especially from NIH, particularly on diseases that disproportionately impact minority and other health disparity populations; (3) foster environments conducive to career enhancement with a special emphasis on development of new and early career investigators; (4) enhance the quality of all scientific inquiry and promote research on minority health and health disparities; and (5) establish sustainable relationships with community-based organizations that will partner with the RCMI Institution. | National Institutes of Health | February 11, 2020 | July 14, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-MD-20-006 |
| ROSES 2020: Modeling Analysis and Prediction | NNH20ZDA001N-MAP | Please note that this program requests Notices of Intent, which are due via NSPIRES by May 22, 2020. See the full posting on NSPIRES for details. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (SMD) released its annual omnibus Research Announcement (NRA), Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) – 2020 (OMB Approval Number 2700-0092, CFDA Number 43.001) on February 14, 2020. In this case "omnibus" means that this NRA has many individual program elements, each with its own due dates and topics. All together these cover the wide range of basic and applied supporting research and technology in space and Earth sciences supported by SMD. Awards will be made as grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and inter- or intra-agency transfers, depending on the nature of the work proposed, the proposing organization, and/or program requirements. However, most extramural research awards deriving from ROSES will be grants, and many program elements of ROSES specifically exclude contracts, because contracts would not be appropriate for the nature of the work solicited. The typical period of performance for an award is three years, but some programs may allow up to five years and others specify shorter periods. In most cases, organizations of every type, Government and private, for profit and not-for-profit, domestic and foreign (with some caveats), may submit proposals without restriction on teaming arrangements. Tables listing the program elements and due dates, the full text of the ROSES-2020 solicitation, and the "Summary of Solicitation" as a stand-alone document, may all be found NSPIRES at http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020. This synopsis is associated with one of the individual program elements within ROSES, but this is a generic summary that is posted for all ROSES elements. For specific information on this particular program element download and read the PDF of the text of this program element by going to Tables 2 or 3 of this NRA at http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020table2 and http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020table3, respectively, click the title of the program element of interest, a hypertext link will take you to a page for that particular program element. On that page, on the right side under "Announcement Documents" the link on the bottom will be to the PDF of the text of the call for proposals. For example, if one were interested in The Lunar Data Analysis Program (NNH20ZDA001N-LDAP) one would follow the link to the NSPIRES page for that program element and then to read the text of the call one would click on “C.8 Lunar Data Analysis (.PDF)” to download the text of the call. If one wanted to set it into the context of the goals, objectives and know the default rules for all elements within Appendix C, the planetary science division, one might download and read “C.1 Planetary Science Research Program Overview (.PDF)” from that same page. While the letters and numbers are different for each element within ROSES (A.12, B.7, etc.) the basic configuration is always the same, e.g., the letter indicates the Science Division (A is Earth Science, B is Heliophysics etc.) and whatever the letter, #1 is always the overview. Frequently asked questions for ROSES are posted at http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/faqs. Questions concerning general ROSES-2020 policies and procedures may be directed to Max Bernstein, Lead for Research, Science Mission Directorate, at sara@nasa.gov, but technical questions concerning specific program elements should be directed to the point(s) of contact for that particular element, who may be found either at the end of the individual program element in the summary table of key information or on the web list of topics and points of contact at: http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/program-officers-list. Not all program elements are known at the time of the release of ROSES. To be informed of new program elements or amendments to this NRA, proposers may subscribe to: (1) The SMD mailing lists (by logging in at http://nspires.nasaprs.comand checking the appropriate boxes under "Account Management" and "Email Subscriptions"), (2) The ROSES-2020 RSS feed for amendments, clarifications, and corrections to at http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/grant-solicitations/ROSES-2020, and (3) The ROSES-2020 due date Google calendar. Instructions are at https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/library-and-useful-links (link from the words due date calendar). | NASA Headquarters | February 14, 2020 | July 14, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=NNH20ZDA001N-MAP |
| ROSES 2020: Laboratory Analysis of Returned Samples | NNH20ZDA001N-LARS | NOTICE: Amended April 9, 2020. The due dates for this program element have been delayed. Step-1 proposals are now due May 15, 2020, and Step-2 proposals are now due July 14, 2020. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (SMD) released its annual omnibus Research Announcement (NRA), Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) – 2020 (OMB Approval Number 2700-0092, CFDA Number 43.001) on February 14, 2020. In this case "omnibus" means that this NRA has many individual program elements, each with its own due dates and topics. All together these cover the wide range of basic and applied supporting research and technology in space and Earth sciences supported by SMD. Awards will be made as grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and inter- or intra-agency transfers, depending on the nature of the work proposed, the proposing organization, and/or program requirements. However, most extramural research awards deriving from ROSES will be grants, and many program elements of ROSES specifically exclude contracts, because contracts would not be appropriate for the nature of the work solicited. The typical period of performance for an award is three years, but some programs may allow up to five years and others specify shorter periods. In most cases, organizations of every type, Government and private, for profit and not-for-profit, domestic and foreign (with some caveats), may submit proposals without restriction on teaming arrangements. Tables listing the program elements and due dates, the full text of the ROSES-2020 solicitation, and the "Summary of Solicitation" as a stand-alone document, may all be found NSPIRES at http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020. This synopsis is associated with one of the individual program elements within ROSES, but this is a generic summary that is posted for all ROSES elements. For specific information on this particular program element download and read the PDF of the text of this program element by going to Tables 2 or 3 of this NRA at http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020table2 and http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020table3, respectively, click the title of the program element of interest, a hypertext link will take you to a page for that particular program element. On that page, on the right side under "Announcement Documents" the link on the bottom will be to the PDF of the text of the call for proposals. For example, if one were interested in The Lunar Data Analysis Program (NNH20ZDA001N-LDAP) one would follow the link to the NSPIRES page for that program element and then to read the text of the call one would click on “C.8 Lunar Data Analysis (.PDF)” to download the text of the call. If one wanted to set it into the context of the goals, objectives and know the default rules for all elements within Appendix C, the planetary science division, one might download and read “C.1 Planetary Science Research Program Overview (.PDF)” from that same page. While the letters and numbers are different for each element within ROSES (A.12, B.7, etc.) the basic configuration is always the same, e.g., the letter indicates the Science Division (A is Earth Science, B is Heliophysics etc.) and whatever the letter, #1 is always the overview. Frequently asked questions for ROSES are posted at http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/faqs. Questions concerning general ROSES-2020 policies and procedures may be directed to Max Bernstein, Lead for Research, Science Mission Directorate, at sara@nasa.gov, but technical questions concerning specific program elements should be directed to the point(s) of contact for that particular element, who may be found either at the end of the individual program element in the summary table of key information or on the web list of topics and points of contact at: http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/program-officers-list. Not all program elements are known at the time of the release of ROSES. To be informed of new program elements or amendments to this NRA, proposers may subscribe to: (1) The SMD mailing lists (by logging in at http://nspires.nasaprs.comand checking the appropriate boxes under "Account Management" and "Email Subscriptions"), (2) The ROSES-2020 RSS feed for amendments, clarifications, and corrections to at http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/grant-solicitations/ROSES-2020, and (3) The ROSES-2020 due date Google calendar. Instructions are at https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/library-and-useful-links (link from the words due date calendar). | NASA Headquarters | February 14, 2020 | July 14, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=NNH20ZDA001N-LARS |
| Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Units (VTEUs): Enhancing Capability and Capacity (UM1 Clinical Trial Required) | RFA-AI-20-021 | The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement is to solicit applications for the Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Units (VTEUs) to implement clinical site protocols (clinical research, clinical trials) for evaluating vaccines, other preventive biologics, therapeutics, diagnostics, including prognostic and predictive markers, and devices for the treatment and prevention of infectious diseases as part of NIAID Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Consortium (IDCRC). A companion FOA solicits applications for the Leadership Group for the Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Consortium, hereafter referred to as the Leadership Group (LG), which provides for overall administrative and scientific leadership for the clinical research and clinical trials conducted. While the primary scientific focus will be on product evaluation for NIAID priority areas, including malaria/neglected tropical diseases, sexually transmitted infections, respiratory infections, and enteric diseases, the VTEUs must also provide surge capacity to address emerging infectious diseases | National Institutes of Health | February 19, 2020 | July 14, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-AI-20-021 |
| Air Force Fiscal Year 2021 Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) | FOA-AFRL-AFOSR-2020-0003 | The Fiscal Year 2021 Air Force Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) intends to support young in career scientists and engineers who have received Ph.D. or equivalent degrees by 1 April 2013 or later showing exceptional ability and promise for conducting basic research. The program objective is to foster creative basic research in science and engineering; enhance early career development of outstanding young investigators; and increase opportunities for the young investigator to recognize the Air Force mission and related challenges in science and engineering. | Air Force Office of Scientific Research | March 19, 2020 | July 14, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=FOA-AFRL-AFOSR-2020-0003 |
| COAL-DERIVED MATERIALS FOR BUILDING, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND OTHER APPLICATIONS | DE-FOA-0002185 | The overall objective of the FOA is to support the development of value-added products from coal. This will be accomplished through the research and development of coal-derived components for residential, commercial, and infrastructure applications. Another path to developing value-added products from coal is the production of high-value specialty products, as well as research and development of technologies capable of producing carbon-based building materials using a continuous, rather than batch, manufacturing process. The FOA will also support the design, R&D, and validation of a prototype carbon-based building. | National Energy Technology Laboratory | April 10, 2020 | July 14, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=DE-FOA-0002185 |
| SUPPORTING ANAEROBIC DIGESTION IN COMMUNITIES | EPA-OLEM-ORCR-20-02 | This notice announces the availability of funds and solicits applications that will accelerate the development of new or enhance/increase existing anaerobic digestion capacity and infrastructure in the United States. Anaerobic digestion (AD) is the natural process in which microorganisms break down organic (plant and animal) materials. Food waste diverted from landfills and incinerators can be managed at AD facilities. The AD process generates renewable energy (biogas) and a product that can improve soil health (digestate). | Environmental Protection Agency | May 15, 2020 | July 14, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=EPA-OLEM-ORCR-20-02 |
| UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM Notice of Funding Opportunity | USDA-FAS-10-608-0700-20-1 | The McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program (McGovern-Dole) key objectives are to carry out:1) preschool and primary school food for education programs in foreign countries to improve food security, reduce the incidence of hunger, and improve literacy and primary education, particularly with respect to girls; and, 2) maternal, infant, and child nutrition programs for pregnant women, nursing mothers, infants, and children who are five years of age or younger. When applying, reference the country’s specific identification number as listed in the NOFO and below: USDA- FAS-10.608-0700-20-(388) – Bangladesh USDA- FAS-10.608-0700-20-(681) – Cote d’Ivoire USDA- FAS-10.608-0700-20-(520) – Guatemala USDA- FAS-10.608-0700-20-(522) – Honduras USDA- FAS-10.608-0700-20-(116) – Kyrgyzstan USDA- FAS-10.608-0700-20-(439) – Laos USDA- FAS-10.608-0700-20-(687) – Madagascar USDA- FAS-10.608-0700-20-(688) – Mali USDA- FAS-10.608-0700-20-(656) – Mozambique USDA- FAS-10.608-0700-20-(367) – Nepal USDA- FAS-10.608-0700-20-(696) – Rwanda Please note, applications will only be reviewed against other applications received for the same priority country. Go to Related Documents to find the full announcement, details on how to apply, instructions on accessing the Food Aid Information System, weekly responses to questions, and other important information. Please note, the Foreign Agricultural Service is monitoring the COVID-19 situation closely. If the situation merits a modification to the FY 20 McGovern-Dole NOFO, a modified NOFO will be published to grants.gov and the FAIS website. Notifications on modifications will be posted on grants.gov and FAIS, as well as distributed via FAS’ listserv. Please email PPDED@usda.gov to ensure your organization is included. | McGovern-Dole Food for Education 10.608 | May 14, 2020 | July 14, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=USDA-FAS-10-608-0700-20-1 |
| NIC EBP Publicatins Revision | 20CS11 | Implementation drivers such as those developed by the National Implementation Research Network provide a much needed roadmap for organizations to effectively deliver and sustain EBP. These drivers consist of competency drivers (staff training, staff attitudes & beliefs, and coaching), leadership drivers (technical and adaptive), and organization drivers (system interventions, decision data support system, and a facilitative administration). These three drivers help to determine key areas organizations need to have in place to implement and sustain implementation of innovations (Fixson)2. There is a growing body of research which indicates that evidence-based programming with solid, quality implementation reach the intended outcome of reducing the likelihood of individuals under supervision engaging in future criminal behavior better than those interventions with poor implementation designs (Salisbury)3.NIC envisions the updating of the identified resources in this solicitation that will include a focus on incorporating implementation science and research that will help community corrections organizations improve implementation strategies for proposed or current interventions that support evidence-based practices. | National Institute of Corrections | May 15, 2020 | July 14, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=20CS11 |
| UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOOD FOR PROGRESS PROGRAM Notice of Funding Opportunity | USDA-FAS-10-606-0700-20-01 | The Food for Progress (FFPr) Program provides for the donation of U.S. agricultural commodities to developing countries and emerging democracies committed to introducing and expanding free enterprise in the agricultural sector. The commodities are generally sold on the local market and the proceeds are used to support agricultural development activities. When applying, reference the country’s specific identification number as listed in the NOFO and below: USDA-FAS-10.606-0700-20-(388) – Bangladesh USDA-FAS-10.606-0700-20-(514) – Colombia USDA-FAS-10.606-0700-20-(367) – Dominican Republic USDA-FAS-10.606-0700-20-(617) – Uganda USDA-FAS-10.606-0700-20-(681) – West Africa Regional Please note, applications will only be reviewed against other applications received for the same priority country. Go to Related Documents to find the full announcement, details on how to apply, instructions on accessing the Food Aid Information System, weekly responses to questions, and other important information. Please note, the Foreign Agricultural Service is monitoring the COVID-19 situation closely. If the situation merits a modification to the FY 20 FFPr NOFO, a modified NOFO will be published to Grants.gov and the FAIS website. Notifications on modifications will be posted on Grants.gov and FAIS, as well as distributed via FAS’ listserv. Please email ppded@usda.gov to ensure your organization is included. | Food for Progress 10.606 | May 14, 2020 | July 14, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=USDA-FAS-10-606-0700-20-01 |
| Building Capacity to Counter Illegal Mining | SFOP0006949 | PROJECT PURPOSE/DESCRIPTIONINL seeks to fund programs with a focus on West Africa, Southeast Asia, and/or Mongolia that improve the will and capacity to investigate, arrest, prosecute, convict, and sentence the criminal groups and individuals involved in criminal mining, in accordance with international best practices and human rights standards.INL will support projects that reflect a two-fold approach to address criminal mining: projects should improve law enforcement and judicial capacity to investigate and prosecute criminal mining, including money laundering through gold and other minerals, and to cooperate internationally with other officials where appropriate. Projects should also build government capacity to close loopholes that allow TCOs to operate by improving legislation in the mining sector and assist government agencies to create a legal and legitimate artisanal and small scale mining sector. | Bureau of International Narcotics-Law Enforcement | May 14, 2020 | July 14, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=SFOP0006949 |
| VICTOR Curriculum Revision and E-Course Development | 20CS12 | The National Institute of Corrections Veteran Informed Care Training on Responsivity (VICTOR) training program consists of 28 hours of instructor-led training [ILT] designed for criminal justice practitioners to gain specialized knowledge and skills for working with veterans. Qualified applicants must demonstrate the ability to take a pilot-tested course curriculum that features facilitated content and activities and incorporate all participant and subject matter expert feedback to revise the course curriculum and subsequently convert the curriculum to an e-course and prepare it for release to the field for immediate use. The course incorporates veteran-specific issues such as, military culture, service-related trauma, and difficulties with transitioning from military to civilian life. It also includes skills training, such as active listening, effective use of reinforcement, effective use of disapproval (with and without punishment), and effective use of authority that targets criminal justice professionals who supervise and/or conduct case planning activities with justice-involved veterans. | National Institute of Corrections | May 15, 2020 | July 14, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=20CS12 |
| Examining Long-Term Outcomes Following Exit from HUD-Assisted Housing | FR-6400-N-58 | N/A | Department of Housing and Urban Development | May 29, 2020 | July 14, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=FR-6400-N-58 |
| Social and Economic Development Strategies -SEDS | HHS-2018-ACF-ANA-NA-1339 | This FOA has been modified. ANA is modifying this FOA in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in order to allow potential applicants additional time to submit an application for financial assistance. ANA usually follows notice and comment requirements for changes in policies and interpretive rules through the Federal Register. However, ANA is exercising the exception allowed in statute that when ANA has good cause such as the need to respond to the unanticipated impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic, such a requirement would make the notice and public procedure thereon impracticable, unnecessary or contrary to the public interest (5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) (cited in 814 of NAPA). In Section IV.4. Submission Dates and Times, the application due date has been updated to extend the deadline for an additional 30 days for all applicants. The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Administration for Native Americans (ANA) announces the availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 funds for the Social and Economic Development Strategies (SEDS) program. This program is focused on community-driven projects designed to grow local economies, strengthen Native American families, including the preservation of Native American cultures, and decrease the high rate of current challenges caused by the lack of community-based businesses, and social and economic infrastructure in Native American communities. Native American communities include American Indian tribes (federally-recognized and non-federally recognized), Native Hawaiians, Alaskan Natives, and Native American Pacific Islanders. | Administration for Children and Families - ANA | February 6, 2018 | July 15, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=HHS-2018-ACF-ANA-NA-1339 |
| Administrative Supplements for Research on Dietary Supplements (Admin. Supp.- Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | PA-18-817 | This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) announces the availability of administrative supplements to support research in which the supplemental funding would investigate the role of dietary supplements and/or their ingredients in health maintenance and disease prevention. Parent awards need not be focused on dietary supplements; this FOA may provide support to include dietary supplements within the scope of relevant research projects. Research interests of ODS are not limited to specific health conditions, organ systems or population groups. ODS supports all types of research, including pre-clinical, clinical, behavioral, and epidemiological. Additionally, ODS supports research and training programs that build future research capacity for studying the role of dietary supplements in health and disease prevention. Primary consideration for support will be given to applications that stimulate dietary supplement research where it is lacking or lagging, clarify gaps, opportunities and balance between benefits and risks where data are in conflict, target special population groups where additional science on dietary supplements is needed, and focus on the use of dietary supplements in improving or maintaining health and reducing the risk of chronic disease. This FOA will not support new clinical trials. | National Institutes of Health | June 5, 2018 | July 15, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=PA-18-817 |
| Administrative Supplements for Validation Studies of Analytical Methods for Dietary Supplement Constituents (Admin Supp - Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | PA-18-818 | The reproducibility and comparability of research on dietary supplements is enhanced by rigorous analytical characterization of key experimental materials and the publication of validated analytical methods that accurately and precisely characterized and quantify constituents in dietary supplement ingredients and products. This FOA builds on existing NIH awards to support the performance and publication of formal single-laboratory validation studies of quantitative analytical methods. The methods proposed for validation must be used to identify and quantify dietary supplement-relevant chemical constituents (i.e., active or marker chemical compounds, adulterants, contaminants) or their metabolites in experimental reagents, raw materials, and/or clinical specimens (for example urine or plasma samples). Methods must have been developed or utilized in fulfillment of the active parent grants specific aims. Candidate constituents for quantitative method validation studies include (but are not limited to): phytochemicals, nutrients, and potentially deleterious substances such as pesticides and mycotoxins. Multi-laboratory validation studies will not be supported through this FOA. | National Institutes of Health | June 5, 2018 | July 15, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=PA-18-818 |
| Social Psychology | PD-98-1332 | The Social Psychology Program at NSF supports research and research infrastructure to advance basic knowledge in social psychology. Projects funded by the Social Psychology Program support the NSF mission to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; and to secure the national defense. Proposals considered by the Social Psychology Program must communicate both the intellectual merit of the science and its broader societal impacts. Proposed research should carry strong potential for creating transformative advances in the basic understanding of human social behavior. Among the many research topics supported are: social cognition, attitudes, social and cultural influence, stereotypes, motivation, decision making, group dynamics, aggression, close relationships, social and affective neuroscience, social psychophysiology, emotions, prosocial behavior, health-related behavior, and personality and individual differences. Proposals that develop new theories or methods for understanding social behavior are highly encouraged. Research samples should represent substantial ranges of ethnicities, socioeconomic backgrounds, cultures, and other dimensions of human populations. Interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary and convergent research approaches are encouraged. Proposals involving non-human animals are considered only if the research offers clear and direct contributions to understanding human social behavior. The program does not fund research that seeks to improve clinical practice as its primary outcome, nor does it consider proposals with disease-related goals, including work on the etiology, diagnosis or treatment of physical or mental disease, abnormality, or malfunction in human beings or animals. In assessing intellectual merit, the Social Psychology Program places highest priority on research that is theoretically grounded, based on empirical observation and validation, and with designs appropriate to the questions asked. In assessing broader impacts, the Social Psychology Program places highest priority on proposals that offer strong potential to benefit society, strengthen our national security interests, improve the quality of life, broaden participation in science, enhance infrastructure for research and education, and include a plan for sharing the results with a wide variety of audiences. The Social Psychology Program expects the methods, measures and data that result from NSF support to be openly shared with other researchers and the public. For further guidance proposers should consult Data Management for NSF SBE Directorate Proposals and Awards. The Data Management Plan should articulate how the proposed research will engage with best practices of open science. Researchers are expected to engage in open science practices, and deviations from that should be well-justified. The Social Psychology Program accepts regular research proposals, including Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) proposals, proposals for research in undergraduate institutions (RUI), rapid response research proposals (RAPID), and early-concept grants for exploratory research (EAGER). The Program also accepts small conference proposals for events (including workshops) being planned one year or more after submission. The Social Psychology Program does not accept proposals for doctoral dissertation improvement awards. Investigators are encouraged to contact a Social Psychology Program Director before submitting a proposal to confirm its fit with the scope and priorities of the Social Psychology Program. Such contact will be most productive by sending a one-page (maximum) summary with an overview of the planned proposal, which includes a description of intellectual merit and broader impacts. The Social Psychology program is always interested in identifying new reviewers. Potential reviewers should have a PhD in Psychology or related field and have a demonstrated area of expertise relevant to social psychology. Individuals interested in reviewing for the program should send a short description of their areas of expertise (2 sentences) and their CV to a Social Psychology Program Director. | National Science Foundation | March 6, 2009 | July 15, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=PD-98-1332 |
| Linguistics | PD-98-1311 | The Linguistics Program supports basic science in the domain of human language, encompassing investigations of the grammatical properties of individual human languages, and of natural language in general. Research areas include syntax, semantics, morphology, phonetics, and phonology. The program encourages projects that are interdisciplinary in methodological or theoretical perspective, and that address questions that cross disciplinary boundaries, such as (but not limited to): What are the psychological processes involved in the production, perception, and comprehension of language? What are the computational properties of language and/or the language processor that make fluent production, incremental comprehension or rapid learning possible? How do the acoustic and physiological properties of speech inform our theories of natural language and/or language processing? What role does human neurobiology play in shaping the various grammatical properties of language? How does language develop in natural learning contexts across the life-span? What social and cultural factors underlie language variation and change? Because NSF's mandate is to support basic research, theLinguistics Program does not fund research that takes as its primary goal improved clinical practice or applied policy, nor does it support work to develop or assess pedagogical methods or tools for language instruction. The Linguistics Program accepts proposals for a variety of project types: research proposals from scholars with PhDs or equivalent degrees, proposals for Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement (LING-DDRI) awards, and CAREER proposals. We will also consider proposals forconferences. Funding requests for conference support should be submitted in accordance with Chapter II.E.7 of NSF’s Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/pappg19_1/pappg_2.jsp#IIE7. The Linguistics Program, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities and in collaboration with programs in other NSF Directorates, supports efforts to develop and advance knowledge and infrastructure that will enable the analysis of languages that are both understudied and at risk of falling out of use. In recognition of the critical relevance of these languages to understanding the range and limits of human linguistic and cultural variation, the Linguistics Program accepts research and dissertation proposals in response to solicitations NSF Dynamic Language Infrastructure - NEH Documenting Endangered Languages (DLI-DEL)NSF 19-606 and Linguistics: Dynamic Language Infrastructure -Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (DLI-DDRI) NSF 19-607. For more information about Multidisciplinary Research and Training Opportunities, please visit the SBE Office of Multidisciplinary Activities web site. | National Science Foundation | March 6, 2009 | July 15, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=PD-98-1311 |
| Developmental Sciences | PD-08-1698 | DS supports basic research that increases our understanding of cognitive, linguistic, social, cultural, and biological processes related to human development across the lifespan. Research supported by this program will add to our knowledge of the underlying developmental processes that support social, cognitive, and behavioral functioning, thereby illuminating ways for individuals to live productive lives as members of society. DS supports research that addresses developmental processes within the domains of cognitive, social, emotional, and motor development across the lifespan by working with any appropriate populations for the topics of interest including infants, children, adolescents, adults, and non-human animals. The program also supports research investigating factors that affect developmental change including family, peers, school, community, culture, media, physical, genetic, and epigenetic influences. Additional priorities include research that: incorporates multidisciplinary, multi-method, microgenetic, and longitudinal approaches; develops new methods, models, and theories for studying development; includes participants from a range of ethnicities, socioeconomic backgrounds, and cultures; and integrates different processes (e.g., memory, emotion, perception, cognition), levels of analysis (e.g., behavioral, social, neural), and time scales. The budgets and durations of supported projects vary widely and are greatly influenced by the nature of the project. Investigators should focus on innovative, potentially transformative research plans and then develop a budget to support those activities, rather than starting with a budget number and working up to that value. While there are no specific rules about budget limitations, a typical project funded through the DS program is approximately 3 years in duration with a total cost budget, including both direct and indirect costs, between $100,000 and $200,000 per year. Interested applicants are urged to explore the NSF awards database for the DS program to review examples of awards that have been made. The DS program also accepts proposals for workshops and small conferences. These typically have total cost budgets, including direct and indirect costs, of approximately $35,000. In addition to consulting the NSF awards database, it is often useful for interested applicants to submit (via email) a summary of no more than one page so that the Program Director can advise the investigator on the fit of the project for DS prior to preparation of a full proposal. New Investigators are encouraged to solicit assistance in the preparation of their project proposals via consultation with senior researchers in their area, pre-submission review by colleagues, and attendance at symposia and events at professional conferences geared towards educating investigators seeking federal funding. | National Science Foundation | March 23, 2009 | July 15, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=PD-08-1698 |
| Linguistics Program - Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Awards | 20-538 | The Linguistics Program supports basic science in the domain of human language, encompassing investigations of the grammatical properties of individual human languages, and of natural language in general. Research areas include syntax, linguistic semantics and pragmatics, morphology, phonetics, and phonology. The program encourages projects that are interdisciplinary in methodological or theoretical perspective, and that address questions that cross disciplinary boundaries, such as (but not limited to): What are the psychological processes involved in the production, perception, and comprehension of language? What are the computational properties of language and/or the language processor that make fluent production, incremental comprehension or rapid learning possible? How do the acoustic and physiological properties of speech inform our theories of language and/or language processing? What role does human neurobiology play in shaping the various components of our linguistic capacities? How does language develop in children? What social and cultural factors underlie language variation and change? The Linguistics Program does not make awards to support clinical research projects, nor does it support work to develop or assess pedagogical methods or tools for language instruction. DDRI proposals to document the linguistic properties of endangered languages should be submitted to the Dynamic Language Infrastructure (DLI-DDRI) Program: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2019/nsf19607/nsf19607.htm. | National Science Foundation | January 11, 2020 | July 15, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=20-538 |
| Mendelian Genomics Research Centers (U01 Clinical Trial Optional) | RFA-HG-20-007 | The purpose of this Funding Opportunity is to establish a consortium aimed at significantly increasing the proportion of Mendelian conditions with an identified genetic cause. A key objective of the Mendelian Genomics Research Centers is to develop and apply approaches to discover causal genes underlying Mendelian conditions for which a candidate gene was not identified using whole exome sequencing alone. | National Institutes of Health | January 13, 2020 | July 15, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-HG-20-007 |
| Mendelian Genomics Data Coordinating Center (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | RFA-HG-20-008 | The purpose of this FOA is to solicit applications to develop and implement a Mendelian Genomics Data Coordination Center (MGDCC) for the Mendelian Genomics Research Consortium. The MGDCC will be responsible for managing the release of data and findings generated under the program, as well as program outreach, ensuring maximum utility for the research community. The MGDCC will also coordinate program logistics, supporting effective working groups and meetings. Finally, the MGDCC will oversee the programs Opportunity Fund, providing rapid turnaround short-term funding for functional follow-up studies to program findings. | National Institutes of Health | January 13, 2020 | July 15, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-HG-20-008 |
| HIV/AIDS and the Tumor Niche (U54 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | RFA-CA-20-016 | The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to advance our understanding of the role of the tumor niche or microenvironment in the risks, development, progression, and diagnosis of cancer observed in individuals with an underlying HIV infection or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). The proposed research areas identify two main areas that most likely control the major activities for establishing and maintaining the tumor niche: the role of the AIDS retrovirus and the response of the host to HIV infection. These areas of research will advance our understanding of the contribution to the tumor niche in the context of an underlying HIV infection. | National Institutes of Health | January 23, 2020 | July 15, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-CA-20-016 |
| OR/WA Fisheries and Aquatic Resource Management Master Funding Opportunity | L20AS00037 | The OR/WA BLM has opportunities to work with partner organizations to accomplish goals of the BLM Aquatic Habitat Management that include, but are not limited to, such things as:1.Development and/or implementation of watershed management plans.2.Increased local capacity to protect and enhance aquatic habitat, water quality, promote water conservation, and sustain the present health of the watershed.3.Improvements in the resiliency of ecosystems, communities, and economies in the watershed.4.Improvements in the hydraulic and geomorphic conditions of streams. 5.Removal of invasive plants and animals to enhance fish habitat, water quality and the physical characteristics of the stream. 6.Inventory, modernize and/or develop infrastructure such as culverts and diversion structures in order to improve fish and other aquatic organism passage.7.Provide a forum for enhanced communication among diverse stakeholder groups along the watershed.8.Conserve and enhance aquatic and riparian habitats for native and desired non-native species. 9.Provide resources for recreational and subsistence fishing opportunities including increasing public access and infrastructure, such as fishing piers, for public enjoyment and outreach, education and job mentoring activities for youth, families, and veterans.10.Protect and stabilize both lotic and lentic aquatic and riparian habitats.11.Implement projects to reduce erosion, salinity and sediments.12.Collect and analyze water resources data needed to maintain, protect and restore water resources effectively.13.Inventory, assess, monitor, and improve aquatic, riparian, and wetland habitat quality and quantity.14.Address the immediate threats from aquatic invasive species, including quagga and zebra mussels.15.Influencing water temperature or improving the timing or volume of available flows at particular locations to improve aquatic conditions. 16.Monitor surface and groundwater quality.17.Manage geospatial and biometric data.18.Conduct baseline inventories and assessments critical to many public land uses and ongoing monitoring programs.19.Engage citizen-scientists and students in monitoring and directed research of various BLM dependent aquatic and riparian species and their habitats.20.Develop and assist with Bureau aquatic invasive programs including: mapping, control, prevention, education, data analysis, ecological modeling and risk assessments, biosecurity, eDNA surveillance, etc | Bureau of Land Management | January 30, 2020 | July 15, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=L20AS00037 |
| Pilot Projects Investigating Understudied G Protein-Coupled Receptors, Ion Channels, and Protein Kinases (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | RFA-RM-20-019 | The goal of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) for the Common Fund Program "Illuminating the Druggable Genome" (IDG; https://commonfund.nih.gov/idg/index) is to solicit applications for pilot projects on IDG-eligible understudied proteins (non-olfactory GPCRs, protein kinases, and ion channels) in order to study them beyond what the IDGs Centers can accomplish and to validate and demonstrate the utility of IDG-generated reagents, data, and approaches. Awards will support the generation of additional data and tools around understudied protein(s) identified by the IDG Program to elucidate the function of these proteins in the context of human disease. Data collected and tools generated by these projects will enhance the overall goals of the IDG Program by demonstrating the quality and utility of IDG-generated data and reagents to the scientific community, increasing awareness of the IDG Program through use of IDG-generated resources, and/or extending the characterization of IDG-eligible proteins. The overall goal of the IDG Program is to catalyze research in areas of biology that are currently understudied but that have high potential to impact human health by (1) identifying biochemical, cellular, or animal model phenotypes for understudied proteins from druggable gene families, (2) enabling further investigation of those proteins by providing reagents and tools, and (3) generating, maintaining, and facilitating the use of a minable knowledge base. | National Institutes of Health | April 21, 2020 | July 15, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-RM-20-019 |
| Humanities Collections and Reference Resources | 20200715-PW | The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Preservation and Access is accepting applications for the Humanities Collections and Reference Resources program. The purpose of this program is to support projects that provide an essential underpinning for scholarship, education, and public programming in the humanities. This program strengthens efforts to extend the life of humanities collections and make their intellectual content widely accessible, often through the use of digital technology. Awards are also made to create various reference resources that facilitate use of cultural materials, from works that provide basic information quickly to tools that synthesize and codify knowledge of a subject for in-depth investigation. | National Endowment for the Humanities | April 27, 2020 | July 15, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=20200715-PW |
| Enhancing Capacity for Anti-Money Laundering in Nicaragua | SFOP0006863 | In support of anti-money laundering efforts and to limit space for illicit operators in Nicaragua, the U.S. Department of State has allocated US$500,000 in FY 2019 INCLE/Central America Regional Security Initiative funds to improve anti-money laundering efforts by strengthening the capacity of local organizations, businesses, and relevant professions (lawyers, accountants, etc.) that are subject to AML legislation. The project will increase the capacity of these key actors to understand the risks and vulnerabilities associated with money laundering as well as their responsibilities as reporting subjects under Nicaraguan AML legislation. | Bureau of International Narcotics-Law Enforcement | April 29, 2020 | July 15, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=SFOP0006863 |
| Response to Gender-Based Violence Justice Sector Reform | INL20CA0027-COSTARICA-GBVJUSTICESECTOR | This project seeks to strengthen the entire value chain of judicial response to gender-based violence and domestic violence. Specifically, the development of a comprehensive approach to gender-based violence and domestic violence cases including therapy services, legal orientation for victims, improved traceability of at high risk victims, police investigations, prosecutorial duties and convictions aligned to the current laws in Costa Rica. The selected implementer must work closely with Poder Judicial’s Gender Unit and Judicial Police Office for International Affairs, as well as with key institutional leaders and unit chiefs, to strengthen the capacity of Costa Rica’s judicial response to gender-based violence and domestic violence. Identify needs, plan trainings, coordinate site visits to relevant partners in the United States such as Family Justice Centers and develop standard operating procedures to improve Judicial response to gender-based violence and domestic violence. | Bureau of International Narcotics-Law Enforcement | April 30, 2020 | July 15, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=INL20CA0027-COSTARICA-GBVJUSTICESECTOR |
| Assessment Tools for Biotechnology Products | EPA-G2020-STAR-C1 | The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is seeking applications proposing research to support the development of improved science-based human health and environmental risk assessments of new biotechnology products, including those developed through synthetic biology, genome editing, and metabolic engineering. | Environmental Protection Agency | May 6, 2020 | July 15, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=EPA-G2020-STAR-C1 |
| OSMRE/VISTA Program | S20AS00008 | The authority to award this Cooperative Agreement is found in the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, as amended; Public Law 95-87; 91 Stat. 445-532; in accordance with the Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act of 1977, 31 USC 6301 et seq.; subject to the provisions of the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards, 2 CFR § 200, 2 CFR Part 1402 - Financial Assistance Interior Regulation, Supplementing The Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards; and under provisions of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, as amended, 42 USC 66 et seq.; and 5 CFR § 315.605, the Appointment of Former ACTION volunteers.The OSMRE/VISTA Program is designed to partner with non-profit IRS 501(c)(3) eligible applicants that have access to AmeriCorps Volunteers in Service to America (hereinafter referred to as VISTA) positions through partnership with the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), or other intermediary organization, to administer the OSMRE/VISTA Program.The OSMRE/VISTA Program was developed to provide an opportunity for OSMRE to increase its engagement with young people with university or vocational degrees.Recipients of OSMRE/VISTA Program financial assistance will support an innovative partnership, working directly with OSMRE in the following areas: (1) community and environmental reclamation, (2) community environmental stewardship, (3) economic improvement, (4) educational opportunities, (5) research, and more.This program place recent graduates from colleges, universities, and/or vocational schools as VISTAs in communities impacted by pre-regulatory mining practices to serve for a period of one (1) year.A VISTA is an individual who engages in national service through an activity approved by the CNCS, or an intermediate organization. VISTAs receive a living allowance and other benefits while serving. Upon successful completion of their service, VISTAs may earn a Segal AmeriCorps Education Award from the National Service Trust that they can use to pay for higher education expenses or apply to qualified student loans. VISTAs who successfully complete their term of service also receive non-competitive eligibility for Federal jobs. | Office of Surface Mining | May 7, 2020 | July 15, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=S20AS00008 |
| Early Career: Assessment Tools for Biotechnology Products | EPA-G2020-STAR-C2 | The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is seeking applications proposing research to support the development of improved science-based human health and environmental risk assessments of new biotechnology products, including those developed through synthetic biology, genome editing, and metabolic engineering. | Environmental Protection Agency | May 6, 2020 | July 15, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=EPA-G2020-STAR-C2 |
| Mine Drainage Technology Initiative (MDTI) Cooperative Agreement Program | S20AS00009 | Mine Drainage Technology Initiative (MDTI) (formally known as the Acid Mine Drainage Initiative) provides a forum for collaboration and information exchange with the following goals: Develop an understanding of acidic and toxic mine drainage (MD) so as to better predict, avoid, monitor, and remediate mine drainage; Develop innovative solutions to acidic and toxic MD water-quality problems; Identify, evaluate, and develop “best science” practices to predict acidic and toxic MD prior to mining; and Identify successful remediation practices for existing sources of acidic and toxic MD and describe the best technology for its prevention. OSMRE is looking for MDTI studies that address the goals listed above that have the potential for improving the effectiveness of both the coal industry and the regulatory authority to conducts surface coal mining and reclamation activities and regulate coal mining activities, respectively, by gaining a better understanding of acidic and toxic mine drainage effects on the environment. | Office of Surface Mining | May 15, 2020 | July 15, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=S20AS00009 |
| New Mexico Conservation Funding Announcement | USDA-NRCS-NM-CTA-20-NOFO0001015 | Funding Opportunity Announcement SummaryNRCS, an agency under the USDA, in the New Mexico State Office, is seeking to partner with, and support the efforts of, natural resource conservation partners and promote public awareness and implementation of conservation activities including, but not limited to, conducting conservation outreach workshops and training, that will help educate New Mexico’s agricultural community, private landowners, conservation organizations, cooperating agencies, acequias, and land grants. Proposals must be for projects based in New Mexico and focus on conservation. Research proposals will not be accepted, nor considered as part of this announcement. Proposals are requested from Federally-recognized Indian Tribal Organizations, state government, local governments, nonprofit 501( c)(3) organizations, or institutions of higher education for competitive consideration of awards for projects 1 year in duration. This notice identifies the objectives, eligibility criteria, and application instructions. Proposals will be screened for completeness and compliance with the provisions of this notice. Incomplete and/or noncompliant proposals will be eliminated from competition, and notification of elimination will be sent to the applicant. The New Mexico State Conservationist reserves the right not to fund any or all applications. NRCS will accept applications under this notice for single year applications submitted by eligible entities.Key DatesApplicants must submit their applications via Grants.gov by 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time, July 15, 2020. For technical issues with Grants.gov, please contact Grants.gov Applicant Support at 1-800-518-4726 or support@grants.gov. Awarding agency staff cannot support applicants regarding Grants.gov accounts. | Natural Resources Conservation Service | May 15, 2020 | July 15, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=USDA-NRCS-NM-CTA-20-NOFO0001015 |
| Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program (RCPGP) - Region 9 | DHS-20-GPD-111-09-01 | The Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program (RCPGP), as appropriated by the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2020 (Pub. L. No. 116-93), provides resources to close known capability gaps in Housing and Logistics and Supply Chain Management core capabilities, encourages innovative regional solutions to issues related to catastrophic incidents, and builds on existing regional preparedness efforts. The purpose of the RCPGP is to build regional capacity to manage catastrophic incidents by improving and expanding collaboration for catastrophic incident preparedness. The National Response Framework (4th edition, 2019) defines a catastrophic incident as any natural or man-made incident, including terrorism, that results in extraordinary levels of mass casualties, damage, or disruption severely affecting the population, infrastructure, environment, economy, national morale, or government functions. The regional interdependencies of effective prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery activities require a cohesive regional approach to catastrophic planning. | Department of Homeland Security - FEMA | May 20, 2020 | July 15, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=DHS-20-GPD-111-09-01 |
| Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program (RCPGP) - Region 5 | DHS-20-GPD-111-05-01 | The Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program (RCPGP), as appropriated by the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2020 (Pub. L. No. 116-93), provides resources to close known capability gaps in Housing and Logistics and Supply Chain Management core capabilities, encourages innovative regional solutions to issues related to catastrophic incidents, and builds on existing regional preparedness efforts. The purpose of the RCPGP is to build regional capacity to manage catastrophic incidents by improving and expanding collaboration for catastrophic incident preparedness. The National Response Framework (4th edition, 2019) defines a catastrophic incident as any natural or man-made incident, including terrorism, that results in extraordinary levels of mass casualties, damage, or disruption severely affecting the population, infrastructure, environment, economy, national morale, or government functions. The regional interdependencies of effective prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery activities require a cohesive regional approach to catastrophic planning. | Department of Homeland Security - FEMA | May 20, 2020 | July 15, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=DHS-20-GPD-111-05-01 |
| Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program (RCPGP) - Region 1 | DHS-20-GPD-111-01-01 | The Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program (RCPGP), as appropriated by the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2020 (Pub. L. No. 116-93), provides resources to close known capability gaps in Housing and Logistics and Supply Chain Management core capabilities, encourages innovative regional solutions to issues related to catastrophic incidents, and builds on existing regional preparedness efforts. The purpose of the RCPGP is to build regional capacity to manage catastrophic incidents by improving and expanding collaboration for catastrophic incident preparedness. The National Response Framework (4th edition, 2019) defines a catastrophic incident as any natural or man-made incident, including terrorism, that results in extraordinary levels of mass casualties, damage, or disruption severely affecting the population, infrastructure, environment, economy, national morale, or government functions. The regional interdependencies of effective prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery activities require a cohesive regional approach to catastrophic planning. | Department of Homeland Security - FEMA | May 20, 2020 | July 15, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=DHS-20-GPD-111-01-01 |
| Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program (RCPGP) - Region 8 | DHS-20-GPD-111-08-01 | The Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program (RCPGP), as appropriated by the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2020 (Pub. L. No. 116-93), provides resources to close known capability gaps in Housing and Logistics and Supply Chain Management core capabilities, encourages innovative regional solutions to issues related to catastrophic incidents, and builds on existing regional preparedness efforts. The purpose of the RCPGP is to build regional capacity to manage catastrophic incidents by improving and expanding collaboration for catastrophic incident preparedness. The National Response Framework (4th edition, 2019) defines a catastrophic incident as any natural or man-made incident, including terrorism, that results in extraordinary levels of mass casualties, damage, or disruption severely affecting the population, infrastructure, environment, economy, national morale, or government functions. The regional interdependencies of effective prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery activities require a cohesive regional approach to catastrophic planning. | Department of Homeland Security - FEMA | May 20, 2020 | July 15, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=DHS-20-GPD-111-08-01 |
| Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program (RCPGP) - Region 4 | DHS-20-GPD-111-04-01 | The Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program (RCPGP), as appropriated by the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2020 (Pub. L. No. 116-93), provides resources to close known capability gaps in Housing and Logistics and Supply Chain Management core capabilities, encourages innovative regional solutions to issues related to catastrophic incidents, and builds on existing regional preparedness efforts. The purpose of the RCPGP is to build regional capacity to manage catastrophic incidents by improving and expanding collaboration for catastrophic incident preparedness. The National Response Framework (4th edition, 2019) defines a catastrophic incident as any natural or man-made incident, including terrorism, that results in extraordinary levels of mass casualties, damage, or disruption severely affecting the population, infrastructure, environment, economy, national morale, or government functions. The regional interdependencies of effective prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery activities require a cohesive regional approach to catastrophic planning. | Department of Homeland Security - FEMA | May 20, 2020 | July 15, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=DHS-20-GPD-111-04-01 |
| Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program (RCPGP) - Region 7 | DHS-20-GPD-111-07-01 | The Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program (RCPGP), as appropriated by the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2020 (Pub. L. No. 116-93), provides resources to close known capability gaps in Housing and Logistics and Supply Chain Management core capabilities, encourages innovative regional solutions to issues related to catastrophic incidents, and builds on existing regional preparedness efforts. The purpose of the RCPGP is to build regional capacity to manage catastrophic incidents by improving and expanding collaboration for catastrophic incident preparedness. The National Response Framework (4th edition, 2019) defines a catastrophic incident as any natural or man-made incident, including terrorism, that results in extraordinary levels of mass casualties, damage, or disruption severely affecting the population, infrastructure, environment, economy, national morale, or government functions. The regional interdependencies of effective prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery activities require a cohesive regional approach to catastrophic planning. | Department of Homeland Security - FEMA | May 20, 2020 | July 15, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=DHS-20-GPD-111-07-01 |
| Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program (RCPGP) - Region 2 | DHS-20-GPD-111-02-01 | The Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program (RCPGP), as appropriated by the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2020 (Pub. L. No. 116-93), provides resources to close known capability gaps in Housing and Logistics and Supply Chain Management core capabilities, encourages innovative regional solutions to issues related to catastrophic incidents, and builds on existing regional preparedness efforts. The purpose of the RCPGP is to build regional capacity to manage catastrophic incidents by improving and expanding collaboration for catastrophic incident preparedness. The National Response Framework (4th edition, 2019) defines a catastrophic incident as any natural or man-made incident, including terrorism, that results in extraordinary levels of mass casualties, damage, or disruption severely affecting the population, infrastructure, environment, economy, national morale, or government functions. The regional interdependencies of effective prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery activities require a cohesive regional approach to catastrophic planning. | Department of Homeland Security - FEMA | May 20, 2020 | July 15, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=DHS-20-GPD-111-02-01 |
| Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program (RCPGP) - Region 3 | DHS-20-GPD-111-03-01 | The Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program (RCPGP), as appropriated by the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2020 (Pub. L. No. 116-93), provides resources to close known capability gaps in Housing and Logistics and Supply Chain Management core capabilities, encourages innovative regional solutions to issues related to catastrophic incidents, and builds on existing regional preparedness efforts. The purpose of the RCPGP is to build regional capacity to manage catastrophic incidents by improving and expanding collaboration for catastrophic incident preparedness. The National Response Framework (4th edition, 2019) defines a catastrophic incident as any natural or man-made incident, including terrorism, that results in extraordinary levels of mass casualties, damage, or disruption severely affecting the population, infrastructure, environment, economy, national morale, or government functions. The regional interdependencies of effective prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery activities require a cohesive regional approach to catastrophic planning. | Department of Homeland Security - FEMA | May 20, 2020 | July 15, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=DHS-20-GPD-111-03-01 |
| Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program (RCPGP) - Region 10 | DHS-20-GPD-111-10-01 | The Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program (RCPGP), as appropriated by the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2020 (Pub. L. No. 116-93), provides resources to close known capability gaps in Housing and Logistics and Supply Chain Management core capabilities, encourages innovative regional solutions to issues related to catastrophic incidents, and builds on existing regional preparedness efforts. The purpose of the RCPGP is to build regional capacity to manage catastrophic incidents by improving and expanding collaboration for catastrophic incident preparedness. The National Response Framework (4th edition, 2019) defines a catastrophic incident as any natural or man-made incident, including terrorism, that results in extraordinary levels of mass casualties, damage, or disruption severely affecting the population, infrastructure, environment, economy, national morale, or government functions. The regional interdependencies of effective prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery activities require a cohesive regional approach to catastrophic planning. | Department of Homeland Security - FEMA | May 20, 2020 | July 15, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=DHS-20-GPD-111-10-01 |
| Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program (RCPGP) - Region 6 | DHS-20-GPD-111-06-01 | The Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program (RCPGP), as appropriated by the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2020 (Pub. L. No. 116-93), provides resources to close known capability gaps in Housing and Logistics and Supply Chain Management core capabilities, encourages innovative regional solutions to issues related to catastrophic incidents, and builds on existing regional preparedness efforts. The purpose of the RCPGP is to build regional capacity to manage catastrophic incidents by improving and expanding collaboration for catastrophic incident preparedness. The National Response Framework (4th edition, 2019) defines a catastrophic incident as any natural or man-made incident, including terrorism, that results in extraordinary levels of mass casualties, damage, or disruption severely affecting the population, infrastructure, environment, economy, national morale, or government functions. The regional interdependencies of effective prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery activities require a cohesive regional approach to catastrophic planning. | Department of Homeland Security - FEMA | May 20, 2020 | July 15, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=DHS-20-GPD-111-06-01 |
| New Mexico Pretrial Implementation Support | 20CS18 | THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS. This announcement is to provide public notice of the National Institute of Corrections intention to fund the following project without full and open competition. | National Institute of Corrections | May 21, 2020 | July 15, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=20CS18 |
| U.S.-South Africa Space Camp program | DOS-JHB-202003 | The Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy South Africa of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a U.S.-South Africa Space Camp program. The program will provide South African learners with the opportunity to meet professionals in the fields of aerospace and engineering, develop their technical skills and learn about the United States through attending a camp at the Space and Rocket Center in Alabama. The program is composed of two phases. Organizations applying for the grant can sub-award the organization of one of the phases to a second institution. Phase I of the program should include a series of workshops to teach STEM skills to learners and to share the history of space exploration. In Phase II, the grantee organization will work with the U.S. Consulate in Johannesburg to arrange the travel of no less than 10 Gauteng learners to participate in a camp at the Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Competitive proposals will demonstrate the organization’s expertise in teaching science and technology to young learners. The grantee should have an established method of communication with schools in the Gauteng region. To qualify for Phase II, the grantee should be able to organize on their own or with a partner organization, the travel of at least ten learners to the Alabama Space and Rocket Center to participate in the Center’s Space Camp.Please read the full announcement before submitting an application.Applications should be submitted by email to JohannesburgGrants@state.gov. | U.S. Mission to South Africa | May 26, 2020 | July 15, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=DOS-JHB-202003 |
| Emerging Technology to Safeguard Ocean Ecosystems and Resources | SFOP0007020 | Demonstrate the efficacy of emerging technology to safeguard MPAs, and secure the adoption of emerging those technologies, that prove successful, as tools to improve the management of existing MPAs and improve the ability of resource managers to safeguard the ocean’s resources for present and future generations. | Bureau of Oceans - Int. Environmental - Scientific | May 29, 2020 | July 15, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=SFOP0007020 |
| Agricultural Genome to Phenome Initiative | USDA-NIFA-OP-007632 | The National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s Agricultural Genome to Phenome Initiative (AG2PI) focuses on collaborative science engagement and invites innovative research proposals that will lay the foundation for expanding knowledge concerning genomes and phenomes of crops and animals of importance to the agriculture sector of the United States. AG2PI supports multiple goals within the USDA Science Blueprint, USDA Innovation Agenda, the Genome to Phenome: USDA Blueprint for Animal Genomics Research, and relevant publicly initiated and led crop research initiatives to catalyze and coordinate research linking genomics and predictive phenomics to achieve advances that generate societal and environmental benefits. | National Institute of Food and Agriculture | June 5, 2020 | July 15, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=USDA-NIFA-OP-007632 |
| Health Information Technology (IT) to Improve Health Care Quality and Outcomes (R21) | PA-17-246 | This FOA issued by AHRQ invites grant applications for funding to conduct exploratory and developmental research grants (R21) for projects in the early and conceptual stages of development that will contribute to the evidence base of how health information technology (IT) improves health care quality and outcomes. | Agency for Health Care Research and Quality | April 3, 2017 | July 16, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=PA-17-246 |
| Grants for Coordination of Tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Child Welfare Services to Tribal Families at Risk of Child Abuse or Neglect | HHS-2020-ACF-OFA-FN-1830 | The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Family Assistance announces the availability of funds under the Grants for Coordination of Tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Child Welfare Services to Tribal Families at Risk of Child Abuse or Neglect. The purpose of this grant, as prescribed by the statute (section 403(a)(2) of the Social Security Act, as amended), is "to fund demonstration projects designed to test the effectiveness of tribal governments or tribal consortia in coordinating the provision to tribal families at risk of child abuse and neglect of child welfare services and services under tribal programs funded under this part." This grant must be used for one or more of the following statutorily-prescribed uses: 1. To improve case management for families eligible for assistance from a Tribal TANF program; 2. For supportive services and assistance to tribal children in out-of-home placements and the tribal families caring for such children, including families who adopt such children; 3. For prevention services and assistance to tribal families at risk of child abuse and neglect. ACF is particularly interested in funding projects leading to systems' changes so that the improvements to the coordination of tribal TANF and child welfare programs are sustained beyond the project period. For example, grantees may be encouraged to engage in activities such as revising intake and assessment procedures, developing informed consent documents that will allow for staff to share information across program lines, providing cross-training for TANF and child welfare staff, developing joint case management procedures, and developing information technology systems to enhance coordination. Successful grantees will describe the approach to be followed and the expected outputs and outcomes. Since it is a demonstration grant, the grantees will share lessons learned with the broader Tribal TANF and child welfare community. | Administration for Children and Families - OFA | June 1, 2020 | July 16, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=HHS-2020-ACF-OFA-FN-1830 |
| OR/WA Plant Conservation and Restoration Management | L20AS00003 | This project will support the National Seed Strategy by developing native plant materials to improve habitat in native plant communities, rehabilitate post-wildfire landscapes, provide competition against invasive species, foster resilient ecosystems, and contribute to plant conservation efforts. | Bureau of Land Management | January 16, 2020 | July 16, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=L20AS00003 |
| ROSES 2020: Earth Science U.S. Participating Investigator | NNH20ZDA001N-ESUSPI | Please note that this program requests Notices of Intent, which are due via NSPIRES by June 18, 2020. See the full posting on NSPIRES for details. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (SMD) released its annual omnibus Research Announcement (NRA), Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) – 2020 (OMB Approval Number 2700-0092, CFDA Number 43.001) on February 14, 2020. In this case "omnibus" means that this NRA has many individual program elements, each with its own due dates and topics. All together these cover the wide range of basic and applied supporting research and technology in space and Earth sciences supported by SMD. Awards will be made as grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and inter- or intra-agency transfers, depending on the nature of the work proposed, the proposing organization, and/or program requirements. However, most extramural research awards deriving from ROSES will be grants, and many program elements of ROSES specifically exclude contracts, because contracts would not be appropriate for the nature of the work solicited. The typical period of performance for an award is three years, but some programs may allow up to five years and others specify shorter periods. In most cases, organizations of every type, Government and private, for profit and not-for-profit, domestic and foreign (with some caveats), may submit proposals without restriction on teaming arrangements. Tables listing the program elements and due dates, the full text of the ROSES-2020 solicitation, and the "Summary of Solicitation" as a stand-alone document, may all be found NSPIRES at http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020. This synopsis is associated with one of the individual program elements within ROSES, but this is a generic summary that is posted for all ROSES elements. For specific information on this particular program element download and read the PDF of the text of this program element by going to Tables 2 or 3 of this NRA at http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020table2 and http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020table3, respectively, click the title of the program element of interest, a hypertext link will take you to a page for that particular program element. On that page, on the right side under "Announcement Documents" the link on the bottom will be to the PDF of the text of the call for proposals. For example, if one were interested in The Lunar Data Analysis Program (NNH20ZDA001N-LDAP) one would follow the link to the NSPIRES page for that program element and then to read the text of the call one would click on “C.8 Lunar Data Analysis (.PDF)” to download the text of the call. If one wanted to set it into the context of the goals, objectives and know the default rules for all elements within Appendix C, the planetary science division, one might download and read “C.1 Planetary Science Research Program Overview (.PDF)” from that same page. While the letters and numbers are different for each element within ROSES (A.12, B.7, etc.) the basic configuration is always the same, e.g., the letter indicates the Science Division (A is Earth Science, B is Heliophysics etc.) and whatever the letter, #1 is always the overview. Frequently asked questions for ROSES are posted at http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/faqs. Questions concerning general ROSES-2020 policies and procedures may be directed to Max Bernstein, Lead for Research, Science Mission Directorate, at sara@nasa.gov, but technical questions concerning specific program elements should be directed to the point(s) of contact for that particular element, who may be found either at the end of the individual program element in the summary table of key information or on the web list of topics and points of contact at: http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/program-officers-list. Not all program elements are known at the time of the release of ROSES. To be informed of new program elements or amendments to this NRA, proposers may subscribe to: (1) The SMD mailing lists (by logging in at http://nspires.nasaprs.comand checking the appropriate boxes under "Account Management" and "Email Subscriptions"), (2) The ROSES-2020 RSS feed for amendments, clarifications, and corrections to at http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/grant-solicitations/ROSES-2020, and (3) The ROSES-2020 due date Google calendar. Instructions are at https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/library-and-useful-links (link from the words due date calendar). | NASA Headquarters | February 14, 2020 | July 16, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=NNH20ZDA001N-ESUSPI |
| DoD Prostate Cancer, Health Disparity Research Award | W81XWH-20-PCRP-HDRA | The FY20 PCRP Health Disparity Research Award supports promising research ideas that have high potential to make a significant impact in eliminating disparities in prostate cancer incidence, morbidity, mortality, and survivorship. Applications for this award are encouraged to be relevant to one or more of the FY20 PCRP Health Disparity Research Award Focus Areas and musted to the selected focus area(s). If the proposed project does not address one of the FY20 PCRP Health Disparity Research Award Focus Areas, the application must provide a description to justify how the project will nevertheless address a critical disparity-related need in the field of prostate cancer research and/or patient care. Applications are encouraged from a spectrum of disciplines, including but not limited to basic science, engineering, bioinformatics, population science, psycho-oncology, translational research, health care services.Community Engagement: Investigators are highly encouraged to engage members of the targeted population or community in the development and implementation of their research project, where appropriate. A comprehensive, but by no means exhaustive, list of health disparity research resources and community or advocacy organizations is provided at the end of the Health Disparity Research Award Information section. Applications that involve and utilize population- or community-based organizations to support their research project should demonstrate the level of involvement in letters of support for the application.Impact: Research supported by the FY20 PCRP Health Disparity Research Award is expected to have the potential to make a significant impact in addressing prostate cancer health disparities. Research with a high degree of innovation is anticipated to have a higher potential for significant impact. Applications must also include a detailed transition plan that articulates the pathway to moving the project’s findings to the next phase of development after successful completion of the award and continue advancing the research toward making a clinical impact, even if clinical impact is not an immediate outcome.Research Scope: Proposed projects may include basic, translational, or clinical research, including clinical trials. A clinical trial is a research study in which one or more human subjects are prospectively assigned to one or more interventions (which may include placebo or other control) to evaluate the effects of the interventions on biomedical or behavioral health-related outcomes. Only small-scale, early (i.e., up to and including Phase II or equivalent) clinical trials are allowed. Investigators proposing a clinical trial are highly encouraged to consider leveraging the PCRP Prostate Cancer Clinical Trials Consortium (http://pcctc.org/) to facilitate the rapid initiation and completion of the trial. The inclusion of preliminary data are encouraged but not required. Any preliminary, unpublished data provided should be from the Principal Investigator (PI) or a member(s) of the research team.Projects that are investigating the biological basis of health disparity within one or more populations are encouraged to carefully consider the proposed research methods. The application should especially consider the impact of stratifying populations by either (1) genetic and/or genomic classification of the population(s) or (2) self-reported race, and ensure that the application justifies the selected approach. Applications must include a robust statistical plan with complete power analysis to demonstrate that the sample size is appropriate to meet the objectives of the study.To maximize the potential for impact, investigators are strongly encouraged to incorporate the following components into their study design where appropriate: authentication of proposed cell lines, statistical rigor of preclinical animal experiments, incorporation of experiments to assess clinical relevance, and translatability of findings. As such, the PCRP-funded Prostate Cancer Biorepository Network (PCBN) (http://prostatebiorepository.org/) and/or the North Carolina –Louisiana Prostate Cancer Project (PCaP) (https://pcap.bioinf.unc.edu) are important resources to consider if retrospectively collected human anatomical substances or correlated data are critical to the proposed studies. Investigators considering use of these or other resources are highly encouraged to provide a letter of support indicating access to and the availability of the desired resources to support the study. The FY20 PCRP Health Disparity Research Award mechanism also encourages studies utilizing data derived from large patient studies that include long-term health records, biospecimen repositories, and pre-existing research that apply state-of-the-art genomic and/or proteomic analysis, bioinformatics, and/or mathematical models to such data.New Investigator category: This award encourages research ideas from investigators in the early stages of their careers. The New Investigator category is designed to allow applications naming PIs who are early in their faculty appointments or in the process of developing independent research careers to compete for funding separately from Established Investigators. Applications naming PIs using the New Investigator category are required to include a collaborator (or collaborators) appropriate to the application who has experience in prostate cancer health disparity research, as demonstrated by a record of funding and publications. The application must describe the potential of the collaboration(s) to be successful and how the collaboration(s) will augment the PI’s expertise to better address the research question. All applicants for the New Investigator category must meet specific eligibility criteria, as described in Section II.C, Eligibility Information.A Congressionally mandated Metastatic Cancer Task Force was formed with the purpose of identifying ways to help accelerate clinical and translational research aimed at extending the lives of advanced state and recurrent patients. As a member of the Metastatic Cancer Task Force, the CDMRP encourages applicants to review the recommendations (https://health.mil/ Reference-Center/Congressional-Testimonies/2018/05/03/Metastatic-Cancer-Research) and submit research ideas to address these recommendations provided they are within the limitations of this funding opportunity and fit within the FY20 PCRP priorities.The anticipated direct costs budgeted for the entire period of performance for an FY20 PCRP Heath Disparity Research Award will not exceed $600,000 for an award under the New Investigator category or $750,000 for an award under the Established Investigator category. Refer to Section II.D.5, Funding Restrictions, for detailed funding information.Awards will be made no later than September 30, 2021. For additional information refer to Section II.F.1, Federal Award Notices. | Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA | April 7, 2020 | July 16, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81XWH-20-PCRP-HDRA |
| DoD Prostate Cancer, Clinical Trial Award | W81XWH-20-PCRP-CTA | The intent of the FY20 PCRP Clinical Trial Award is to accelerate the development of new interventions to decrease the burden of prostate cancer by supporting the rapid implementation of early-phase clinical trials (e.g., Phase 0, Phase I, pilot Phase II). Therapeutic approaches proposed for testing through the Clinical Trial Award may include novel interventions or the testing of existing interventions for new indications in prostate cancer, but must represent hypothesis-based approaches for the treatment of prostate cancer that will have a major impact on one or more of the FY20 PCRP Overarching Challenges. Interventions may include drugs, devices, biologics, targeted radionuclides, surgical procedures, behavior modifications, or other types of interventions based on investigator discretion. It is anticipated that outcomes from studies funded by this award will provide scientific rationale for subsequent development of larger, efficacy-based clinical trials of interventions that will transform prostate cancer patient care.Funding from this award mechanism must support a clinical trial and may not be used for preclinical research studies. A clinical trial is defined as a research study in which one or more human subjects are prospectively assigned to one or more interventions (which may include placebo or other control) to evaluate the effects of the interventions on biomedical or behavioral health-related outcomes. For more information, a Human Subject Resource Document is provided at https://ebrap.org/eBRAP/public/Program.htm. Examples of acceptable studiesinclude, but are not limited to, the following:• Studies designed to identify an appropriate population or subpopulation for future clinical trials• Identification of the dosage, duration, and/or delivery strategy of an intervention• Evaluation of the feasibility of the intervention in prostate cancer• Evaluation of efficacy and safety of the interventionFood and Drug Administration (FDA) for the proposed investigational use, then an Investigational New Drug (IND) application to the FDA that meets all requirements under the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21, Part 312 (21 CFR 312) may be required. It is the responsibility of the applicant to provide evidence from the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of record or the FDA if an IND is not required. If an IND is required, the IND application must be approved by the FDA by the FY20 PCRP Clinical Trial Award application submission deadline. The IND should be specific for the product (i.e., the product should not represent a derivative or alternate version of the investigational agent described in the IND application) and indication to be tested in the proposed clinical trial. For more information on IND applications, the FDA has provided guidance at https://www.fda.gov/drugs/developmentapprovalprocess/ howdrugsaredevelopedandapproved/approvalapplications/investigationalnewdrugindapplication/ default.htm.If the investigational product is a device, then an Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) application to the FDA that meets all requirements under 21 CFR 812 may be required. It is the responsibility of the applicant to provide evidence from the IRB of record or the FDA if an IDE is not required or if the device qualifies for an abbreviated IDE. If an IDE is required, the IDE application must be approved by the FDA by the FY20 PCRP Clinical Trial Award application submission deadline. The IDE should be specific for the device (i.e., should not represent a derivative or modified version of the device described in the IDE application) and indication tobe tested in the proposed clinical trial.Refer to Attachment 10, Regulatory Strategy, for additional details on documentation of FDA applications. The Government reserves the right to withdraw funding if an IND or IDE is necessary but has not been approved prior to the application submission deadline.Recruitment Milestones: The application must indicate the quarterly enrollment targets across all sites in Attachment 5: Statement of Work (SOW). Successful applicants will work with USAMRAA to establish milestones for human subject recruitment. Continued support for the project will be based upon satisfactory progress in meeting the established milestones.The following are important aspects of the FY20 PCRP Clinical Trial Award:• The proposed clinical trial is expected to begin no later than 12 months after the award date.• The proposed intervention(s) to be tested should offer significant potential impact on the lives and health of individuals with prostate cancer within the context of the FY20 PCRP Overarching Challenges and should improve patients’ outcomes (longevity, quality of life, etc.) relative to existing treatments and/or standard of care.• Inclusion of preliminary data relevant to the proposed clinical trial is required.• The proposed clinical trial must be based on sound scientific rationale that is establishedthrough logical reasoning and critical review and analysis of the relevant literature.• The application should describe the planned indication for the product label, if appropriate, and include an outline of the product development plan required to support that indication.• The application should demonstrate availability of and access to a suitable patient population that will support a meaningful outcome for the study. The application should include a discussion of how accrual goals will be achieved and how standards of care may impact the study population.• The application should demonstrate documented availability of and access to the drug/ compound, device, and/or other materials needed, as appropriate, for the proposed duration of the study. The quality and stability of the product should be documented and commensurate with current FDA manufacturing standards applicable to the type and phase of product being developed (i.e., Quality System Regulation, Good Manufacturing Practice [GMP] guidelines). Funds from this award may not be used to support costs associated with producing or acquiring the specified intervention (i.e. purchasing from the manufacturer).• The application should reflect the study team’s experience interacting with the FDA, including previous FDA submissions, if applicable.• The proposed clinical trial design should include clearly Good Clinical Practice (GCP)- defined objectives and appropriate endpoints/outcome measures and comply with current guidelines.• The application should include a clearly articulated statistical analysis plan and appropriate statistical expertise on the research team, as well as a power analysis reflecting sample size projections that will answer the objectives of the study.• The application should include a clearly articulated data management plan and use of an appropriate database to safeguard and maintain the integrity of the data. If FDA-regulated, the trial must use a 21 CFR 11-compliant database and appropriate data standards. For more on data standards, see https://www.fda.gov/downloads/Drugs/DevelopmentApprovalProcess/ FormsSubmissionRequirements/ElectronicSubmissions/UCM511237.pdf.• The application should include a clearly articulated safety management plan outlining how safety pharmacovigilance will be conducted, as applicable.• The application should include a clearly articulated clinical monitoring plan outlining how the study will be monitored for GCP compliance.• The application should include a study coordinator(s) who will guide the clinical protocol through the local IRB of record and other Federal agency regulatory approval processes, coordinate activities from all sites participating in the trial, and coordinate participant accrual.• The application should include a Transition Plan (including potential funding and resources) showing how the product will progress to the next clinical trial phase and/or delivery to the market after the successful completion of the FY20 PCRP Clinical Trial Award.• The application should clearly demonstrate strong institutional support and, if applicable, a commitment to serve as the FDA regulatory sponsor, ensuring all sponsor responsibilities described in 21 CFR 312, Subpart D, are fulfilled.• Funded trials are required to post a copy of the informed consent form used to enroll subjects on a publicly available Federal website in accordance with Federal requirements described in 32 CFR 219.• Funded studies are required to register the study in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) clinical trials registry (www.clinicaltrials.gov) prior to initiation of the study. Refer to the General Application Instructions, Appendix 1, Section D, for further details.A Congressionally mandated Metastatic Cancer Task Force was formed with the purpose of identifying ways to help accelerate clinical and translational research aimed at extending the lives of advanced state and recurrent patients. As a member of the Metastatic Cancer Task Force, the CDMRP encourages applicants to review the recommendations (https://health.mil/Reference-Center/Congressional-Testimonies/2018/05/03/Metastatic-Cancer- Research) and submit research ideas to address these recommendations provided they are within the limitations of this funding opportunity and fit within the FY20 PCRP priorities.The types of awards made under the Program Announcement will be assistance agreements. An assistance agreement is appropriate when the Federal Government transfers a “thing of value” to a “state, local government,” or “other recipient” to carry out a public purpose of support or stimulation authorized by a law of the United States instead of acquiring property or service for the direct benefit and use of the U.S. Government. An assistance agreement can take the form of a grant or cooperative agreement. The level of involvement on the part of the Department of Defense (DoD) during project performance is the key factor in determining whether to award a grant or cooperative agreement. If “no substantial involvement” on the part of the funding agency is anticipated, a grant award will be made (31 USC 6304). Conversely, if substantial involvement on the part of the funding agency is anticipated, a cooperative agreement will be made (31 USC 6305), and the award will identify the specific substantial involvement.Substantial involvement may include, but is not limited to, collaboration, participation, or intervention in the research to be performed under the award. The award type, along with the start date, will be determined during the negotiation process.The anticipated direct costs budgeted for the entire period of performance for an FY20 PCRP Clinical Trial Award will not exceed $2.0M. Refer to Section II.D.5, Funding Restrictions, for detailed funding information.Awards will be made no later than September 30, 2021. For additional information refer to Section II.F.1, Federal Award Notices. | Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA | April 7, 2020 | July 16, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81XWH-20-PCRP-CTA |
| DoD Prostate Cancer, Translational Science Award | W81XWH-20-PCRP-TSA | The FY20 PCRP Translational Science Award (TSA) mechanism supports advanced translational research that will foster transformation of promising ideas in prostate cancer into clinical applications, ultimately providing a solution to one or more of the FY20 PCRP Overarching Challenges. Translational research may be defined as an integration of basic science and clinical observations. Observations that drive a research idea may originate from a laboratory discovery, population-based studies, or a clinician’s firsthand knowledge of patient care. Principal Investigators (PIs) should not view translational research as a one-way continuum from bench to bedside, but can include a reciprocal flow of ideas and information between basic science and clinical science. This mechanism is intended to fund a broad range of translational studies including, but not limited to, the following:• Advanced preclinical studies aimed at translating results from animal studies to applications with human samples/cohorts. The TSA is not intended to support initial mechanistic studies of a new target.• Late-stage preclinical work leading to/preparing for a clinical trial, e.g., an Investigational New Drug (IND) application submission• Correlative studies that are associated with an open/ongoing or completed clinical trial• Projects that develop endpoints for clinical trialsPreliminary data to support the feasibility of the research hypotheses and research approaches are required. The inclusion of additional preliminary data to support the clinical relevance of the idea is strongly encouraged.As the ultimate goal of translational research is to move a concept or observation forward into clinical application, applications must include a detailed transition plan that articulates thepathway to moving the project’s findings to the next phase of development after successfulcompletion of the award and how the PI will continue advancing the research toward making aclinical impact, even if clinical impact is not an immediate outcome.Research involving human subjects is permitted under this funding opportunity; however clinical trials are not allowed. Correlative studies associated with an existing clinical trial are particularly encouraged, provided they are determined to be no greater than minimal risk by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of record and the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command (USAMRDC), Office of Research Protections (ORP), Human Research Protection Office (HRPO).Investigators seeking funding for a clinical trial are encouraged to consider submitting an application to the FY20 PCRP Clinical Trial Award (Funding Opportunity Number: W81XWH- 20-PCRP-CTA).Partnering PI Option: The FY20 PCRP TSA encourages applications that include meaningful and productive collaborations between investigators. The PIs may have expertise in similar or disparate scientific disciplines, but each PI is expected to bring distinct contributions to the application; collaborations between basic science and clinical researchers are highly encouraged. The Partnering PI Option is structured to accommodate two PIs. One PI will be identified as the Initiating PI and will be responsible for the majority of the administrative tasks associated with application submission. The other PI will be identified as a Partnering PI. Both PIs should contribute significantly to the development of the proposed research project, including the Project Narrative, Statement of Work (SOW), and other required components. If recommended for funding, each PI will be named to an individual award within the recipient organization. For individual submission requirements for the Initiating and Partnering PI, refer to Section II.D.2, Content and Form of the Application Submission.Investigators whose studies require the use of retrospectively collected human anatomical substances or correlated data are strongly encouraged to consider utilizing the PCRP-funded Prostate Cancer Biorepository Network (PCBN) (http://prostatebiorepository.org/) and/or the North Carolina – Louisiana Prostate Cancer Project (PCaP) (https://pcap.bioinf.unc.edu).Investigators considering use of these or other resources are highly encouraged to provide a letter of support indicating access to and the availability of the desired resources to support the study.A Congressionally mandated Metastatic Cancer Task Force was formed with the purpose of identifying ways to help accelerate clinical and translational research aimed at extending the lives of advanced state and recurrent patients. As a member of the Metastatic Cancer Task Force, the CDMRP encourages applicants to review the recommendations (https://health.mil/ Reference-Center/Congressional-Testimonies/2018/05/03/Metastatic-Cancer-Research) and submit research ideas to address these recommendations provided they are within the limitations of this funding opportunity and fit within the FY20 PCRP priorities.The types of awards made under the Program Announcement will be assistance agreements. An assistance agreement is appropriate when the Federal Government transfers a “thing of value” to a “state, local government,” or “other recipient” to carry out a public purpose of support or stimulation authorized by a law of the United States instead of acquiring property or service for the direct benefit and use of the U.S. Government. An assistance agreement can take the form ofa grant or cooperative agreement. The level of involvement on the part of the Department of Defense (DoD) during project performance is the key factor in determining whether to award a grant or cooperative agreement. If “no substantial involvement” on the part of the funding agency is anticipated, a grant award will be made (31 USC 6304). Conversely, if substantial involvement on the part of the funding agency is anticipated, a cooperative agreement will be made (31 USC 6305), and the award will identify the specific substantial involvement.Substantial involvement may include, but is not limited to, collaboration, participation, or intervention in the research to be performed under the award. The award type, along with the start date, will be determined during the negotiation process.The anticipated direct costs budgeted for the entire period of performance for an FY20 PCRP Translational Science Award will not exceed $1M. Refer to Section II.D.5, Funding Restrictions, for detailed funding information.Awards will be made no later than September 30, 2021. For additional information refer toSection II.F.1, Federal Award Notices. | Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA | April 7, 2020 | July 16, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81XWH-20-PCRP-TSA |
| DoD Prostate Cancer, Population Science and Outcomes Research Award | W81XWH-20-PCRP-PSORA | The FY20 PCRP Population Science and Outcomes Research Award mechanism supports population-focused studies that will, if successful, identify and understand predictors of lethal prostate cancer or improved survivorship within the context of the FY20 PCRP Overarching Challenges. As such, applications are required to address and provide a solution to one or more of the FY20 PCRP Overarching Challenges. The potential impact of the research, both short- term and long-term, in addressing the FY20 PCRP Overarching Challenge(s) should be clearly described.The overall goal of this award is to generate data and/or tools that can only be achieved from the perspective of systematic studies focused on specific populations of individuals. Research ideas may include, but are not limited to, biomarkers for lethal disease, genetics/genomics, predictors of response or resistance to therapy, survivorship, and health disparity. Such studies will be built upon the logic, concepts, and methods of one or more population sciences including but not limited to:• Epidemiology• Surveillance• Health services research• Outcomes research• Behavioral science• Social science• Dissemination researchApplications may propose retrospective or prospective studies, and may integrate case control, cohort, or other population science study designs (including the use of biospecimens and data from established databases and ongoing clinical trials), provided the proposed sample is of sufficient size to generate findings with ample statistical power. The study should address a well-developed hypothesis that is conceptually sound and specific for prostate cancer. The inclusion of preliminary data to support the study rationale and/or feasibility is strongly encouraged, but not required.The application should include a clearly articulated description of the study population, and a strong statistical analysis plan including statistical expertise and a power analysis reflecting sample size projections that will clearly answer the objectives of the study. Applicants are expected to provide documentation demonstrating access to, and ability to recruit as applicable, the appropriate population(s), patient samples, and/or datasets in numbers sufficient to achieve statistical significance. Studies leveraging retrospective data and/or ongoing clinical trials are encouraged to provide letters of support indicating access to, and availability of, the desired resources to support the study.Investigators whose studies require the use of retrospectively collected human anatomical substances or correlated data are strongly encouraged to consider utilizing the PCRP-funded Prostate Cancer Biorepository Network (PCBN) (http://www.prostatebiorepository.org) and/or the North Carolina – Louisiana Prostate Cancer Project (PCaP) (https://pcap.bioinf.unc.edu).Investigators considering use of these or other resources are highly encouraged to provide a letter of support indicating access to, and availability of, the desired resources to support the study.Research involving human subjects is permitted under this funding opportunity but is restricted to studies without clinical trials. Principal Investigators (PIs) may participate in clinical trials as part of their research project, but funding for such clinical trials must come from sources other than this award. Correlative studies associated with an existing clinical trial are particularly encouraged, provided they are determined to be no greater than minimal risk by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of record and the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command (USAMRDC) Office of Research Protections (ORP), Human Research Protection Office (HRPO).Clinical trials are not allowed.A clinical trial is defined as a research study in which one or more human subjects are prospectively assigned to one or more interventions (which may include placebo or other control) to evaluate the effects of the interventions on biomedical or behavioral health-related outcomes.Investigators seeking funding for a clinical trial are encouraged to consider submitting an application to the FY20 PCRP Clinical Trial Award (Funding Opportunity Number: W81XWH- 20-PCRP-CTA).A Congressionally mandated Metastatic Cancer Task Force was formed with the purpose of identifying ways to help accelerate clinical and translational research aimed at extending thelives of advanced state and recurrent patients. As a member of the Metastatic Cancer TaskForce, the CDMRP encourages applicants to review the recommendations(https://health.mil/Reference-Center/Congressional-Testimonies/2018/05/03/Metastatic-Cancer- Research) and submit research ideas to address these recommendations provided they are within the limitations of this funding opportunity and fit within the FY20 PCRP priorities.The anticipated direct costs budgeted for the entire period of performance for an FY20 PCRP Population Science and Outcomes Research Award will not exceed $1M. Refer to Section II.D.5, Funding Restrictions, for detailed funding information.Awards will be made no later than September 30, 2021. For additional information refer to Section II.F.1, Federal Award Notices. | Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA | April 7, 2020 | July 16, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81XWH-20-PCRP-PSORA |
| National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program: Program-Level Independent Evaluation Opportunity | NNH20ZHA006C | The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Office of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Engagement (OSTEM) solicits new competitive proposals from the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program (Space Grant) consortia. The Space Grant Program is dedicated to building, sustaining, and deploying a skilled, high-performing and diverse STEM workforce that meets the current and emerging needs of NASA and the nation. The goal of this solicitation is to invite Space Grant consortia members, specifically all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, to submit proposals to conduct an independent program-level impact evaluation of multiple state consortiums in the Space Grant Program. NASA’s OSTEM seeks innovative proposals to conduct an independent program-level, two-year impact evaluation pilot. This pilot evaluation will be representative of the Space Grant Program offerings across multiple states that can be scaled to assess the entire Space Grant Program (based upon the findings and recommendations of the pilot studies). It is essential to NASA’s OSTEM that this evaluation be performed on a truly independent basis in order to ensure that the input the Space Grant Program receives under this funding opportunity is objective and unbiased. The purpose of this independent program-level impact evaluation is to 1) determine how and to what extent the Space Grant Program is designed and executed in alignment with federal law and NASA's STEM engagement goals and priorities; and 2) assess the impact and degree to which the Space Grant Program is achieving its intended outputs and outcomes on a national level. These efforts will provide Space Grant Program Management with robust evidence that can be used to drive future scaled evaluation strategy, program policy, data collection plans, and appropriated competitive awards. Every institution that intends to submit a proposal to this CAN including the proposed prime award or any partner whether an education institution, and other organizations that will serve as sub-awardees or contractors, must be registered in NSPIRES. Electronic submission of proposals is required by the due date and must be submitted by an authorized official of the proposing organization. Such registration must identify the authorized organizational representative(s) who will submit the electronic proposal. All principal investigators and other participants (e.g. co-investigators) must be registered in NSPIRES regardless of submission system. Potential proposers and proposing organizations are urged to access the system(s) well in advance of the proposal due date(s) of interest to familiarize themselves with its structure and enter the requested information. Electronic proposals may be submitted via the NASA proposal data system NSPIRES. Additional programmatic information for this CAN may develop before the proposal due date. If so, such information will be added as a Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) or formal amendment to this CAN and posted on http://nspires.nasaprs.com. It is the proposer’s responsibility to regularly check NSPIRES for updates to this CAN. | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | April 30, 2020 | July 16, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=NNH20ZHA006C |
| Humanities Initiatives | 20200716-AA-AB-AC-AD-AE | The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Education Programs is accepting applications for the five Humanities Initiatives programs: Humanities Initiatives at Colleges and Universities, Humanities Initiatives at Hispanic-Serving Institutions, Humanities Initiatives at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Humanities Initiatives at Tribal Colleges and Universities, and Humanities Initiatives at Community Colleges. The purpose of these programs is to strengthen the teaching and study of the humanities at institutions of higher education by developing new humanities programs, resources including those in digital format, or courses, or by enhancing existing ones. | National Endowment for the Humanities | June 1, 2020 | July 16, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=20200716-AA-AB-AC-AD-AE |
| Exploiting Omics Assays to Investigate Molecular Regulation of Persistent HIV in Individuals with Substance Use Disorder (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Optional) | RFA-DA-19-003 | This initiative will support projects that exploit Omics assays to address outstanding questions regarding molecular regulation of persistent HIV (e.g. latency or reservoirs) in the context of chronic substance use or substance use disorder (SUD). | National Institutes of Health | February 15, 2018 | July 17, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-DA-19-003 |
| OR/WA Master Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands | L20AS00024 | The Oregon-Washington (OR-WA) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) offices have collaborated with Qualified Youth and Conservation Corps, as authorized by the Public Lands Corps Act (PLC), to accomplish conservation projects for numerous years. This program's projects provide employment for participants and opportunities to learn about and gain work experience in public lands and natural resources management while promoting long-term interest in public lands stewardship and the BLM. The BLM Youth Program assists the BLM with diversifying the workforce while exposing participants to the complex cultural and natural resource issues faced by National Conservation Lands managers. | Bureau of Land Management | December 31, 2019 | July 17, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=L20AS00024 |
| ROSES 2020: Maturation of Instruments for Solar System Exploration | NNH20ZDA001N-MATISSE | The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (SMD) released its annual omnibus Research Announcement (NRA), Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) – 2020 (OMB Approval Number 2700-0092, CFDA Number 43.001) on February 14, 2020. In this case "omnibus" means that this NRA has many individual program elements, each with its own due dates and topics. All together these cover the wide range of basic and applied supporting research and technology in space and Earth sciences supported by SMD. Awards will be made as grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and inter- or intra-agency transfers, depending on the nature of the work proposed, the proposing organization, and/or program requirements. However, most extramural research awards deriving from ROSES will be grants, and many program elements of ROSES specifically exclude contracts, because contracts would not be appropriate for the nature of the work solicited. The typical period of performance for an award is three years, but some programs may allow up to five years and others specify shorter periods. In most cases, organizations of every type, Government and private, for profit and not-for-profit, domestic and foreign (with some caveats), may submit proposals without restriction on teaming arrangements. Tables listing the program elements and due dates, the full text of the ROSES-2020 solicitation, and the "Summary of Solicitation" as a stand-alone document, may all be found NSPIRES at http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020. This synopsis is associated with one of the individual program elements within ROSES, but this is a generic summary that is posted for all ROSES elements. For specific information on this particular program element download and read the PDF of the text of this program element by going to Tables 2 or 3 of this NRA at http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020table2 and http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020table3, respectively, click the title of the program element of interest, a hypertext link will take you to a page for that particular program element. On that page, on the right side under "Announcement Documents" the link on the bottom will be to the PDF of the text of the call for proposals. For example, if one were interested in The Lunar Data Analysis Program (NNH20ZDA001N-LDAP) one would follow the link to the NSPIRES page for that program element and then to read the text of the call one would click on “C.8 Lunar Data Analysis (.PDF)” to download the text of the call. If one wanted to set it into the context of the goals, objectives and know the default rules for all elements within Appendix C, the planetary science division, one might download and read “C.1 Planetary Science Research Program Overview (.PDF)” from that same page. While the letters and numbers are different for each element within ROSES (A.12, B.7, etc.) the basic configuration is always the same, e.g., the letter indicates the Science Division (A is Earth Science, B is Heliophysics etc.) and whatever the letter, #1 is always the overview. Frequently asked questions for ROSES are posted at http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/faqs. Questions concerning general ROSES-2020 policies and procedures may be directed to Max Bernstein, Lead for Research, Science Mission Directorate, at sara@nasa.gov, but technical questions concerning specific program elements should be directed to the point(s) of contact for that particular element, who may be found either at the end of the individual program element in the summary table of key information or on the web list of topics and points of contact at: http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/program-officers-list. Not all program elements are known at the time of the release of ROSES. To be informed of new program elements or amendments to this NRA, proposers may subscribe to: (1) The SMD mailing lists (by logging in at http://nspires.nasaprs.comand checking the appropriate boxes under "Account Management" and "Email Subscriptions"), (2) The ROSES-2020 RSS feed for amendments, clarifications, and corrections to at http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/grant-solicitations/ROSES-2020, and (3) The ROSES-2020 due date Google calendar. Instructions are at https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/library-and-useful-links (link from the words due date calendar). | NASA Headquarters | February 14, 2020 | July 17, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=NNH20ZDA001N-MATISSE |
| U.S. Embassy Haiti PD Annual Program Statement | DOS-PD-PAP-GG-20 | Purpose of Small Grants: PAS Haiti invites proposals for programs that support academic mobility between our two countries; the development of civil society; the empowerment of youth in realizing their potential through education, innovation and entrepreneurship; the democratic ideals of freedom of expression and of the press, and intellectual freedom; teaching of the English language; empowerment and security of women and girls; and strengthening cultural ties between the U.S. and Haiti. All programs must include an American cultural element, or connection with American expert/s, organization/s, or institution/s in a specific field that will promote increased understanding of U.S. policy and perspectives.Examples of PAS Small Grants Program programs include, but are not limited to: Academic and professional lectures, seminars and speaker programs;Artistic and cultural workshops, joint performances and exhibitions;Cultural heritage conservation and preservation programs;Professional and academic exchanges and programs;Priority Program Areas:Promoting political awareness and participation among the public and/or among youthPromoting civic education and youth participation in civics, democratic processes, volunteerism, and community serviceCombatting corruptionPromoting rule of law / effective administration in justiceFostering: press freedom, independent media, professionalism in the mediaEmpowerment of women and youthPromoting entrepreneurship and business developmentHuman rights and combatting trafficking in personsTelling America’s story in HaitiCelebrating the Haitian and American cross cultural encounter in the arts | U.S. Mission to Haiti | February 28, 2020 | July 17, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=DOS-PD-PAP-GG-20 |
| Limited Competition: National Biocontainment Laboratories (NBLs) Operations Support (UC7 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | RFA-AI-20-026 | The goal of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to continue to provide operations support for Biosafety Level 4 (BSL4) facilities to the National Biocontainment Laboratories at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston, Texas and Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts. Operations support is provided in the following areas: facility maintenance and operations; biosecurity; environmental health and safety regulations and requirements; regulatory compliance; and specialized research support services. The NBLs will serve as a national resource for efforts in conducting pre-clinical and laboratory (in vitro and in vivo) research and testing on hazardous biological agents in support of NIAIDs biodefense and emerging infectious diseases research efforts. Additionally, in times of a national biodefense or emerging infectious disease (EID) emergency, the NBLs may be expected to rapidly realign their activities to assist response efforts within the US under the direction of NIAID. | National Institutes of Health | April 6, 2020 | July 17, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-AI-20-026 |
| Grants for Transportation of Veterans in Highly Rural Areas | VA-HRTG-NEW-2020 | This Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) is for potential grantees under the Grants for Transportation of Veterans in Highly Rural Areas for fiscal year 2021. Approximately $200,000 is authorized to be appropriated for next fiscal year.***This only applies to new grantees***If you are a current HRTG Grantee do not apply. | VHA Member Services | May 15, 2020 | July 17, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=VA-HRTG-NEW-2020 |
| FY 2021 International Visitor Leadership Program | SFOP0006959 | The Office of International Visitors, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA/PE/V), United States Department of State (DOS), announces an open competition for up to eight cooperative agreements to support the administrative costs of the FY 2021 International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP). Launched in 1940, the IVLP is a professional exchange program that seeks to build mutual understanding between the United States and other nations through carefully designed short-term visits to the U.S. for current and emerging leaders. These visits support U.S. foreign policy goals and reflect the participants’ professional interests. Please see full announcement for additional details. | Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs | May 19, 2020 | July 17, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=SFOP0006959 |
| Outreach Funding for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 – WEST VIRGINIA | USDA-NRCS-WV-MULTI-20-NOFO0001016 | The Natural Resources Conservation Service -West Virginia, an agency under the United States Department of Agriculture, is announcing potential availability of funding for agreements for the purpose of leveraging NRCS resources to promote public awareness of Farm Bill activities throughout West Virginia. Proposals must be for projects based in West Virginia and focus on Farm Bill conservation. Research proposals or proposals that do not meet the needs will not be accepted, nor considered as part of this announcement. Proposals will be accepted from eligible entities, including individuals, city or township governments, county governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS (other than institutions of higher education), nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c)(3) status with the IRS (other than institutions of higher education), private institutions of higher education, Public and State-controlled institutions of higher education, and State governments for competitive consideration of awards for projects between 1 and five years in duration. The funding available for this announcement shall not exceed a total of $200,000. This notice identifies the objectives, eligibility criteria, and application instructions. Proposals will be screened for completeness and compliance with the provisions of this notice. Incomplete and/or noncompliant proposals will be eliminated from competition, and notification of elimination will be sent to the applicant. The West Virginia State Conservationist reserves the right not to fund any or all applications. Applicant may submit their proposals via Grants.gov or via e-mail to the following address: NRCS.WVMandS@usda.gov . All applications must be received by NRCS by 11:59 pm, EST, July 17, 2020. Please enter FY20 Outreach and Recipient organization name in the subject line of the email. Attachments should be sent separately with their respective file names. The application package must include all requirements of this notice. Proposals must be received between May 18, 2020, and 11:59 p m EST on July 17, 2020. Late submissions will not be reviewed or considered. The agency will rely on system generated date and time receipt documentation for submission made both via Grants.gov and email to determine whether applications meet the submission deadline. Grants.gov provides an automatic acknowledgement when applications are received. Applicant will receive an email receipt within 48 hours of submitting their emailed applications. An applicant who does not receive a receipt of confirmation within 2 business days of the submission deadline, but believes the proposal was submitted in within submission deadline, must contact the West Virginia State Office within 3 business days of the submission deadline. Failure to do so may result in the proposal not being considered. NRCS is not responsible for any technical malfunctions or website problems related to Grants.gov or emailed submissions. Applicants must submit their applications via Grants.gov or via email by 11:59 pm Eastern Time. For technical issues with Grants.gov, please contact Grants.gov Applicant Support at 1-800-518-4726 or support@grants.gov. Awarding agency staff cannot support applicants regarding Grants.gov accounts. | Natural Resources Conservation Service | May 18, 2020 | July 17, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=USDA-NRCS-WV-MULTI-20-NOFO0001016 |
| CARSI San Jose Travel & Logistics | SINLEC20CA0038-COSTARICA-TRAVELLOGISTICS | The Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) announces an open competition for assistance awards in Costa Rica. Organizations may submit grant proposals for a program to facilitate the implementation of law enforcement and rule of law assistance programs. The activities under this award shall primarily take place within Costa Rica, but may include activities in other areas of the Western Hemisphere.The applicant shall be responsible for working with the INL office in Costa Rica in planning and scheduling all events, including, but not limited to: travel and logistic services for trainings, meetings, conferences, site visits and workshops in support of INL programs carried out by the Narcotics Affairs Office (NAO) in Costa Rica.INL expects to award one (1) cooperative agreement based on this NOFO. The anticipated federal funding amount is $2,500,000.00. The period of performance is eighteen months (1.5 years) with an anticipated start date of October 2020. INL may award up to 3.5 additional years pending INL priorities, good performance of the recipient, and funding availability. | Bureau of International Narcotics-Law Enforcement | May 18, 2020 | July 17, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=SINLEC20CA0038-COSTARICA-TRAVELLOGISTICS |
| Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership Program-POL/ECON, U.S. Embassy Yaoundé | AFYDE-TSCTP-GR-POLECON-2020 | The goal of this program is to increase trust of the public in local governance, particularly law enforcement and the criminal justice system in Cameroon’s Far North Region.Applications funded under this announcement should address the following objectives:Objective 1: Improve the understanding of citizens who are vulnerable to radicalization in the Far North Region of the mission and priorities of law enforcement, including the importance of providing information and participating in the criminal justice system. Objective 2: Open lines of communication between local communities and officers of the police and gendarmerie so that they communicate with citizens in a more professional manner and better understand their concerns.Objective 3: Increase understanding between the justice system and the population and improve access and participation for the public, particularly in terrorism cases. | U.S. Mission to Cameroon | May 18, 2020 | July 17, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=AFYDE-TSCTP-GR-POLECON-2020 |
| Mekong Policy Dialogue Series | SFOP0006967 | This funding opportunity will host a series of five (5) track 1.5 dialogues for a minimum of forty (40) participants at each dialogue to include government, non-governmental organizations, civil society, academia, business, and other relevant policy practitioners, YSEALI alumni, and Friends of the Lower Mekong, and other relevant stakeholders committed to supporting sustainable prosperity and autonomy among Mekong states. The track 1.5 dialogue series will support opportunities for U.S. allies and partners to promote a shared vision of the Mekong and provide space to discuss and promote the work of USG-led Mekong initiatives. Dialogue themes may include but are not limited to: water governance, regional energy integration and transmission, Mekong connectivity, economic and infrastructure development, non-traditional security such as transnational crime, and other salient policy topics as determined between the Department of State and the awardee. Each dialogue should be constructed in such a way to be policy relevant, interactive, and accessible to general audiences, rather than merely providing a platform for technical presentations and/or academic discussions. Led by regional experts, the interactive dialogues will encourage data sharing, dissemination of best practices, bolster institutional partnerships, and seek innovative policy solutions to key transboundary priorities and challenges. Questions and Answers document will be uploaded to Grants.gov no later than June 16, 2020. | Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs | May 19, 2020 | July 17, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=SFOP0006967 |
| Western Hemisphere Rule of Law Index and Analysis Program | SFOP0006982 | Strengthening the rule of law is a key foreign policy objective and integral to the United States government’s overall effort to ensure peace and stability in the Western Hemisphere. U.S. government programs in rule of law, implemented through the State Department’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), are focused on building the capacity of justice institutions, enhancing legal education, increasing opportunities for minorities and women, improving access to justice and creating a demand for justice. In support of these efforts, INL is seeking applications for seven (7) grant projects to comprehensively assess rule of law and criminal justice systems in Western Hemisphere. | Bureau of International Narcotics-Law Enforcement | May 21, 2020 | July 17, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=SFOP0006982 |
| Capacity Building to Counter Criminal Threats in Venezuela | SFOP0006992 | This cooperative agreement will support INL in advancing our transnational organized crime, law enforcement, counternarcotics, and rule of law priorities to provide planning and capacity building to interim, transitional, or new Government of Venezuela officials and regional partners against criminal threats emanating from Venezuela. Additionally, applicants should have a technical background in law enforcement, transnational organized crime, counternarcotics, and/or rule of law so that if/when INL/WHP identifies an emerging assistance need, the implementer has the ability to develop a detailed technical plan (to include timeline, work plan, budget, and M&E plan) for delivery within two weeks of approval pending funds availability. | Bureau of International Narcotics-Law Enforcement | May 21, 2020 | July 17, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=SFOP0006992 |
| Real-Time Transit Infrastructure and Rolling Stock Condition Assessment Demonstration Program | FTA-2020-013-TRI-TIR | Notice of Funding Opportunity for Real-Time Transit Infrastructure and Rolling Stock Condition Assessment Demonstration Program. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announces the availability of $1.25 Million Public Transportation Innovation funds to projects that demonstrate innovative, effective approaches, practices, partnerships, and technologies that enhance public transportation effectiveness, increase efficiency, expand quality, promote safety, and improve the traveler’s experience. FTA is seeking applications for demonstration projects that deploy cutting edge technologies to provide real-time assessment of transit infrastructure and rolling stock conditions. The major goals of this program are to enhance asset management of infrastructure and safety through innovative technologies and allow a more effective way for transit agencies to assess, detect, monitor and track deficiencies and defects related to transit infrastructure. | DOT/Federal Transit Administration | May 26, 2020 | July 17, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=FTA-2020-013-TRI-TIR |
| Land and Water Conservation Fund State Assistance - Cycle 3 | P20AS00079 | Grants to States and through States to local governments for projects to acquire and/or develop land for public outdoor recreation. | National Park Service | June 1, 2020 | July 17, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=P20AS00079 |
| OR/WA State-wide Wildlife Resource Management Program | L20AS00006 | OR/WA Wildlife Resource Management Program Master Funding Opportunity | Bureau of Land Management | November 19, 2019 | July 18, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=L20AS00006 |
| OR/WA Forest and Woodlands Resource Management | L20AS00004 | Funded projects under this program will focus on high priority work such as activities that promote forest and woodland health, sustainable forest management, fire resiliency, infrastructure development for future sustainable timber harvest, biomass utilization, habitat conservation needs, and insect, disease and fire recovery. These activities could include, but are not limited to: planting trees, pre-commercial and commercial thinning, salvage/sanitation forest treatments, control of competing vegetation, fuels reduction, riparian or upland restoration, project development and layout, planning analysis and document preparation needed in concert with or to carry out Land Use Planning Decisions, Endangered Species Act or cultural clearances, data collection, and monitoring. | Bureau of Land Management | November 20, 2019 | July 19, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=L20AS00004 |
| OR/WA 2020 Threatened and Endangered Species Recovery Projects | L20AS00007 | BLM Oregon/Washington (OR/WA) has an opportunity to work with partner organizations to assist with the conservation of various species, to include federally-listed, candidate and Bureau sensitive species. Conservation includes, but is not limited to, gaining knowledge about species and their habitats, providing for protection or management of species and their habitats, augmenting species, restoring, and enhancing rare species habitat. This program is in support of creating a conservation stewardship legacy second to only Teddy Roosevelt by providing an opportunity to strengthen state and local partnerships, implement priority species and habitat monitoring, support restoration activities that enhance habitat connectivity and resiliency, and enhances opportunities for volunteer service and youth engagement on public lands. | Bureau of Land Management | November 20, 2019 | July 19, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=L20AS00007 |
| Biological Anthropology Program - Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants | 18-504 | The Biological Anthropology Program supports multifaceted research to advance scientific knowledge of human biology and ecology, including understanding of our evolutionary history and mechanisms that have shaped human and nonhuman primate biological diversity. Supported research focuses on living and fossil forms of both human and nonhuman primates, addressing time scales ranging from the short-term to evolutionary, encompassing multiple levels of analysis (e.g., molecular, organismal, population, ecosystem), conducted in field, laboratory, captive, and computationalresearch environments, and often incorporating interactions between human biology and culture. Areas of inquiry that promote understanding of the evolution, biology, and adaptability of our diverse species include, but are not limited to:genetic/epigenetic/genomic variation and relationship to phenotype;ecology and socioecology; functional anatomy and skeletal biology; andpaleoanthropology and primate paleontology. Multidisciplinary research that integrates biological anthropology with related anthropological fields, such as archaeology, cultural anthropology, and forensic anthropology, also may receive support through the Program. The Program contributes to the integration of education and basic research through support of dissertation projects conducted by doctoral students enrolled in U.S. universities. This solicitation specifically addresses the preparation and evaluation of proposals for such Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement (DDRI) Grants. Dissertation research projects in all of the subareas of biological anthropology are eligible for support through these grants. These awards are intended to enhance and improve the conduct of dissertation research by doctoral students who are pursuing research in biological anthropology that enhances basic scientific knowledge. | National Science Foundation | October 27, 2017 | July 20, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=18-504 |
| Biological Anthropology | PD-98-1392 | The Biological Anthropology Program supports basic research in areas related to human evolution and contemporary human biological variation. Research areas supported by the program include, but are not limited to, human genetic variation, human and nonhuman primate ecology and adaptability, human osteology and bone biology, human and nonhuman primate paleontology, functional anatomy, and primate socioecology. Grants supported in these areas are united by an underlying evolutionary framework, and often by a consideration of adaptation as a central theoretical theme. Proposals may also have a biocultural or bioarchaeological orientation. The program frequently serves as a bridge within NSF between the social and behavioral sciences and the natural and physical sciences, and proposals commonly are jointly reviewed and funded with other programs. For more information about Multidisciplinary Research and Training Opportunities, please visit the SBE Office of Multidisciplinary Activities web site. For additional, specificinformation on the Biological Anthropology Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (DDRIGs) solicitation, please visit the Biological Anthropology DDRIG program web site. | National Science Foundation | March 4, 2009 | July 20, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=PD-98-1392 |
| OR/WA Master Outdoor Recreation Management | L20AS00001 | BLM OR/WA has an opportunity to work with partner organizations to assist with the following: Increase and enhance access to public lands and waters. Increase and enhance hunting, fishing and recreational opportunities. Increase and enhance recreational shooting opportunities. Improve inventory, assessment and planning on public lands and waters. Improve management, administration, and monitoring of public lands and waters. Provide enriched visitor services, information, interpretation and education. Enhance community-supported partnerships in tourism and marketing. Protect visitor health and safety. Improve accessibility for persons with disabilities. Improve motorized and non-motorized trails including trail construction and maintenance, comprehensive travel and transportation inventory and assessment, planning management and monitoring. | Bureau of Land Management | November 19, 2019 | July 20, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=L20AS00001 |
| OR/WA Rangeland Resource Management | L20AS00002 | The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Rangeland Management Program administers grazing for more than 155 million acres of public land. This includes, but is not limited to, such things as inventorying, controlling and managing noxious weeds and invasive species; improving rangelands through grazing management, vegetation restoration treatments, and grazing management structures; and soil resource management. Coordination with land managers and other stakeholders is conducted to complete priority soil surveys, ecological site descriptions, and on-the-ground projects to improve soil stability and reduce erosion. Appropriate management of rangeland and soil resources also support actions and authorizations that include, but are not limited to, such things as energy development, endangered and special status species recovery, grazing of domestic livestock, recreation, forest management, hazardous fuels reduction, and post fire rehabilitation. | Bureau of Land Management | November 20, 2019 | July 20, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=L20AS00002 |
| U.S. Embassy Brussels PAS Annual Program Statement (APS) | PAS-BE200-FY20-01 | The U.S. Embassy Brussels Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce that funding is available through its Public Diplomacy Grants Program. This Annual Program Statement outlines our funding priorities, strategic themes, and the procedures for submitting requests for funding. Applications for programs are accepted on a rolling basis until the deadline. Each quarter prior to the deadline, a grant review committee reviews applications. The deadline is necessary to provide sufficient time to process and award programs in advance of the end of our fiscal year on September 30, 2020. Please carefully follow all instructions below. Purpose of Grants: PAS Brussels invites proposals for projects that strengthen ties between the United States and Belgium by highlighting shared values and promoting bilateral cooperation. Grant proposals must convey an American cultural element, support a priority program area (see below), or include a connection with American expert(s), organization(s), or institution(s) in a specific field that will promote increased understanding of U.S. policy and perspectives. | U.S. Mission to Belgium | December 2, 2019 | July 20, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=PAS-BE200-FY20-01 |
| l U.S. Embassy Brussels PAS Annual Program Statement | PAS-BE200-FY20-02 | The U.S. Embassy Brussels Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce that funding is available through its Public Diplomacy Grants Program. This Annual Program Statement outlines our funding priorities, strategic themes, and the procedures for submitting requests for funding. Applications for programs are accepted on a rolling basis until the deadline. Each quarter prior to the deadline, a grant review committee reviews applications. The deadline is necessary to provide sufficient time to process and award programs in advance of the end of our fiscal year on September 30, 2020. Please carefully follow all instructions below. Purpose of Grants: PAS Brussels invites proposals for projects that strengthen ties between the United States and Belgium by highlighting shared values and promoting bilateral cooperation. Grant proposals must convey an American cultural element, support a priority program area (see below), or include a connection with American expert(s), organization(s), or institution(s) in a specific field that will promote increased understanding of U.S. policy and perspectives. | U.S. Mission to Belgium | December 2, 2019 | July 20, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=PAS-BE200-FY20-02 |
| Molecular Mechanisms of Combination Adjuvants (MMCA) (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | RFA-AI-20-004 | This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits applications that propose studies of the mechanism of action of a combination of two or more vaccine adjuvants (combination adjuvant). Adjuvants that are combined in these studies must already have shown individual immune modulating activity. Understanding the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying the synergistic enhancement of immune responses by combination adjuvants will facilitate the rational selection of components for vaccines tailored to specific pathogens. The Cooperative Agreement grant mechanism allows for coordination of these research efforts with NIAIDs overall adjuvant research objectives. The long-term goal is to promote the development of novel adjuvant combinations which will improve the immunogenicity of vaccines while limiting or eliminating reactogenicity. | National Institutes of Health | February 6, 2020 | July 20, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-AI-20-004 |
| Optimizing Natural Systems for Remediation: Utilizing Innovative Materials Science Approaches to Enhance Bioremediation (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | RFA-ES-20-004 | The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) invites qualified investigators from domestic institutions of higher education to submit an application for Superfund Research Program (SRP) R01 Individual Research Project grant program. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) focuses on research that will advance effectiveness of bioremediation through incorporation of advanced, novel materials science approaches. Bioremediation refers to the use of biota (bacteria, algae, fungi, plants, etc.) to reduce or detoxify hazardous substances in the environment. Bioremediation is a cost-effective, low-energy-intensive remedy that has contributed to the cleanup and closure of sites impacted by hazardous substances. In recent decades, bioremediation has advanced from reliance upon culturing and biogeochemical processing to a technology-enabled field enhanced by high throughput molecular approaches (e.g. omics and gene editing techniques). These new approaches have elucidated molecular mechanisms responsible for contaminant cleanup and provided insight for potential solutions to naturally degrade emerging contaminants. Concurrent advances in materials science approaches present an opportunity to integrate new approaches to further refine the mechanisms of bioremediation and optimize conditions to accelerate natural degradation and/or stabilization processes. This Funding Opportunity Announcement calls for teams including bioremediation materials science (nanotechnology, microenvironmental engineering) to submit proposals to advance the knowledge and practice of bioremediation to address current and emerging recalcitrant hazardous substances and complex mixtures. | National Institutes of Health | February 13, 2020 | July 20, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-ES-20-004 |
| Exploring the Roles of Biomolecular Condensates (BMCs) in HIV replication, latency, or pathogenesis in the context of substance use disorders (R21/R33 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | RFA-DA-21-004 | To support research projects exploring the roles of biomolecular condensates (BMCs) and their regulators in processes relevant to HIV/SIV infection, replication, latency, or pathogenesis in the context of substance use disorders. These processes could include studies exploring BMC involvement in HIV infection, HIV replication (including viral gene expression), HIV latency formation or maintenance (including chromatin structure), or HIV pathogenesis (including neurodegenerative processes). Studies could also include investigation of roles for BMCs or their regulators on host cell functions in the context of HIV infection, antiretroviral therapy, and/or exposure to addictive substances. | National Institutes of Health | February 24, 2020 | July 20, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-DA-21-004 |
| Single Cell Opioid Responses in the Context of HIV (SCORCH) Program Expansion: CNS Data Generation for Chronic Opioid, Methamphetamine, and/or Cocaine Exposures (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | RFA-DA-21-019 | To support generation of single cell RNA-sequencing data sets for at least one brain region relevant to persistent HIV infection and opioid, cocaine and/or methamphetamine use disorder | National Institutes of Health | May 12, 2020 | July 20, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-DA-21-019 |
| Targeted Topic Training | SHTG-FY-20-01 | Under the authority of Section 21(c) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970(OSH Act), the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) established its discretionary grant program in 1978. In 1997, OSHA renamed the program in honor of the late Susan Harwood, former director of the OSHA Office of Risk Assessment. The grant program offers opportunities for nonprofit organizations to compete annually for funding so they may develop and conduct training and educational programs for small business employers and workers on the recognition, avoidance, and prevention of occupational safety and health hazards in their workplaces, and to inform workers of their rights and employers of their responsibilities under the OSH Act.The Susan Harwood Grant Program awards funds to qualifying organizations who have demonstrated capabilities to achieve the program’s performance expectations outlined in this FOA. This includes experience in employing subject matter experts, delivering and administering adult training programs, recruiting students, and managing grants. Following the grant awards, OSHA monitors each organization’s progress in achieving their performance goals and training targets. OSHA accomplishes this by conducting orientation meetings, training material reviews, training observations, program and financial monitoring visits, and quarterly and year-end report reviews.For FY 2020, OSHA announces the availability of approximately $11.5 million to fund new Susan Harwood Training Program grants. Susan Harwood Training grants are subject to the availability of federal funding and appropriations. OSHA expects to award multiple grants to eligible nonprofit organizations under this competitive Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA). Program funding is for a 12-month period beginning no later than September 30, 2020, and ending on September 30, 2021. The maximum award for a Targeted Topic Training grant is $160,000. | Occupational Safety and Health Administration | May 19, 2020 | July 20, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=SHTG-FY-20-01 |
| Capacity Building Developmental and Capacity Building Pilot | SHTG-FY-20-03 | Under the authority of Section 21(c) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970(OSH Act), the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) established its discretionary grant program in 1978. In 1997, OSHA renamed the program in honor of the late Susan Harwood, former director of the OSHA Office of Risk Assessment. The grant program offers opportunities for nonprofit organizations to compete annually for funding so they may develop and conduct training and educational programs for small business employers and workers on the recognition, avoidance, and prevention of occupational safety and health hazards in their workplaces, and to inform workers of their rights and employers of their responsibilities under the OSH Act.The Susan Harwood Grant Program awards funds to qualifying organizations who have demonstrated capabilities to achieve the program’s performance expectations outlined in this FOA. This includes experience in employing subject matter experts, delivering and administering adult training programs, recruiting students, and managing grants. Following the grant awards, OSHA monitors each organization’s progress in achieving their performance goals and training targets. OSHA accomplishes this by conducting orientation meetings, training material reviews, training observations, program and financial monitoring visits, and quarterly and year-end report reviews.For FY 2020, OSHA announces the availability of approximately $4.5 million to fund Susan Harwood Training Program Capacity Building grants. Susan Harwood Training Program grants are subject to the availability of federal funding and appropriations. OSHA expects to award multiple grants to eligible nonprofit organizations under this competitive Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA). This FOA does not itself obligate any federal funds. The obligation of funds occurs when grant recipients acknowledge receipt and acceptance of award documents.Program funding is for a 12-month period beginning no later than September 30, 2020, and ending on September 30, 2021. Two types of capacity building grant opportunities are available. The maximum award for a Capacity Building Developmental grant is $180,000 and for a Capacity Building Pilot grant is $80,000. | Occupational Safety and Health Administration | May 19, 2020 | July 20, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=SHTG-FY-20-03 |
| Training and Educational Materials Development | SHTG-FY-20-02 | Under the authority of Section 21(c) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970(OSH Act), the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) established its discretionary grant program in 1978. In 1997, OSHA renamed the program in honor of the late Susan Harwood, former director of the OSHA Office of Risk Assessment. The grant program offers opportunities for nonprofit organizations to compete annually for funding so they may develop and conduct training and educational programs for small business employers and workers on the recognition, avoidance, and prevention of occupational safety and health hazards in their workplaces, and to inform workers of their rights and employers of their responsibilities under the OSH Act.The Susan Harwood Grant Program awards funds to qualifying organizations who have demonstrated capabilities to achieve the program’s performance expectations outlined in this FOA. This includes experience in employing subject matter experts, delivering and administering adult training programs, recruiting students, and managing grants. Following the grant awards, OSHA monitors each organization’s progress in achieving their performance goals and training targets. OSHA accomplishes this by conducting orientation meetings, training material reviews, training observations, program and financial monitoring visits, and quarterly and year-end report reviews.For FY 2020, OSHA announces the availability of approximately $11.5 million to fund new Susan Harwood Training Program grants. Susan Harwood Training Program grants are subject to the availability of federal funding and appropriations. OSHA expects to award multiple grants to eligible nonprofit organizations under this competitive Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA). Program funding is for a 12-month period beginning no later than September 30, 2020, and ending on September 30, 2021. The maximum award for a Training and Educational Materials Development grant is $75,000. | Occupational Safety and Health Administration | May 19, 2020 | July 20, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=SHTG-FY-20-02 |
| Easement Monitoring and Wetland Restoration Implementation for Georgia ACEP-WRE | USDA-NRCS-GA-MULTI-20-NOFO0001001 | Funding Opportunity Announcement Summary The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Georgia is requesting applications to provide 2 technical services. Applicant can submit an application on one service, or both services. There is no requirement for an application to include both. Easement Monitoring: Provide easement monitoring services for all stewardship lands in conservation easements by NRCS in Georgia. This would include all programs: Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP), Grasslands Reserve Program (GRP), Farm and Ranchland Protection Program (FRPP), Agricultural Conservation Easement Program – Wetlands Reserve Easement (ACEP-WRE), Healthy Forest Reserve Program (HFRP), Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) easements, and others. a. There are 2 types of monitoring activities: Onsite and Offsite. b. At the time of this listing NRCS GA has 192 easements that need monitoring every year. OR Restoration Implementation: Implementation of restoration activities on eligible Agricultural Conservation Easement Program-Wetland Reserve Easement (ACEP-WRE.) At the time of this listing, NRCS GA has 24 properties in need of restoration implementation. Applications are being requested from eligible entities for competitive, such as: For profit organizations other than small businesses Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments) Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS (other than institutions of higher education) Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c)(3) status with the IRS (other than institutions of higher education) Public and State-controlled institutions of higher education Small Businesses State governments Information related to NRCS Easement Programs can be found at the following links: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/national/programs/easements/ and A total of up to $500,000 is available in FY2020. Agreement duration will vary depending on applicant. Applications must be received by July 20, 2020. Key Dates Posting Date: May 20, 2020 Closing Date for Applications: July 20, 2020 Applicants must submit their applications via Grants.gov by 11:59 pm Eastern Time. For technical issues with Grants.gov, please contact Grants.gov Applicant Support at 1-800-518-4726 or support@grants.gov. Awarding agency staff cannot support applicants regarding Grants.gov accounts. | Natural Resources Conservation Service | May 20, 2020 | July 20, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=USDA-NRCS-GA-MULTI-20-NOFO0001001 |
| Engaging Mexico’s Auto Sector Employers in Labor Law Reform Implementation | FOA-ILAB-20-01 | The Bureau of International Labor Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor announces the availability of approximately $3 million total costs for one cooperative agreement to fund a technical assistance project in Mexico to improve working conditions in the Mexican automotive supply chain, with a focus on small and medium size manufacturers. For the purposes of this FOA, the definition of supply chain is the manufacturing of auto parts, including major components and sub-components of a vehicle, and vehicle assembly plants. This FOA does not intend to cover activities related to the production of raw, or near-raw, materials required for outfitting the exteriors and interiors of vehicles or activities, or sales, distribution, and retail of assembled vehicles. The project’s strategy for achieving this goal is to engage employers to proactively adopt labor practices consistent with Mexico’s 2017 constitutional reform on labor justice and 2019 labor law reform, and to address existing working condition challenges. The project-level objective is employer compliance with these new labor requirements and improved working conditions in the Mexican automotive supply chain.The duration of the project(s) will be a maximum of four years (48 months) from the effective date of the award. | Bureau of International Labor Affairs | May 20, 2020 | July 20, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=FOA-ILAB-20-01 |
| Rights of Indigenous Peoples in conflict affected areas of eastern DRC Addendum, New Partnerships Initiative (NPI) under CPRP APS | ADDENDUM-TO-NPICPRP-DRC | Through this Addendum to the New Partnership Initiative: Conflict Prevention and Recovery Program APS, No. 7200AA19APS00012 USAID/DRC is making a special call for the submission of Concept Notes focused on advancing the rights of Indigenous Peoples in conflict affected areas of eastern DRC. This Addendum is also intended to diversify and broaden USAID’s partner base, as described in the APS announcement. All interested organizations must carefully review both this Addendum AND the Annual Program Statement (APS) No. 7200AA19APS00012, including its associated amendments, which can be found at https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=315424. The APS is the core of this specific Addendum, and important information contained in the APS announcement may not be repeated in this Addendum. | El Salvador USAID-San Salvador | May 27, 2020 | July 20, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=ADDENDUM-TO-NPICPRP-DRC |
| Mitigating Violent Extremism in Masaka Region | DOS-UG-PAS-FY20-1 | BACKGROUND The U.S. Embassy, Kampala, Public Affairs Section is pleased to announce a limited competition for organizations interested in implementing a preventing violent extremism (PVE) project designed to strengthen societal resilience against violent extremism in the key urban centers and the connected areas in the greater Masaka region (to include strategic areas within Masaka District and connecting Kalungu and Mpigi Districts). The project will aim to build collaboration and trust between societal leaders, communities, citizens most vulnerable to violent extremism recruitment, and civilian government officials—including law enforcement. PROGRAM GOALS The goal of this project is to increase the collaboration of key societal and government counterparts to reduce extremist recruitment and radicalization in priority focus areas. PROJECT’S DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES Applications funded under this announcement should address the following objectives: · Objective 1: Expand the research and knowledge of the violent extremism dynamics and hyper local recruitment and radicalization processes in the targeted geographic area; · Objective 2: Build capacity of key societal and government key influencers to promote peaceful coexistence and mitigate violent extremism in the targeted geographic area; and · Objective 3: Enhance civilian government trust and collaboration to mitigate violent extremism in the targeted geographic area. TARGETED PARTICIPANTS The project will support communities as well as societal and government leaders who directly influence and/or directly interact with vulnerable populations actively being targeted by violent extremist activities. Potential societal and government leaders include: district and sub-district officials in the targeted geographic area (including but not limited to law enforcement officials); district-level religious leadership; cultural leaders; and civil society/youth leaders. As part of the project’s Phase 1 (Research), research will seek to understand the role of men, women, boys, and girls in violent extremist dynamics and societal resiliencies in the targeted geographic area—to include a cross-section of relevant students, traders/market sellers, mothers/fathers, community leaders, government officers, and religious/cultural leaders/followers. This research should not focus on public perceptions or the region’s “vulnerable population” writ large. Research tools appropriate to facilitate this learning are encouraged. This newly acquired understanding will be integrated into the project’s strategy. PRIORTIY REGION The key urban centers and the connected areas in the greater Masaka region, to include strategic areas within Masaka District and as needed, the connecting Kalungu and Mpigi Districts. | U.S. Mission to Uganda | June 4, 2020 | July 20, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=DOS-UG-PAS-FY20-1 |
| Enhancing Public Health Laboratory Capabilities and Increasing Capacity | CDC-RFA-OE20-20010101SUPP20 | The purpose of this supplemental funding opportunity is intended to improve effectiveness of public health laboratories nationwide, both individually and as components of a national system, to improve public health. This supplemental NOFO aims to support efforts that will enhance the capabilities and increase the capacities of public health laboratories by strengthening: 1) science, management and operations; 2) policy, partnership, and communication; 3) training and capacity building; and 4) laboratory quality, safety, and informatics for public health testing services, surveillance and response. These four categories of strategies will be operationalized through projects from some of the nine focus areas: a) foundational leadership and support; b) environmental health; c) foodborne, waterborne, and environmentally transmitted diseases; d) infectious diseases; e) informatics; f) newborn screening and genetics; g) preparedness and response; h) quality and safety systems; and i) workforce development. This supplemental NOFO will be implemented as a cooperative agreement (CoAg). Through this CoAg, public health laboratories will become a more effective, timely, and reliable contributors to public health emergencies, guidelines, and policies. Activities conducted under this CoAg will increase the scientific knowledge for addressing public health issues, strengthen public health partnerships, and promote the use of informatics. Additionally, this CoAg will support the public health laboratory network’s capability at the forefront of unforeseen or emerging public health threats and serve as a sentinel for conditions that may adversely affect the health of the nation. The strategies of this supplemental NOFO are in alignment with the overarching goals of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Healthy People 2020. Many of these goals depend upon an effective public health system that provides essential laboratory services. This supplemental NOFO is a single source eligibility opportunity. Only one applicant is eligible to apply for this NOFO. The eligible applicant is the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL). The success of this CoAg requires that the recipient has: 1) superior expertise in public health laboratory practice; 2) a history of successful partnerships with public health laboratories; 3) credibility and influence among public health laboratories; 4) a track record of improving public health laboratory practice, providing training and continuous education for public health laboratorians, promoting careers in public health laboratory practice, and preparing the future generation of laboratory leaders. The overall CDC Evaluation and Performance Measurement Strategy will focus on both process and outcome evaluation. The recipient can select strategies and activities outlined from the Core NOFO Logic Model to attain intended project outcomes. In addition, for each project the recipient must provide a detailed work plan with outcomes, outcome measures, strategies and activities, and process measures. Monitoring activities will include but are not limited to work plans, progress reports, performance measures, financial reports, conference calls, and site visits. Data collection requirements during the project period will be subject to review and approval by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), this is consistent with applicable grants regulations and policies. The following will occur during the post-award monitoring of the cooperative agreements: Tracking recipient progress in achieving the desired outcomes Ensuring the adequacy of recipient systems that underlie and generate data reports Creating an environment that fosters integrity in program performance and results Collectively, the proximal and intermediate outcomes are intended to contribute to improved effectiveness of public health laboratories over time, individually and as components of a national system to improve public health. | Centers for Disease Control - CSELS | June 5, 2020 | July 20, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=CDC-RFA-OE20-20010101SUPP20 |
| Request for Information on Research and Development Opportunities for Windows | DE-FOA-0002161 | DE-FOA-0002161 Request for Information (RFI) on Research and Development Opportunities for WindowsThe purpose of this RFI is to solicit feedback from industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and other stakeholders on BTO’s windows R&D and its future directions and priorities. To clarify these, BTO developed the RDO report, which is structured around four key areas. The RDO report identifies opportunities and challenges, technology development, integration, and implementation. BTO is requesting feedback on each of these areas. BTO is also requesting feedback on planned technical objectives, technical targets, tools, and overall R&D activities and estimates of program impacts. BTO will not develop a FY20 Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) based on the feedback from the RFI. This RFI includes guidance on how to provide feedback that will inform updates to the RDO report itself, and ultimately, the strategic direction of the portfolio moving forward.This RFI is not a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA); therefore, EERE is not accepting applications at this time. EERE may issue a FOA in the future based on or related to the content and responses to this RFI; however, EERE may also elect not to issue a FOA. There is no guarantee that a FOA will be issued as a result of this RFI. Responding to this RFI does not provide any advantage or disadvantage to potential applicants if EERE chooses to issue a FOA regarding the subject matter. Final details, including the anticipated award size, quantity, and timing of EERE funded awards, will be subject to Congressional appropriations and direction.Information on where to submit questions regarding the content of the Request for Information (RFI) and where to submit responses can be found in the full RFI document posted on the EERE Exchange website at https://eere-exchange.energy.gov. | Golden Field Office | June 4, 2020 | July 20, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=DE-FOA-0002161 |
| Request for Information (RFI): “Research and Development Opportunities for Opaque Building Envelopes” | DE-FOA-0002162 | DE-FOA-0002162: Request for Information (RFI): “Research and Development Opportunities for Opaque Building Envelopes”This RFI solicits feedback from industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and other stakeholders on BTO’s opaque envelope program and its future directions and priorities. To clarify these, BTO has developed a report that is structured around five key areas of technology R&D. The report identifies current envelope characteristics, R&D opportunities, integration approaches, and implementation pathways. BTO is requesting feedback on each of these areas. BTO is also requesting feedback on planned technical objectives, technical targets, tools, overall R&D activities, and estimates of program impacts. This is solely a request for information and not a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA). EERE is not accepting applications.This RFI is not a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA); therefore, EERE is not accepting applications at this time. EERE may issue a FOA in the future based on or related to the content and responses to this RFI; however, EERE may also elect not to issue a FOA. There is no guarantee that a FOA will be issued as a result of this RFI. Responding to this RFI does not provide any advantage or disadvantage to potential applicants if EERE chooses to issue a FOA regarding the subject matter. Final details, including the anticipated award size, quantity, and timing of EERE funded awards, will be subject to Congressional appropriations and direction.Responses to this RFI must be submitted electronically to BTO_Envelope_RDO@ee.doe.gov no later than 5:00pm (ET) on 7/20/2020. Responses must be provided as attachments to an email. It is recommended that attachments with file sizes exceeding 25MB be compressed (i.e., zipped) to ensure message delivery. Responses must be provided as a Microsoft Word (.docx) attachment to the email, and no more than 10 pages in length, 12 point font, 1 inch margins. Only electronic responses will be accepted.Information on where to submit questions regarding the content of the Request for Information (RFI) and where to submit responses can be found in the full RFI document posted on the EERE Exchange website at https://eere-exchange.energy.gov. | Golden Field Office | June 4, 2020 | July 20, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=DE-FOA-0002162 |
| ROSES 2020: Advanced Component Technology | NNH20ZDA001N-ACT | Please note that this program requests Notices of Intent, which are due via NSPIRES by May 22, 2020. See the full posting on NSPIRES for details. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (SMD) released its annual omnibus Research Announcement (NRA), Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) – 2020 (OMB Approval Number 2700-0092, CFDA Number 43.001) on February 14, 2020. In this case "omnibus" means that this NRA has many individual program elements, each with its own due dates and topics. All together these cover the wide range of basic and applied supporting research and technology in space and Earth sciences supported by SMD. Awards will be made as grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and inter- or intra-agency transfers, depending on the nature of the work proposed, the proposing organization, and/or program requirements. However, most extramural research awards deriving from ROSES will be grants, and many program elements of ROSES specifically exclude contracts, because contracts would not be appropriate for the nature of the work solicited. The typical period of performance for an award is three years, but some programs may allow up to five years and others specify shorter periods. In most cases, organizations of every type, Government and private, for profit and not-for-profit, domestic and foreign (with some caveats), may submit proposals without restriction on teaming arrangements. Tables listing the program elements and due dates, the full text of the ROSES-2020 solicitation, and the "Summary of Solicitation" as a stand-alone document, may all be found NSPIRES at http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020. This synopsis is associated with one of the individual program elements within ROSES, but this is a generic summary that is posted for all ROSES elements. For specific information on this particular program element download and read the PDF of the text of this program element by going to Tables 2 or 3 of this NRA at http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020table2 and http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020table3, respectively, click the title of the program element of interest, a hypertext link will take you to a page for that particular program element. On that page, on the right side under "Announcement Documents" the link on the bottom will be to the PDF of the text of the call for proposals. For example, if one were interested in The Lunar Data Analysis Program (NNH20ZDA001N-LDAP) one would follow the link to the NSPIRES page for that program element and then to read the text of the call one would click on “C.8 Lunar Data Analysis (.PDF)” to download the text of the call. If one wanted to set it into the context of the goals, objectives and know the default rules for all elements within Appendix C, the planetary science division, one might download and read “C.1 Planetary Science Research Program Overview (.PDF)” from that same page. While the letters and numbers are different for each element within ROSES (A.12, B.7, etc.) the basic configuration is always the same, e.g., the letter indicates the Science Division (A is Earth Science, B is Heliophysics etc.) and whatever the letter, #1 is always the overview. Frequently asked questions for ROSES are posted at http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/faqs. Questions concerning general ROSES-2020 policies and procedures may be directed to Max Bernstein, Lead for Research, Science Mission Directorate, at sara@nasa.gov, but technical questions concerning specific program elements should be directed to the point(s) of contact for that particular element, who may be found either at the end of the individual program element in the summary table of key information or on the web list of topics and points of contact at: http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/program-officers-list. Not all program elements are known at the time of the release of ROSES. To be informed of new program elements or amendments to this NRA, proposers may subscribe to: (1) The SMD mailing lists (by logging in at http://nspires.nasaprs.comand checking the appropriate boxes under "Account Management" and "Email Subscriptions"), (2) The ROSES-2020 RSS feed for amendments, clarifications, and corrections to at http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/grant-solicitations/ROSES-2020, and (3) The ROSES-2020 due date Google calendar. Instructions are at https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/library-and-useful-links (link from the words due date calendar). | NASA Headquarters | April 21, 2020 | July 21, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=NNH20ZDA001N-ACT |
| DoD Peer Reviewed Alzheimer’s, Accelerating Diagnostics for Traumatic Brain Injury Research Award | W81XWH-20-PRARP-ADTBI | The intent of the FY20 PRARP ADTBI is to support high-impact, human-based development of robust diagnostic and/or prognostic biomarkers for chronic TBI as they pertain to AD/ADRD. It is anticipated that the proposed work will qualify clinically useful biomarkers for rapid transfer to clinical practice. The FY20 PRARP ADTBI mechanism defines biomarker qualification as the evidentiary process of linking a biomarker with biological processes and clinical end points. Applications may consider elements of biomarker validation as part of the application. Biomarker validation is defined as assessing the biomarker’s measurement performance characteristics in terms of reproducibility, accuracy, precision, and limits of sensitivity. Applications that detail biomarker validation work should demonstrate how this research is relevant to overall biomarker qualification. As part of the application, the proposed biomarkers should demonstrate their potential for improved specificity and sensitivity with respect to diagnosis and/or prognosis of chronic TBI as it pertains to AD/ADRD as the study endpoint. The FY20 PRARP ADTBI does not support basic discovery of biomarkers. As such, animal research is prohibited. The proposed biomarker for investigation must correlate with clinical endpoints to include cognition and/or behavior relevant to both TBI and AD/ADRD research. As part of the application, the PI should demonstrate that the study team has experience in both TBI and AD/ADRD research. The FY20 PRARP ADTBI encourages applications to consider fluid-based, imaging-based, retinal or wearable devices as potential diagnostics. Demonstration of access to an already existing cohort or provision of a plan that demonstrates expedited participant accrual is required. In addition, suitability of the existing cohort or participant population must be detailed. Applications must therefore describe how the anticipated outcome(s) can be attributable to the results of the proposed research (short-term gains), as well as consider the long-term scientific gains from the proposed research project. FY20 PRARP ADTBI applications must be Impact-based. | Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA | May 19, 2020 | July 21, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81XWH-20-PRARP-ADTBI |
| DoD Peer Reviewed Alzheimer’s, Leveraging Approaches for Innovation in Care and Support Award | W81XWH-20-PRARP-LEAPINCASA | The intent of the FY20 PRARP LEAP-InCASA is to support innovative and impactful research that improves the quality of life and care for individuals, families and care providers living with the common symptoms of TBI and/or AD/ADRD as related to the PRARP’s mission (see Section II.A, Program Description). The proposed work should innovatively challenge existing research paradigms or exhibit high levels of creativity within the contexts of the PRARP’s mission and vision. This can include innovations and research for symptom reduction (e.g., cognitive, behavioral, function, mood), resiliency factors, increasing or maintaining independence, and support for families and care providers. The FY20 PRARP LEAP-InCASA supports multi-institutional, harmonized research initiatives. As such, applications to the FY20 PRARP LEAP-InCASA require a Coordinating Center and a minimum of two Partnering Sites, representing three separate institutions within the application package. While the Coordinating Center provides overall infrastructure and support, each Partnering Site should develop its own unique research initiative that will be part of the overall project. While each Partnering Site will develop its own unique research initiative, the overall project must focus on a single symptomatology category as described later in this section. The application should also demonstrate the study team’s experience in both TBI and/or AD/ADRD research, as appropriate. Given the patient-centered intent of the FY20 PRARP LEAP-InCASA, animal research is prohibited. | Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA | May 19, 2020 | July 21, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81XWH-20-PRARP-LEAPINCASA |
| DoD Epilepsy, Research Partnership Award | W81XWH-20-ERP-RPA | The intent of the FY20 ERP RPA is to create an avenue for collaborative research partnerships between/among investigators to address a research problem or question in a manner that would be unachievable through separate efforts. Applications must describe how the anticipated outcome(s) can be attributable to the results of the proposed research (short-term gains), as well as consider the long-term scientific gains from the proposed research project. The research impact for the FY20 ERP RPA is expected to benefit the military, Veteran, and civilian communities. Applications must be impact-based.FY20 ERP RPA Focus Areas: The Focus Areas below are specific to the FY20 ERP RPA. Applicants to the FY20 ERP RPA should select one of the Focus Areas below; however, an application that proposes research outside of these FY20 ERP RPA Focus Areas is acceptable, as long as the applicant provides a strong justification. Markers and Mechanisms: Identifying markers or mechanisms via preclinical models that address PTE, which may include the following:○ Biomarkers○ Treatment○ Prevention○ Diagnosis○ Prognosis○ Comorbidity Epidemiology: Epidemiological characterization of PTE following TBI, which may include the following:○ Risk factors such as demographics, genetics, anatomy, pathology, or type of injury○ Outcomes including latency to epilepsy, comorbidities, and mortality○ Pre-existing conditions including psychological and psychiatric risk factors○ Treatment and healthcare outcomes research○ Differentiation of PTE and psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) Longitudinal Studies: Studies of the evolution of PTE, which may include the following:○ Seizure frequency and semiology○ Demographics, genetics, anatomy, pathology, or type of injury○ Comorbidities (e.g., depression, functional deficits, sleep disorders, major illness)○ Latency between type of injury and PTE○ Mortality○ Treatment and healthcare outcomes researchThe FY20 ERP RPA offers two levels of funding.For Funding Level I:Funding Level I is intended to support preclinical or pre-validation research.For Funding Level II:Funding Level II is intended to support research requiring access to a patient cohort for a prospective study. Funding Level II applications that evaluate the feasibility of using combinations of measures (e.g., neuropsychological assessments, imaging, and genomics) are encouraged. Furthermore, Level II applications should describe how the association of TBI and subsequent PTE will be assessed or characterized to include a description of the nature of the TBIs in the cohort. The description of the TBI characterization should discuss how the TBIs will be studied using statistical methods as part of the statistical plan for Level II Applications. Given the patient-centered nature of this funding level, animal research is prohibited for FY20 ERP RPA Funding Level II Applications.For Both Funding Levels:The application should demonstrate the study team’s experience in both TBI and epilepsy research. The FY20 ERP RPA requires that a minimum of two investigators (i.e., partners) jointly design a single research project. It should be clear that each partner had equal intellectual input into the design of the research project. Any partner may submit as the PI; the other partner(s) will be designated as the Co-PI(s). Multi-institutional research is encouraged but not required.The success of the project must be supported by the unique skills and contributions of each partner. The proposed studies must demonstrate how they will accelerate research that addresses the ERP’s mission (see Section II.A, Program Description) toward clinical applications.The proposed study must include clearly stated plans for interactions between/among the partners. The plans must include communication, decision-making, allocation of resources, coordination of research progress and results, and sharing of data among all investigators and organizations participating in the project. Additionally, multi-institutional applications must provide an intellectual property plan to resolve potential intellectual and material property issues and to remove institutional barriers that might interfere with achieving high levels of cooperation to ensure the successful completion of this award.Preliminary data to support the feasibility of the research hypothesis (or hypotheses) or objectives are required. Preliminary data may be derived from a laboratory discovery, clinical observation, population-based studies, or from the peer-reviewed literature.The types of awards made under the Program Announcement will be assistance agreements. An assistance agreement is appropriate when the Federal Government transfers a “thing of value” to a “state, local government,” or “other recipient” to carry out a public purpose of support or stimulation authorized by a law of the United States instead of acquiring property or service for the direct benefit and use of the U.S. Government. An assistance agreement can take the form of a grant or cooperative agreement. The level of involvement on the part of the Department of Defense (DoD) during project performance is the key factor in determining whether to award a grant or cooperative agreement. If “no substantial involvement” on the part of the funding agency is anticipated, a grant award will be made (31 USC 6304). Conversely, if substantial involvement on the part of the funding agency is anticipated, a cooperative agreement will be made (31 USC 6305), and the award will identify the specific substantial involvement. Substantial involvement may include, but is not limited to, collaboration, participation, or intervention in the research to be performed under the award. The award type, along with the start date, will be determined during the negotiation process.For Funding Level I:The anticipated total costs budgeted for the entire period of performance for a Funding Level I FY20 ERP RPA will not exceed $1,300,000. Refer to Section II.D.5, Funding Restrictions, for detailed funding information.For Funding Level II:The anticipated total costs budgeted for the entire period of performance for a Funding Level II FY20 ERP RPA award will not exceed $3,100,000. Refer to Section II.D.5, Funding Restrictions, for detailed funding information.Awards will be made no later than September 30, 2021. For additional information refer to Section II.F.1, Federal Award Notices.The CDMRP expects to allot approximately $1.3M to fund approximately one RPA Funding Level I Award application and approximately $3.1M to fund approximately one RPA Funding Level II Award application. Funding of applications received is contingent upon the availability of Federal funds for this program as well as the number of applications received, the quality and merit of the applications as evaluated by scientific and programmatic review, and the requirements of the Government. Funds to be obligated on any award resulting from this funding opportunity will be available for use for a limited time period based on the fiscal year of the funds. It is anticipated that awards made from this FY20 funding opportunity will be funded with FY20 funds, which will expire for use on September 30, 2026. | Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA | May 19, 2020 | July 21, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81XWH-20-ERP-RPA |
| DoD Peer Reviewed Alzheimer’s, Convergence Science Research Award | W81XWH-20-PRARP-CSRA | The intent of the FY20 PRARP CSRA is to support innovative and impactful efforts to generate research resources, tools, and new avenues of investigation for researchers and/or practitioners in health sciences related to the PRARP’s mission (see Section II.A, Program Description). The proposed work should innovatively challenge existing research paradigms or exhibit high levels of creativity within the context of the PRARP’s mission and vision. FY20 PRARP CSRA applications must be Innovation- and Impact-based. | Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA | May 19, 2020 | July 21, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81XWH-20-PRARP-CSRA |
| DoD Peer Reviewed Alzheimer’s, Research Partnership Award | W81XWH-20-PRARP-RPA | The intent of the FY20 PRARP RPA is to create an avenue for collaborative research partnerships between/among investigators to address a research problem or question in a manner that would be unachievable through separate efforts as related to the PRARP’s mission (see Section II.A, Program Description). In addition to supporting basic research, FY20 PRARP RPA applications proposing preclinical or pre-validation research are acceptable. Applications that explore the Overarching Challenges of Quality of Life or Family and Care Support are encouraged. The application should also demonstrate the study team’s experience in both TBI and/or AD/ADRD research, as appropriate. Projects addressing either the Quality of Life or Family and Care Support Overarching Challenges are prohibited from conducting animal research. Applications must therefore describe how the anticipated outcome(s) can be attributable to the results of the proposed research (short-term gains), as well as consider the long-term scientific gains from the proposed research project. FY20 PRARP RPA applications must be Impact-based. | Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA | May 19, 2020 | July 21, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81XWH-20-PRARP-RPA |
| DoD Peer Reviewed Alzheimer’s, Innovations in Care and Support Award | W81XWH-20-PRARP-INCASA | The intent of the FY20 PRARP InCASA is to support innovative and impactful research that improves the quality of life and care for individuals, families, and care providers living with the common symptoms of TBI and/or AD/ADRD, as related to the PRARP’s mission (see Section II.A, Program Description). The proposed work should innovatively challenge existing research paradigms or exhibit high levels of creativity within the contexts of the PRARP’s mission and vision. This can include innovations and research for symptom reduction (e.g., cognitive, behavioral, function, mood), resiliency factors, increasing or maintaining independence, and support for families and care providers. The application should also demonstrate the study team’s experience in both TBI and/or AD/ADRD research, as appropriate. Given the patient-centered intent of the FY20 PRARP InCASA, animal research is prohibited. The research innovation and impact for the FY20 PRARP InCASA are expected to benefit the military, Veteran, and civilian communities. FY20 PRARP InCASA applications must be Innovation- and Impact-based. | Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA | May 19, 2020 | July 21, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81XWH-20-PRARP-INCASA |
| DoD Epilepsy, Quality of Life Research Award | W81XWH-20-ERP-QOL | The intent of the FY20 ERP QOL is to support research that improves the quality of life and care for individuals living with the symptoms of PTE, as related to the ERP’s mission (see Section II.A, Program Description). Individuals living with PTE include not only those with symptoms of PTE, but their families and/or care providers as well. The proposed work should innovatively challenge existing research paradigms or exhibit high levels of creativity within the contexts of the ERP’s mission and vision. This can include research in symptom reduction (e.g., cognitive, behavioral, function, mood), resiliency factors, increasing or maintaining independence, and support for families and care providers. The application should also demonstrate the study team’s experience in PTE research, as appropriate. Given the patient-centered intent of the FY20 ERP QOL, animal research is prohibited. The innovation and impact for the FY20 ERP QOL award are expected to benefit the military, Veteran, and civilian communities. Applications must be both innovation- and impact-based. FY20 ERP QOL Focus Area: The Focus Area below is specific to the FY20 ERP QOL and must be addressed as part of the application process.  Quality of Life: Improving quality of life of individuals with PTE, their families, and their caregivers, which may include the following: ○ Psychosocial factors ○ Neuropsychological dysfunction (cognition and memory) ○ Behavioral health (anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder [PTSD], impulsivity) ○ Wellness ○ Reducing stigma ○ Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) ○ Care gaps (adjunct programs, support groups, access to care) li ○ Sleep disorders ○ Medication side-effects The FY20 ERP QOL award offers two levels of funding. For Funding Level I: Principal Investigator (PI): Applicants can be from any field or discipline. The PI must write the Project Narrative and other application components, with appropriate guidance from the Mentor(s). Applications must include at least one Mentor. The Mentor or Mentors must possess qualifications, background, and experience in PTE research. Applications must explain how the Mentor(s) will assist the PI throughout the period of performance in developing toward independent research. Provide details on the amount and types of interactions between the Mentor(s) and the PI. Describe the track record of the Mentor(s) for mentoring early-career investigators in TBI and PTE research. The PI is expected to demonstrate suitable experience towards completing the proposed research.For Funding Level II: Funding Level II is intended to support a more mature, hypothesis- or objective-driven research project. Applicants can be from any field or discipline. Study teams are expected to demonstrate experience in both TBI and epilepsy. For Both Funding Levels: While not required, applications to either Funding Level I or II are encouraged to provide relevant preliminary data. Preliminary data for either funding level may come from the PI’s published work, pilot data, or from the peer-reviewed literature. Funding Level I applications may provide preliminary data from their Mentor’s or Mentors’ published work. The types of awards made under the Program Announcement will be assistance agreements. An assistance agreement is appropriate when the Federal Government transfers a “thing of value” to a “state, local government,” or “other recipient” to carry out a public purpose of support or stimulation authorized by a law of the United States instead of acquiring property or service for the direct benefit and use of the U.S. Government. An assistance agreement can take the form of a grant or cooperative agreement. The level of involvement on the part of the Department of Defense (DoD) during project performance is the key factor in determining whether to award a grant or cooperative agreement. If “no substantial involvement” on the part of the funding agency is anticipated, a grant award will be made (31 USC 6304). Conversely, if substantial involvement on the part of the funding agency is anticipated, a cooperative agreement will be made (31 USC 6305), and the award will identify the specific substantial involvement. Substantial involvement may include, but is not limited to, collaboration, participation, or intervention in the research to be performed under the award. The award type, along with the start date, will be determined during the negotiation process. For Funding Level I: The anticipated direct costs budgeted for the entire period of performance for a Funding Level I FY20 ERP QOL award will not exceed $300,000. Refer to Section II.D.5, Funding Restrictions, for detailed funding information. For Funding Level II: The anticipated direct costs budgeted for the entire period of performance for a FY20 ERP QOL award will not exceed $500,000. Refer to Section II.D.5, Funding Restrictions, for detailed funding information. Awards will be made no later than September 30, 2021. For additional information refer to Section II.F.1, Federal Award Notices. The CDMRP expects to allot approximately $0.96M to fund approximately two QOL Funding Level I applications and approximately $1.6M to fund approximately two QOL Funding Level II applications. Funding of applications received is contingent upon the availability of Federal funds for this program as well as the number of applications received, the quality and merit of the applications as evaluated by scientific and programmatic review, and the requirements of the Government. Funds to be obligated on any award resulting from this funding opportunity will be available for use for a limited time period based on the fiscal year of the funds. It is anticipated that awards made from this FY20 funding opportunity will be funded with FY20 funds, which will expire for use on September 30, 2026. | Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA | May 19, 2020 | July 21, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81XWH-20-ERP-QOL |
| DoD Epilepsy, Idea Development Award | W81XWH-20-ERP-IDA | The intent of the FY20 ERP IDA is to solicit novel, innovative research to understand the magnitude and underlying mechanisms of PTE related to the ERP’s mission (see Section II.A, Program Description). The work should innovatively challenge existing research paradigms or exhibit high levels of creativity within the contexts of the ERP’s mission and vision. The application should also demonstrate the study team’s experience in PTE research, as appropriate. The innovation and impact for the FY20 ERP IDA are expected to benefit the military, Veteran, and civilian communities. Applications must be both innovation- and impact-based. FY20 ERP IDA Focus Areas: The Focus Areas below are specific to the FY20 ERP IDA. Applicants to the FY20 ERP IDA should select one of the Focus Areas below; however, an application that proposes research outside of these FY20 ERP IDA Focus Areas is acceptable, as long as the applicant provides a strong justification.  Innovative Research: Tools intended to better inform or improve upon how PTE research can be performed: ○ Hardware and/or software platforms that will improve seizure detection, characterization, or diagnosis ○ Bioinformatics strategies, to include machine learning, that will improve access, annotation, curation and visualization of large and novel datasets from single or multiple sources ○ Development of new models or better characterization of existing etiologically relevant models for PTE ○ Improved characterization of the circuits involved in PTE ○ Validation of targets related to post-traumatic epileptogenesis or established PTE  Markers and Mechanisms: Identifying markers or mechanisms via preclinical models that address PTE, which may include the following: ○ Biomarkers ○ Treatment ○ Prevention ○ Diagnosis ○ Prognosis ○ Comorbidity  Epidemiology: Epidemiological characterization of PTE following TBI, which may include the following: ○ Risk factors such as demographics, genetics, anatomy, pathology, or type of injury ○ Outcomes including latency to epilepsy, comorbidities, and mortality ○ Pre-existing conditions including psychological and psychiatric risk factors ○ Treatment and healthcare outcomes research ○ Differentiation of PTE and psychogenic non-epileptic seizures  Longitudinal Studies: Studies of the evolution of PTE, which may include the following: ○ Seizure frequency and semiology ○ Demographics, genetics, anatomy, pathology, or type of injury ○ Comorbidities (e.g., depression, functional deficits, sleep disorders, major illness) ○ Latency between type of injury and PTE ○ Mortality ○ Treatment and healthcare outcomes research The FY20 ERP IDA offers two levels of funding. For Funding Level I: Principal Investigator (PI): Applicants can be from any field or discipline. The PI must write the Project Narrative and other application components, with appropriate guidance from the Mentor(s). Applications must include at least one Mentor. The Mentor or Mentors must possess qualifications, background, and experience in PTE research. Applications must explain how the Mentor(s) will assist the PI throughout the period of performance in developing toward independent research. Provide details on the amount and types of interactions between the Mentor(s) and the PI. Describe the track record of the Mentor(s) for mentoring early-career investigators in TBI and PTE research. The PI is expected to demonstrate suitable experience towards completing the proposed research. For Funding Level II: Funding Level II is intended to support a more mature, hypothesis- or objective-driven research project. Applicants can be from any field or discipline. Study teams are expected to demonstrate experience in both TBI and epilepsy. For Both Funding Levels: While not required, applications to either Funding Level I or II are encouraged to provide relevant preliminary data. Preliminary data for either funding level may come from the PI’s published work, pilot data, or from the peer-reviewed literature. Funding Level I applications may provide preliminary data from their Mentor’s or Mentors’ published work. The types of awards made under the Program Announcement will be assistance agreements. An assistance agreement is appropriate when the Federal Government transfers a “thing of value” to a “state, local government,” or “other recipient” to carry out a public purpose of support or stimulation authorized by a law of the United States instead of acquiring property or service for the direct benefit and use of the U.S. Government. An assistance agreement can take the form of a grant or cooperative agreement. The level of involvement on the part of the Department of Defense (DoD) during project performance is the key factor in determining whether to award a grant or cooperative agreement. If “no substantial involvement” on the part of the funding agency is anticipated, a grant award will be made (31 USC 6304). Conversely, if substantial involvement on the part of the funding agency is anticipated, a cooperative agreement will be made (31 USC 6305), and the award will identify the specific substantial involvement. Substantial involvement may include, but is not limited to, collaboration, participation, or intervention in the research to be performed under the award. The award type, along with the start date, will be determined during the negotiation process. For Funding Level I: The anticipated direct costs budgeted for the entire period of performance for a Funding Level I FY20 ERP IDA award will not exceed $300,000. Refer to Section II.D.5, Funding Restrictions, for detailed funding information. The anticipated direct costs budgeted for the entire period of performance for a Funding Level II FY20 ERP IDA award will not exceed $500,000. Refer to Section II.D.5, Funding Restrictions, for detailed funding information. Awards will be made no later than September 30, 2021. For additional information refer to Section II.F.1, Federal Award Notices. The CDMRP expects to allot approximately $0.96M to fund approximately two IDA Funding Level I applications and approximately $2.4M to fund approximately three IDA Funding Level II applications. Funding of applications received is contingent upon the availability of Federal funds for this program as well as the number of applications received, the quality and merit of the applications as evaluated by scientific and programmatic review, and the requirements of the Government. Funds to be obligated on any award resulting from this funding opportunity will be available for use for a limited time period based on the fiscal year of the funds. It is anticipated that awards made from this FY20 funding opportunity will be funded with FY20 funds, which will expire for use on September 30, 2026. | Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA | May 19, 2020 | July 21, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81XWH-20-ERP-IDA |
| Advancing Community Supervision Strategies Microsite Development | 20CS16 | For decades the field has made great strides utilizing technology to support the community corrections profession and improve the outcomes of persons under community supervision. As NIC explored the current state of the use of technology, it became apparent that the field was informally sharing information about their use of technology, however, there was no formal mechanism in place to share information or a repository to store and highlight the experiences the field was having using technology. Because agencies providing community supervision must rely on the most recent evidence- based research, NIC is invested in promoting equally important topic areas included in this micro site that target human resource related technical skills, staff support, and topic areas supported by research and evaluation. A number of topics are covered from tried-and-true methods to new and innovative practices. In 2018, the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) staff began working on the development of a microsite to provide a comprehensive one-stop-shop for agencies seeking information on current practices and resources for community supervision agencies. | National Institute of Corrections | May 22, 2020 | July 21, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=20CS16 |
| Basic and Translation Research on Decision Making in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease (R21 - Clinical Trial Optional) | PAR-18-538 | This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) invites applications for basic research to better characterize the affective, cognitive, social, and motivational parameters of impaired and intact decision making in both normal aging and Alzheimer's disease (AD). Research is sought that will characterize the extent to which basic behavioral and neural processes involved in decision-making are differentially impacted in normal aging and AD, investigate the influence of social factors on decision-making, and investigate the decision-making factors that render older adults (with or without cognitive impairment) vulnerable to financial exploitation and other forms of mistreatment and abuse. The FOA also invites applications to apply basic research on the processes involved in decision-making to the design of decision-supportive interventions for midlife and older adults with and without AD. Specific opportunities include the development of decision supportive interventions to leverage cognitive, emotional and motivational strengths of these populations: tools to assess decisional capacity; strategies for simplifying choices and offering better defaults; and the promotion of timely adoption of optimal delegation practices (e.g., power of attorney, living wills, etc.). | National Institutes of Health | December 21, 2017 | July 22, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=PAR-18-538 |
| Emotional Function in Normal Aging and/or MCI and AD/ADRD (R21 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | PAR-18-582 | This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications that expand on foundational research demonstrating generally improved emotional function and emotion regulation with aging, to further clarify the trajectories of change in emotion processing and linked neurobiological factors in adults who are aging normally, as well as in individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), Alzheimer's disease, and related dementias (ADRD). The goal is three-fold: to advance understanding of (1) normative maturational shifts in emotional processes, (2) how dysfunction in the integrative neural-behavioral mechanisms of emotional function might manifest in MCI and the early stages of ADRD, and/or (3) how such dysfunction might account for any of the neuropsychiatric symptoms observed in ADRD. Such studies may identify novel targets for interventions or prevention efforts, or provide clues to intervention strategies that might be applied to normalize emotion dysregulation or strengthen emotional resilience at different life stages in normal aging or disease stages in MCI and ADRD. The R21 Exploratory/Developmental Grant supports exploratory and developmental research projects by providing support for the early and conceptual stages of these projects. | National Institutes of Health | January 12, 2018 | July 22, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=PAR-18-582 |
| Emotional Well-Being: High-Priority Research Networks (U24, Clinical Trial Optional) | RFA-AT-20-003 | This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications that focus on developing resources by refining and testing key concepts that will advance and further support the study of emotional well-being in the field at large. This infrastructure support will facilitate research networks through meetings, conferences, small-scale pilot research, multidisciplinary cross training (such as intensive workshops, summer institutes, or visiting scholar programs), and information dissemination to foster the growth and development of research in the following priority areas: (1) Ontology and measurement of emotional well-being; (2) Mechanistic research on the role of emotional well-being in health; (3) Biomarkers of emotional well-being; (4) Prevention research (mechanisms-focused intervention development in target populations); (5) Technology and outcome measure development for mechanistic studies; (6) Development and validation of well-being measures. | National Institutes of Health | December 5, 2019 | July 22, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-AT-20-003 |
| Limited Competition for the Continuation of the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study (DPPOS) Biostatistics Research Center (BRC) (Collaborative U01 Clinical Trial Required) | RFA-DK-20-502 | The purpose of this Limited Competition Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to continue follow-up of the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study (DPPOS) cohort through a collaborative cooperative agreement. The Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) was a multi-center controlled clinical trial examining the efficacy of treatments to prevent or delay the development of type 2 diabetes in a population at high risk. The DPP demonstrated that either weight loss through lifestyle change or the drug metformin could reduce the development of type 2 diabetes by 58% and 31%, respectively, compared with placebo. Following the end of DPP, the DPP cohort was enrolled in the DPPOS to determine the long-term effects of the DPP interventions on further diabetes development and microvascular complications. The current funding period is focused on examining the effectiveness of early metformin treatment on the development of cancer and cardiovascular disease. The DPPOS study population has aged, and there is an opportunity to study the heterogeneity in chronic disease development and progression in this well-characterized, diverse study population. The primary purpose of this FOA is to support the DPPOS BRC to maintain follow-up the DPPOS cohort to continue to explore contributors to the development of multiple chronic conditions, including, but not limited to, cognitive impairment, cancer, and diabetes vascular complications, and to evaluate whether the DPP interventions have any preventive effect on the development of these chronic conditions. RFA-DK-20-501 will support continuation of the DPPOS Clinical Centers. | National Institutes of Health | January 23, 2020 | July 22, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-DK-20-502 |
| Limited Competition for the Continuation of the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study (DPPOS) Clinical Centers (Collaborative U01 Clinical Trial Required) | RFA-DK-20-501 | The purpose of this Limited Competition Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to continue follow-up of the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study (DPPOS) cohort through a collaborative cooperative agreement. The Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) was a multi-center controlled clinical trial examining the efficacy of treatments to prevent or delay the development of type 2 diabetes in a population at high risk. The DPP demonstrated that either weight loss through lifestyle change or the drug metformin could reduce the development of type 2 diabetes by 58% and 31%, respectively, compared with placebo. Following the end of DPP, the DPP cohort was enrolled in the DPPOS to determine the long-term effects of the DPP interventions on further diabetes development and microvascular complications. The current funding period is focused on examining the effectiveness of early metformin treatment on the development of cancer and cardiovascular disease. The DPPOS study population has aged, and there is an opportunity to study the heterogeneity in chronic disease development and progression in this well-characterized, diverse study population. The primary purpose of this FOA is to support the DPPOS clinical centers to maintain follow-up the DPPOS cohort to continue to explore contributors to the development of multiple chronic conditions, including, but not limited to, cognitive impairment, cancer, and diabetes vascular complications, and to evaluate whether the DPP interventions have any preventive effect on the development of these chronic conditions. RFA-DK-20-502 will support continuation of the DPPOS Biostatistics Research Center. | National Institutes of Health | January 23, 2020 | July 22, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-DK-20-501 |
| Kidney Technology Development Research Education Program (R25 - Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | RFA-DK-20-006 | This FOA encourages applications from institutions that propose to establish research experiences in kidney technology development. Successful programs should include a collaborative capstone research or design project(s), innovative and/or ground-breaking technology development, multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary teamwork, education in entrepreneurship, product development and navigating regulatory pathways, and clinical immersion. The intent of this FOA is to recruit undergraduate students as participants and to engage students from engineering and technical domains, but applicants may also propose the inclusion of medical students, graduate students and/or dual-degree students (e.g., M.D./Ph.D.; Pharm.D./Ph.D.) prior to their qualifying exams and selection of Ph.D. mentor. | National Institutes of Health | March 11, 2020 | July 22, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-DK-20-006 |
| Assessment of the Retrospective and Prospective Economic Impacts of Investments in U.S. Neutron Research Sources and Facilities from 1968 to 2030 | 2020-NIST-TPO-01 | The NIST’s Technology Partnerships Office (TPO) is seeking proposals from eligible applicants to assess the Nation’s current and future need for neutron research sources and facilities. Advanced neutron research facilities, sources, and instruments are essential to science and engineering, to the study and design of new materials, and to the development of technologies and products vital to the U.S. economy, national security, and daily life. The recipient will analyze both realized and potential economic impacts resulting from current and potential future investments in neutron research sources and facilities. The recipient will also assess how well the suite of U.S. neutron sources meets current and anticipated future U.S. scientific and technical needs, in order to ensure U.S. scientific competitiveness and economic vitality. | National Institute of Standards and Technology | May 20, 2020 | July 22, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=2020-NIST-TPO-01 |
| Emergency Awards: Research Projects in SARS-CoV-2 Serological Sciences (U01 Clinical Trial Optional) | RFA-CA-20-039 | This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is associated with the COVID-19 Supplement funded through the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act (P.L. 116-139) which directs the National Cancer Institute of the NIH to develop, validate, improve, and implement serological testing and associated technologies. The purpose of the FOA is to establish Serological Sciences Research Projects with the goals of: identifying and advancing research opportunities to characterize the immune responses elicited by SARS-CoV-2 viral infection; understanding the mechanisms driving the serological, humoral and cellular immune responses; determining host, genetic, and environmental modifiers of the immune response; and determining the serological correlates of disease pathogenesis and protection against future infection; defining access, communication, and implementation barriers related to SARS-CoV-2 serological testing. These U01 Research Projects will be part of a Serological Sciences Network (SeroNet). Other components of the Network will include Serological Sciences Centers of Excellence (U54), the FNLCR Serology Laboratory, Serological Capacity Building Centers (CBC), and a Serological Sciences Network Coordinating Center (SSNCC), which will be managed through the Frederick National Lab for Cancer Research (FNLCR), a Federally Funded Research and Development Center. It may also include SBIR grants and other grants and contracts related to serology associated with SARS-CoV-2. All components are expected to collaborate across the entire Network, sharing data, results, and reagents. This FOA solicits U01 research project applications, whereas the companion FOA, RFA-CA-20-038, solicits multi-component U54 Centers applications. Successful applicants from both FOAs will become members of the Serological Sciences Network. | National Institutes of Health | June 5, 2020 | July 22, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-CA-20-039 |
| Emergency Awards: SARS-CoV-2 Serological Sciences Centers of Excellence (U54 Clinical Trial Optional) | RFA-CA-20-038 | This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is associated with the COVID-19 Supplement funded through the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act (P.L. 116-139) which directs the National Cancer Institute of the NIH to develop, validate, improve, and implement serological testing and associated technologies . The purpose of the FOA is to establish Serological Sciences Centers of Excellence with the goal of identifying and advancing research opportunities to characterize the immune responses elicited by SARS-CoV-2 viral infection; understanding the mechanisms driving the serological, humoral and cellular immune responses; determining host, genetic, and environmental modifiers of the immune response; determining the serological correlates of disease pathogenesis and protection against future infection; defining access, communication, and implementation barriers related to SARS-CoV-2 serological testing. These U54 Centers will be part of a Serological Sciences Network (SeroNet). Other components of the Network will include Serological Sciences Research Projects (U01), the FNLCR Serology Laboratory, Serological Capacity Building Centers (CBC) and a Serological Sciences Network Coordinating Center (SSNCC) which will be managed through Frederick National Lab for Cancer Research (FNLCR), a Federally Funded Research and Development Center. It may also include SBIR grants and other grants and contracts related to serology associated with SARS-CoV-2. All components are expected to collaborate across the entire Network, sharing data, results, and reagents. This FOA solicits multi-component U54 Center applications, whereas the companion FOA, RFA-CA-20-039, solicits applications for discrete U01 research projects. Successful applicants from both FOAs will become members of the Serological Sciences Network. | National Institutes of Health | June 5, 2020 | July 22, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-CA-20-038 |
| DoD Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Clinical Development Award | W81XWH-20-ALSRP-CDA | The intent of the FY20 ALSRP Clinical Development Award mechanism is to support studies leveraging human-based ALS resources to enrich clinical trials, in addition to projects designed to optimize components of current ALS clinical care. Leveraging can refer to the use of existing well-characterized and highly curated resources, or collaboration with ongoing clinical research to amplify potential gains in knowledge. Analysis of results and/or biosamples collected under these projects should be made broadly available through deposition in existing publicly available curated repositories and data platforms.Examples of human-based resources include ongoing or completed clinical trial datasets, biorepositories of clinical specimens, large transcriptome/proteome/metabolomic datasets, and databases of clinical data and/or metadata. The applicant must demonstrate availability of, and accessibility to, the necessary resources to accomplish the proposed aims. The resources must be available at the time of application submission. Collection of specimens and/or data at additional time points from participants in an existing cohort is allowed. Applications are encouraged to include diversity in their sample populations.A list of suitable resources can be found on the ALSRP web page (https://cdmrp.army.mil/alsrp/default). Other resources may be used, provided a letter of support adequately describes the relevant repository parameters and mechanisms for broad access to data and samples.Examples of studies appropriate for submission to the Clinical Development Award include, but are not limited to:• Using human subject-based resources to better define subtypes, predict therapeutic response, or assess prognosis• Correlating clinical trial-related biosamples, imaging, or epidemiological data with clinical outcomes• Adding a companion aim/goal to an anticipated/ongoing clinical trial, not otherwise supported by the trial• Studies to evaluate optimizing components of current established ALS multidisciplinary clinical care such as respiratory care strategies, use of approved devices, or specific symptom management strategies | Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA | January 17, 2020 | July 23, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81XWH-20-ALSRP-CDA |
| DoD Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Therapeutic Development Award | W81XWH-20-ALSRP-TDA | The FY20 ALSRP Therapeutic Development Award supports research ranging from validation of therapeutic leads through U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Investigational New Drug (IND)-enabling studies. The proposed studies are expected to be empirical in nature and product-driven. Preliminary data are required, including efficacy in at least one ALS-relevant model system with a lead molecule/class of compounds. The availability of validated biomarkers or biomarker development/characterization, in parallel to the main therapeutic effort and for use in eventual clinical trials, is a critical component of the FY20 ALSRP Therapeutic Development Award. Applicants with limited ALS experience are strongly encouraged to include collaborators with substantial expertise in the relevant ALS model systems, endpoints, and pathophysiology. Examples of activities that will be supported by this award include:• Confirmation of candidate therapeutics obtained from screening or by other means, including optimization of potency and pharmacological properties and testing of derivatives and sister compounds• Validation of early pilot studies, including the use of multiple ALS model systems and/or replicating preliminary data with more time points or additional doses• Studies on formulation and stability leading to Good Manufacturing Practice production methods• IND-enabling studies, to include compound characterization, absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion (ADME) studies, and dose/response and toxicology studies in relevant model systemsClinical trials are not allowed, however, validation of treatment approaches in appropriately powered and controlled studies using biological correlates of disease activity and progression in pre-existing, de-identified human specimens from well-characterized patient cohorts is encouraged. Examples of acceptable sources for pre-existing biosamples or datasets include controlled clinical trials, observational studies, publicly available biorepositories, and registries (e.g., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] National ALS Registry and/or Biorepository; https://www.cdc.gov/als/). A list of suitable resources can be found on the ALSRP web page (https://cdmrp.army.mil/alsrp/resources/ALSRPresources. Other resources may be used, provided a letter of support that adequately describes the relevant repository parameters and mechanisms for broad access to data and samples is included in the application. Active duty military and/or Veteran patient populations or resources should be considered. All specimens must exist at the time of application submission; collection of new specimens will not be supported.Applications supported by this award must begin with lead compounds in hand and must include preliminary data relevant to the phase of development, such as:• Proof of identity and purity• Selectivity for the intended target over closely related targets• Availability of primary and secondary in vitro bioactivity assays for optimization or structure-activity relationship studies• Availability of proof-of-concept efficacy data in at least one preclinical model system of ALS, including whole animal and cellular model systemsBiomarker development and/or characterization (if not already validated), in parallel to the main therapeutic effort, is a critical component of the FY20 ALSRP Therapeutic Development Award. Efforts may include development/characterization of target engagement biomarkers, pharmacodynamic biomarkers to measure the biological effect of an investigational therapeutic, and/or predictive/cohort-selective biomarkers that indicate whether a specific therapy will be effective in an individual patient or patient subgroup. Development of markers for the purposes of diagnosis, prognosis, or measurement of disease progression without consideration of the therapeutic development process will not be supported. Applicants must clearly describe the marker and its potential to improve the efficacy of the therapeutic development process. For further description, see Section II.D.2.b.ii, Full Application Submission Components. Before preparing the Therapeutically Relevant Biomarker Statement, applicants are encouraged to review the draft guidance issued by the FDA, "Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Developing Drugs for Treatment," as well as the patient-focused document developed by the ALS community, "Drug Development for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Guidance for Industry," which provides direction beyond the FDA guidance and includes the community consensus on key therapeutic development topics. | Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA | January 17, 2020 | July 23, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81XWH-20-ALSRP-TDA |
| DoD Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Therapeutic Idea Award | W81XWH-20-ALSRP-TIA | The FY20 ALSRP Therapeutic Idea Award supports hypothesis-driven therapeutic development and is designed to promote new ideas aimed at drug or treatment discovery that are still in the early stages of development. Development and/or modification of preclinical model systems or the application of high-throughput screens to define or assess lead compounds for ALS treatment may also be proposed. All research projects should include a well-formulated, testable hypothesis based on strong scientific rationale that holds translational potential to improve ALS treatment and/or advance a novel treatment modality. Preliminary data are not required. While the inclusion of preliminary data is not prohibited, the strength of the application should not rely on preliminary data, but on the innovative approach.Projects that focus primarily on investigating the pathophysiology of ALS, without consideration of therapeutic development, are not within the scope of this Funding Opportunity.Innovation and impact are important aspects of the Therapeutic Idea Award. Research deemed innovative may introduce a new paradigm, challenge current paradigms, introduce novel concepts or technologies, or exhibit other uniquely creative qualities that may lead to potential therapeutics for ALS. Impact may be near-term or long-term, but must be significant and move beyond an incremental advancement.The Therapeutic Idea Award encourages applications submitted by early career investigators as well as applications that include meaningful and productive collaborations between investigators. Applicants from outside the ALS research field are encouraged to include collaborators with the necessary relevant expertise, such as experience with ALS model systems, endpoints, and pathogenic findings.Identification of treatment approaches using biological correlates of disease activity and progression in pre-existing, de-identified human specimens from well-characterized, adequately controlled, and sufficiently powered patient cohorts is encouraged. Examples of acceptable sources for pre-existing biosamples or datasets include controlled clinical trials, observational studies, publicly available biorepositories, and registries (e.g., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] National ALS Registry and/or Biorepository; https://www.cdc.gov/als/Default.html). Active duty military and/or Veteran patient populations or resources should be considered. A list of suitable resources can be found on the ALSRP web page (https://cdmrp.army.mil/alsrp/resources/ALSRPresources). Other resources may be used, provided a letter of support adequately describes the relevant repository parameters and mechanisms for broad access to data and samples. All specimens must exist at the time of application submission; collection of new specimens will not be supported.Therapeutically Relevant Biomarker Option: The FY20 ALSRP Therapeutic Idea Award Therapeutically Relevant Biomarker Option encourages applicants to include the development of biomarker(s) in parallel with the main proposed Therapeutic Idea Award research effort. Additional funding, as described in Section II.D.5, Funding Restrictions, is being offered for the co-development of biomarkers that will enhance the drug development process. Efforts may include development of target engagement biomarkers, objective pharmacodynamic biomarkers to measure the biological effect of an investigational therapeutic, or predictive/cohort-selective biomarkers that indicate whether a specific therapy will be effective in an individual patient or patient subgroup. Development of markers for the purposes of diagnosis, prognosis, or measurement of disease progression without consideration of the therapeutic development process will not be supported. | Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA | January 17, 2020 | July 23, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81XWH-20-ALSRP-TIA |
| ROSES 2020: Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry | NNH20ZDA001N-OBB | Please note that this program requests Notices of Intent, which are due via NSPIRES by April 30, 2020. See the full posting on NSPIRES for details. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (SMD) released its annual omnibus Research Announcement (NRA), Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) – 2020 (OMB Approval Number 2700-0092, CFDA Number 43.001) on February 14, 2020. In this case "omnibus" means that this NRA has many individual program elements, each with its own due dates and topics. All together these cover the wide range of basic and applied supporting research and technology in space and Earth sciences supported by SMD. Awards will be made as grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and inter- or intra-agency transfers, depending on the nature of the work proposed, the proposing organization, and/or program requirements. However, most extramural research awards deriving from ROSES will be grants, and many program elements of ROSES specifically exclude contracts, because contracts would not be appropriate for the nature of the work solicited. The typical period of performance for an award is three years, but some programs may allow up to five years and others specify shorter periods. In most cases, organizations of every type, Government and private, for profit and not-for-profit, domestic and foreign (with some caveats), may submit proposals without restriction on teaming arrangements. Tables listing the program elements and due dates, the full text of the ROSES-2020 solicitation, and the "Summary of Solicitation" as a stand-alone document, may all be found NSPIRES at http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020. This synopsis is associated with one of the individual program elements within ROSES, but this is a generic summary that is posted for all ROSES elements. For specific information on this particular program element download and read the PDF of the text of this program element by going to Tables 2 or 3 of this NRA at http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020table2 and http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020table3, respectively, click the title of the program element of interest, a hypertext link will take you to a page for that particular program element. On that page, on the right side under "Announcement Documents" the link on the bottom will be to the PDF of the text of the call for proposals. For example, if one were interested in The Lunar Data Analysis Program (NNH20ZDA001N-LDAP) one would follow the link to the NSPIRES page for that program element and then to read the text of the call one would click on “C.8 Lunar Data Analysis (.PDF)” to download the text of the call. If one wanted to set it into the context of the goals, objectives and know the default rules for all elements within Appendix C, the planetary science division, one might download and read “C.1 Planetary Science Research Program Overview (.PDF)” from that same page. While the letters and numbers are different for each element within ROSES (A.12, B.7, etc.) the basic configuration is always the same, e.g., the letter indicates the Science Division (A is Earth Science, B is Heliophysics etc.) and whatever the letter, #1 is always the overview. Frequently asked questions for ROSES are posted at http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/faqs. Questions concerning general ROSES-2020 policies and procedures may be directed to Max Bernstein, Lead for Research, Science Mission Directorate, at sara@nasa.gov, but technical questions concerning specific program elements should be directed to the point(s) of contact for that particular element, who may be found either at the end of the individual program element in the summary table of key information or on the web list of topics and points of contact at: http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/program-officers-list. Not all program elements are known at the time of the release of ROSES. To be informed of new program elements or amendments to this NRA, proposers may subscribe to: (1) The SMD mailing lists (by logging in at http://nspires.nasaprs.comand checking the appropriate boxes under "Account Management" and "Email Subscriptions"), (2) The ROSES-2020 RSS feed for amendments, clarifications, and corrections to at http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/grant-solicitations/ROSES-2020, and (3) The ROSES-2020 due date Google calendar. Instructions are at https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/library-and-useful-links (link from the words due date calendar). | NASA Headquarters | March 23, 2020 | July 23, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=NNH20ZDA001N-OBB |
| OVW Fiscal Year 2020 National Tribal Clearinghouse on Sexual Assault Solicitation | OVW-2020-18533 | Beginning in 2012, Congress appropriated funds for a national clearinghouse to provide training and technical assistance on sexual assault against American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) women. The purpose of the clearinghouse is to provide training and technical assistance designed to improve victim services for and criminal and civil justice response to AI/AN sexual assault victims as well as increase offender accountability for such crimes. This program has previously been awarded with the title National Indian Country Clearinghouse on Sexual Assault (NICCSA). The National Tribal Clearinghouse on Sexual Assault funding may be used to establish, sustain, and/or expand training, educational programs, and technical assistance on issues relating to sexual assault of AI/AN women. Funding priority will be given to applicants proposing innovative ways of reaching a national audience of entities addressing the sexual assault of AI/AN women, including tribal and non-tribal organizations within urban areas. | Office on Violence Against Women | May 28, 2020 | July 23, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=OVW-2020-18533 |
| Device-Based Treatments for Substance Use Disorders (UG3/UH3) (Clinical Trial Optional) | PAR-18-494 | The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to accelerate the development of devices to treat Substance Use Disorders (SUDs). The continuing advances in technologies offer unprecedented opportunities to develop neuromodulatory or neurophysiological devices that are safe and effective SUD treatments. The objective is to move devices to their next step in the FDA approval process, with the ultimate goal of generating new, FDA approved device-based treatments for SUDs. | National Institutes of Health | December 15, 2017 | July 24, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=PAR-18-494 |
| Research Education Program Grants for CryoEM and CryoET Curriculum Development (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | RFA-RM-20-010 | The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH. The over-arching goal of this Common Fund R25 program is to support educational activities that complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nations biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs. To accomplish the stated over-arching goal, this FOA will support creative educational activities with a primary focus on Curriculum or Methods Development in cryoelectron microscopy (cryoEM) and cryoelectron tomography (cryoET) for biology research. | National Institutes of Health | March 5, 2020 | July 24, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-RM-20-010 |
| Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education (CHGME) Payment Program | HRSA-21-012 | The purpose of the CHGME Payment Program is to compensate for the disparity in the level of Federal GME funding for freestanding children’s teaching hospitals versus other types of teaching hospitals. Federal funding for graduate medical education (GME) is primarily provided by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and goes to full service teaching hospitals that serve primarily adult patients. Freestanding children’s hospitals receive little to no GME funding from Medicare because children’s hospitals have a low Medicare caseload. The CHGME Payment Program is administered by the Bureau of Health Workforce (BHW), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). | Health Resources and Services Administration | May 18, 2020 | July 24, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=HRSA-21-012 |
| Limited Competition: Network Management Core (NEMO) for the Pulmonary Trials Cooperative (PTC) Disease Modifying Therapies for Chronic Lung Diseases (U24 Clinical Trial Required - Infrastructure) | RFA-HL-21-012 | The purpose of this limited competition Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support the continuation and expansion of the existing NHLBI Pulmonary Trials Cooperative (PTC) clinical trials network. This FOA requests applications for a cooperative agreement research grant (U24) to serve as the Network Management Core (NEMO) for the PTC. The PTC will include multiple Protocol Leadership Groups (PLGs) and a single Network Management Core (NEMO) and will conduct multiple simultaneous phase II clinical trials that will test innovative disease modifying therapies (DMT) for adult chronic lung diseases. NEMO will have primary responsibility for organizing and operating this multi-center cooperative. | National Institutes of Health | April 30, 2020 | July 24, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-HL-21-012 |
| Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Homeland Security Preparedness Technical Assistance Program (HSPTAP) | DHS-20-NPD-007-00-01 | The Homeland Security Preparedness Technical Assistance Program (HSPTAP) is established to build State, local, tribal and territorial (SLTT) capabilities to prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from major events, including threats or acts of terrorism. This overarching programmatic goal of building state and local capabilities will be achieved through various means and methods, each one aimed at achieving the National Preparedness Goal and furthering our collective efforts to remain a safe and secure nation.Specific HSPTAP program activities anticipated for achieving this goal include, but will not be limited to: developing and disseminating written products; facilitating calls, meetings, or discussions; providing and organizing seminars, training and workshops for key homeland security and emergency preparedness SLTT stakeholders nationwide (e.g., state emergency management directors, state homeland security advisors, and other professional organizations in the public and private sectors, etc.) to share information, knowledge, experiences, and practices relating to current and emerging homeland security, emergency management and public safety issues and efforts. | Department of Homeland Security - FEMA | May 26, 2020 | July 24, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=DHS-20-NPD-007-00-01 |
| Strengthening Community Capacity and Government Coordination in Preventing Radicalization and Terrorist Recruitment | DOS-NBO-POL-FY20-0001 | This program aims to reduce radicalization and terrorist recruitment by improving collaboration, trust, and reporting mechanisms between citizens and civilian government representatives in at-risk focus areas of Lamu and Garissa County. The proposed program will build the capacity of credible community leaders in these focus areas to identify signs of radicalization, intervene appropriately when possible, and collaborate with government officials in carrying out locally relevant solutions. By focusing on building the skills of influential community leaders, the program will enable local actors best positioned to address violent extremism in this highly sensitive environment. By also including government representatives (including law enforcement officials) in this program, it will aim to rebuild and strengthen trust in order to facilitate citizen-government collaboration and information sharing in addressing violent extremism. Female stakeholders are a critical component of this program proposal, in recognition that mothers, sisters and other influential women are sometimes the only individuals who can reach certain at-risk youth. | U.S. Mission to Kenya | May 28, 2020 | July 24, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=DOS-NBO-POL-FY20-0001 |
| U.S. Ambassador’s PEPFAR Small Grants Program 2020-2021 | DOS-APSGP-FY20-001 | The U.S. Embassy Lilongwe is pleased to announce that funding is available through its U.S. Ambassador’s PEPFAR Small Grants Program (PSPG). Below is the 2020-2021 Program Statement, outlining our funding priorities, strategic themes, and the procedures for submitting proposals for funding. Purpose of Small Grants: The PSGP is funded by the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). PEPFAR is recognized widely for efficiently and effectively investing U.S. taxpayer dollars to save millions of lives and change the course of the HIV pandemic. Through implementation of our strategy and use of data, PEPFAR is constantly innovating to generate greater efficiencies, drive down costs, and increase our impact. PEPFAR is a key partner and investor in the Government of Malawi’s national response to combat HIV and AIDS. As part of this national response, the PSGP seeks to support community-run projects throughout Malawi. This year’s program continues to focus specifically on: Promoting heath seeking behaviors and encourage back to care efforts for defaulters; Disseminating HIV accurate an authentic public messages; Providing solutions to stigma and discrimination; Addressing treatment literacy; and Enhancing HIV prevention, care and support or capacity building. The U.S. Embassy is committed to ensuring that grantees receiving PEPFAR funds implement their programs in a way that supports transparency and accountability and respects, promotes, and protects people’s human rights. Priority Program Areas: This year’s program will provide support to community organizations that work within the communities to implement projects to: Support accurate and authentic public messages on HIV to address mis-information and messages of hope(treatment literacy); Increase awareness and enhance community systems for the prevention of SGBV (sexual and gender based violence) and stigma discrimination; Eliminate cultural and legal barriers that result in environment that prevent equal access to health services; Promote prevention and encourage healthy living among recipients of care (HIV positive), prompt back to care efforts, adherence, and retention; Promote Household/Community led nutrition activities such as herbal gardens/nutritious crops; Build capacity of CSOs – proposal writing, monitoring and evaluation, record keeping, ethics, and confidentiality; and Support or train community press/radio to effectively disseminate HIV/AIDS messages. | U.S. Mission to Malawi | June 2, 2020 | July 24, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=DOS-APSGP-FY20-001 |
| ORWA Fuels Management & Community Fire Assistance Program Activities | L20AS00056 | ORWA Fuels Management & Community Fire Assistance Program Activities | Bureau of Land Management | February 26, 2020 | July 25, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=L20AS00056 |
| Faculty Early Career Development Program | 20-525 | CAREER:The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation's most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization. Activities pursued by early-career faculty should build a firm foundation for a lifetime of leadership in integrating education and research. NSF encourages submission of CAREER proposals from early-career faculty at all CAREER-eligible organizations and especially encourages women, members of underrepresented minority groups, and persons with disabilities to apply. PECASE: Each year NSF selects nominees for the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) from among the most meritorious recent CAREER awardees. Selection for this award is based on two important criteria: 1) innovative research at the frontiers of science and technology that is relevant to the mission of NSF, and 2) community service demonstrated through scientific leadership, education, or community outreach. These awards foster innovative developments in science and technology, increase awareness of careers in science and engineering, give recognition to the scientific missions of the participating agencies, enhance connections between fundamental research and national goals, and highlight the importance of science and technology for the Nation’s future. Individuals cannot apply for PECASE. These awards are initiated by the participating federal agencies. At NSF, up to twenty nominees for this award are selected each year from among the PECASE-eligible CAREER awardees most likely to become the leaders of academic research and education in the twenty-first century. The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy makes the final selection and announcement of the awardees. | National Science Foundation | December 6, 2019 | July 27, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=20-525 |
| Noninvasive mTBI Tool RFI | HU000120R0047 | This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes and does not constitute a solicitation or issuance thereof. BackgroundThe Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) is the leadership academy for military medicine and a research and development institution for the Department of Defense medical research program. As part of its mission, USU is charged to catalyze scientific collaboration among military and civilian investigators that results in the development and translation of knowledge and materiel products aligned with Military Health System (MHS) and Department of Defense (DoD) requirements.Developing new methods and technologies to improve the diagnosis and management of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), otherwise known as concussion, is a high priority for the MHS. The USU TBI Research Consortium (TBIRC) coordinates multiple lines of effort in this clinical area. The USU TBIRC is composed of several leading research groups involved in the conduct of clinical studies on all severities of TBI (mild, moderate and severe). USU is seeking information related to planned or ongoing clinical trial research projects on non-invasive assessment technologies designed for the detection and management of mTBI.USU is issuing this Request for Information (RFI) to survey available and/or emerging technologies that have the potential to address the following areas of interest in the detection and management of mTBI: 1) Utility of the non-invasive technologies, individually or in combination, as initial diagnostic and/or screening tool(s) for individuals who have been exposed to events associated with mTBI (i.e. individuals who have been exposed to scenarios associated with a risk of mTBI, but in whom the diagnosis has not yet been made). The technology or technologies should be compared against current standard(s) of care.2) Ability of available and/or emerging biomedical non-invasive technologies, individually or in combination, to provide prognostic information that can among other things, predict return to activity/duty time for those who have been diagnosed with concussion/mTBI when compared to current standard(s) of care/return to activity protocols.3) Utility of the non-invasive technologies, individually or in combination, to serve as tools by which inclusion and or exclusion criteria can be determined for entry of individuals into clinical studies of candidate therapeutics in the management of mTBI. Comparative assessment of the technology or technologies should be against current clinical standards (treatment of functional deficits and symptoms related to mTBI will be prioritized).For each of the three areas of interest, important considerations include:1) Quantitative assessment of added value provided by the technology, or technologies in combination, above and beyond the information provided by standard of care assessments, which at present include Military Acute Concussion Evaluation 2 (MACE2), clinical judgment, and neuroimaging if indicated.2) The clinical settings and or timing from exposure or injury in which the technology or technologies are best applied (e.g. point of injury, inpatient facility or medical center, sub-acute clinic setting or longer-term clinic setting). 2a – The clinical setting(s) in which the technology or technologies are best applied (e.g. emergency department, urgent care, primary care, rehabilitative facility, etc.) 2b – The time from injury that the technology or technologies are best applied, including the timing and course of injury recovery and decision support for treatment and referral.3) Best approaches for producing effectiveness data, training paradigms, clinical support mechanism to improve clinical adoption and use of new approaches and technologies.Candidate technologies that have FDA approved indications include the following: 1) Quantitative EEG-based multimodal technologies2) Blood Biomarkers (requires invasive step of acquiring a blood sample)3) Eye tracking technologies4) Automated neurocognitive testing5) Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS)Information RequestedTo respond to this RFI, please address the following questions below. Responses may involve a single technology or area of interest listed in this announcement, although respondents are encouraged to address more than one of the technologies, including ongoing or future studies on the potential comparability of the technologies in real-world setting (i.e. scenarios associated with mTBI or in cases of known/diagnosed mTBI). Of particular interest to the USU are responses which include ongoing or proposed studies of military populations and outline collaborative approaches with military treatment facilities, military laboratories and/or military researchers. 1) What types of clinical studies/methodology can be conducted to assess the utility of one or more of these non-invasive technologies, alone or in comparison with one another? Are any of these options sufficiently developed for interventional (therapeutic/preventative) clinical trial research? This can include study on what phase of care the technologies are best applied (i.e. point of injury versus concussion clinic versus hospital setting). Please describe any relevant research of which you are aware, with brief details about each therapeutic or preventive intervention, and the stage of clinical development in progress. If relevant, include information on Investigational New Drug or Investigational Device Exemption status.2) What novel approaches/methodologies of clinical study can be accomplished to improve the understanding and clinical adoption of one or more of these non-invasive technologies? Although FDA cleared devices exist in all five of the categories of technology, clinical adoption and use of the technologies is incomplete. How can clinical studies be fashioned to improve the understanding of the optimal use and clinical adoption of these technologies?3) What novel approaches can be undertaken to differentiate the utility of one or more of these non-invasive technologies in either the military or civilian setting. Are the technologies better suited for use in civilian sports-related injury, civilian non-sport mTBI, blast-related injury (training or combat) in military personnel, and non-blast mTBI (training or combat) in military personnel?Response and ProcessTo facilitate review of responses, please clearly mark which of the above technologies/areas of interest are relevant to the response. DO NOT submit cost related or pricing information in response to this RFI. General marketing information or marketing flyers that do not address the Government’s requirements outlined herein will be not be reviewed.Please respond no later than 11:59 PM (Eastern) on 27 Jul 2020. Responses should be limited to no more than 5 pages, and must be submitted to mTBItechnologies@usuhs.edu.Telephone inquiries will not be accepted. Any questions concerning this notice should be submitted via email to mTBItechnologies@usuhs.edu.All information received in response to this RFI that is marked proprietary will be handled accordingly. The Government reserves the right to use and/or disclose information provided by respondents for any purpose(s) it deems necessary and legally appropriate. Responses to this RFI will not be returned. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of RFI responses or provide feedback on any information submitted. Responses to this RFI are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract or award. Responses do not bind the Government to any further actions related to this RFI topic including requesting follow-on proposals from respondents to this RFI. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI. Response submission is voluntary and is not required to propose to a future solicitation (if any) on this topic. | Uniformed Services Univ. of the Health Sciences | April 23, 2020 | July 27, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=HU000120R0047 |
| Support Services for Community Supervision Leadership Symposium | 20CS19 | In support of our mission, NIC brings together groups of executives from various disciplines and areas of responsibility within corrections to communicate in frank and open discussions on issues that affect their individual agencies and the field at large. These meetings may include training in the form of special topic presenters, round table discussions on emerging issues, and provide direct assistance to the field. These executives contribute to the field beyond their in-person meetings by advising NIC on issues affecting the personnel and operations of their agencies, informing and contributing to publication development and provide peer/peer technical assistance. | National Institute of Corrections | May 27, 2020 | July 27, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=20CS19 |
| Home Study and Post Release Services for Unaccompanied Alien Children | HHS-2021-ACF-ORR-ZU-1783 | The Office of Refugee Resettlement/Division of Unaccompanied Children Operations (ORR/DUCO), within the Administration for Children and Families, is announcing the availability of funds for the Home Study (HS) and Post Release Services (PRS) for Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC). The HS/PRS for UAC Program conducts home studies for certain UAC, prior to their release from ORR custody, and provides post release services for UAC after they are released in accordance with the requirements of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) of 2008. Under this Program, both HS and PRS services must be provided nationwide. To safely release UAC to sponsors, living in the United States, certain categories of UAC, who are at risk or display special needs, are referred for home studies. Home studies are also conducted for any case in which a sponsor presents a safety risk to the UAC. In order to promote the safety and well-being of UAC, after their release to a sponsor in the U.S., certain categories of children, who display special needs, are referred for post-release services. Post release services are required for all UAC who receive a home study. For cases, where there is no safety risk in releasing a UAC to a sponsor but additional assistance is required to connect the UAC and sponsor to needed resources upon discharge from ORR custody, the case may be referred for post-release only services (i.e., no home study is required). All entities funded under this Funding Opportunity Announcement must comply with ORR HS and PRS' policies and procedures, the Flores Settlement Agreement, and pertinent regulations and laws. ORR encourages applicants to review ORR/DCS' policies at: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/ programs/orr/resource/children- entering-the-united- states-unaccompanied. | Administration for Children and Families - ORR | May 28, 2020 | July 27, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=HHS-2021-ACF-ORR-ZU-1783 |
| Building Leaders for Cuban Civil Society | SFOP0007037 | The Building Leaders in Cuban Civil Society Project will support the participation of cohorts of young emerging leaders from Cuban civil society in a professional development project, ideally for three to six months, but no longer than one year per cohort. The project will bring three to four small cohorts of civil-society leaders and/or young professionals to a third country for in-depth training in required skillsets for fostering grassroots civil society in Cuba as a means of developing the skills needed to build up Cuban democracy. Such skills may include, but are not limited to, communications for spreading democratic ideals, presenting democracy-building and human rights ideas to audiences, and starting or growing community-level organizations related to democracy-building. | Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs | June 2, 2020 | July 27, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=SFOP0007037 |
| FY2020 Title X Services Grants: Providing Publicly-Funded Family Planning Services in Areas of High Need | PA-FPH-20-001 | The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of Population Affairs announces the availability of funds for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 grant awards under the authority of Title X of the Public Health Service Act. The Office of Population Affairs (OPA) promotes health across the reproductive lifespan through innovative, evidence-based adolescent health and family planning programs, services, strategic partnerships, evaluation, and research. OPA administers the Title X program, the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program, and the Embryo Adoption Awareness program. OPA advises the Secretary of HHS and Assistant Secretary for Health on a wide range of topics, including adolescent health, family planning, sterilization, and other population issues. Through its mission and related work, OPA supports the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) in its mission to advance health equity and improve the health of all people. | Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health | May 29, 2020 | July 28, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=PA-FPH-20-001 |
| DoD Autism, Idea Development Award | W81XWH-20-ARP-IDA | The ARP Idea Development Award supports the development of innovative, high-risk/high-reward research that could lead to critical discoveries or major advancements that will accelerate progress in improving outcomes for individuals with ASD. This award mechanism is designed to support innovative ideas with the potential to yield impactful data and new avenues of investigation.The FY20 ARP Idea Development Award seeks applications from all areas of research. The ARP encourages applications that address the critical needs of the ASD community in one or more of the following areas:• Tests of implementation strategies to increase use of evidence-based practices• Development of healthcare provider-focused training or tools to improve healthcare delivery for individuals with ASD across the life span and the continuum of care (i.e., primary care, urgent/emergent care, and disaster relief)• Assessment of novel therapeutics using valid preclinical models• Mechanisms of heterogeneous clinical expression of ASD• Environmental risk factors• Improve diagnosis across the life span• Factors promoting success in key transitions to independence for individuals living with ASD• Cultural and socioeconomic factors in treatment efficacy, delivery, and access to services• Mechanisms underlying sex differences in ASD diagnosis• Mechanisms underlying conditions co-occurring with ASD (e.g., sleep disturbances, gastrointestinal issues, inflammation, aggression, depression, anxiety, attention deficit, seizures)• Factors impacting quality of life during geographic relocation, such as military permanent change of station• Long-term treatment outcomes from previous clinical trials for ASD core symptoms or to alleviate co-occurring conditions | Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA | February 27, 2020 | July 28, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81XWH-20-ARP-IDA |
| DoD Autism, Clinical Translational Research Award | W81XWH-20-ARP-CTRA | The ARP Clinical Translational Research Award is intended to support early-phase, proof-of-principle translational studies that will examine hypothesis-based, innovative interventions/clinical research that has the potential to address current clinical deficits for ASD. Applications are strongly encouraged to address one of the FY20 ARP Clinical Translational Research Award Areas of Interest. If the proposed project does not address any of the FY20 ARP Clinical Translational Research Award Areas of Interest, the application should describe how the project will nevertheless address a critical need of the ASD community. Outcomes from studies funded by this award are anticipated to provide scientific rationale for subsequent development of larger, efficacy-based clinical trials of interventions that will transform ASD clinical care.The FY20 ARP Clinical Translational Research Award seeks applications for early-phase clinical research. The ARP encourages applications that address the critical needs of the ASD community in one or more of the following areas:• Dissemination/implementation of clinically validated interventions• Behavioral, cognitive, and other non-pharmacological therapies for ASD core symptoms or to alleviate co-occurring conditions• Pharmacological, genetic, and other biological treatments for ASD core symptoms or to alleviate co-occurring conditions• Improve diagnosis and access to services across the life span• Interventions promoting success in key transitions to adulthood for individuals living with ASD• Healthcare provider-focused training or tools to improve healthcare delivery for individuals with ASD across the life span and the continuum of care (i.e., primary care, urgent/emergent care, and disaster relief)• Cultural, socioeconomic, and gender factors in diagnosis, treatment efficacy, delivery, and access to services• Understanding heterogeneity in treatment response | Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA | February 27, 2020 | July 28, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81XWH-20-ARP-CTRA |
| DoD Autism, Clinical Trial Award | W81XWH-20-ARP-CTA | The ARP Clinical Trial Award supports research with the potential to have a major impact on the treatment or management of ASD. Funding from this award mechanism must support a clinical trial and may not be used for preclinical research studies.The FY20 ARP Clinical Trial Award seeks applications from all areas of clinical research. The ARP encourages applications that address critical needs of the ASD community in one or more of the following areas:• Dissemination/implementation of clinically validated interventions• Behavioral, cognitive, and other non-pharmacological therapies for ASD core symptoms or to alleviate co-occurring conditions• Pharmacological, genetic, and other biological treatments for ASD core symptoms or to alleviate co-occurring conditions• Improve diagnosis and access to services across the life span• Interventions promoting success in key transitions to adulthood for individuals living with ASD• Healthcare provider-focused training or tools to improve healthcare delivery for individuals with ASD across the life span and the continuum of care (i.e., primary care, urgent/emergent care, and disaster relief)• Cultural, socioeconomic, and gender factors in diagnosis, treatment efficacy, delivery, and access to services• Understanding heterogeneity in treatment response | Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA | February 27, 2020 | July 28, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81XWH-20-ARP-CTA |
| Harnessing Natural Killer (NK) Cells to Prevent, Control, or Eradicate HIV (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | RFA-AI-20-016 | This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) will support basic, translational, and clinical research to improve the understanding of the effector or immunoregulatory potentials of NK cells for HIV prevention, control and/or eradication. | National Institutes of Health | March 6, 2020 | July 28, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-AI-20-016 |
| Advancing Vaccine Science to Improve Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes for People Living With or Without HIV (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | RFA-AI-20-010 | The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement is to invite applications for innovative clinical, and preclinical/translational research to develop therapeutic vaccine strategies to improve treatment outcomes of active tuberculosis (TB) in the presence or absence of HIV co-infection. | National Institutes of Health | March 6, 2020 | July 28, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-AI-20-010 |
| Engineering Immunity to HIV-1 Through Next Generation Vaccines (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | RFA-AI-20-015 | The objective of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to pair Bioengineers and Immunologists to leverage emerging innovative knowledge in physical and computational science for the design and development of an HIV-1 vaccine. | National Institutes of Health | March 9, 2020 | July 28, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-AI-20-015 |
| Long Acting Treatments for HIV and HIV-Associated Co-Infections (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | RFA-AI-20-024 | The purpose of this Funding Opportunity is to stimulate new and innovative multidisciplinary research in the area of long acting therapeutics for HIV and HIV-associated tuberculosis (TB) and viral hepatitis B and C. Applications are sought that lead to new effective therapies for administration once per month or less frequently as oral, injectable, implantable, or transdermal products. | National Institutes of Health | March 23, 2020 | July 28, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-AI-20-024 |
| FY2020 Title X Services Grants: Providing Publicly-Funded Family Planning Services in Areas of High Need – Maryland Service Area Only | PA-FPH-20-002 | The Office of Population Affairs announces the availability of funds for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 grant awards under the authority of Title X of the Public Health Service Act. On February 14, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland issued a permanent injunction against enforcing the 2019 Title X Final Rule in the State of Maryland only. Therefore, applicants proposing to provide services in Maryland, need to submit an application under the programmatic guidance in the FY 2019 Title X Family Planning Services Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), which was posted on November 7, 2018 and revised January 15, 2019 when the 2019 Title X Final Rule was not yet in effect. This notice (PA-FPH-20-002) is for entities applying to provide Title X family planning services in Maryland. The FY 2019 Title X Family Planning Services FOA, revised for dates and other grants management requirements is attached. Because of this permanent injunction, all services provided in Maryland must be in compliance with the previous regulations until further notice. Applications under this notice and the nationwide notice (PA-FPH-20-001) will be reviewed under the respective review criteria of each notice, and ranked in a single list for funding consideration. FY 2020 grant awards under the authority of Title X of the Public Health Service Act (i.e. this notice and PA-FPH-20-001) will be awarded based on the need of the applicants for Title X funding overall. | Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health | May 29, 2020 | July 28, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=PA-FPH-20-002 |
| Building Justice Sector Capacity in Timor-Leste | SFOP0007014 | This project will support the increased capacity of Timor-Leste’s justice sector to handle a range of criminal justice issues, focused specifically on corruption, gender-based violence, and trafficking in persons. The project will provide direct training to members of Timor-Leste’s justice sector and establish training curricula/programs in order to increase the sector’s accountability, transparency, and resilience to counter corruption, gender-based violence, and trafficking in persons. The target group for this project includes judges, prosecutors, public defenders, law students, members of the Anti-Corruption Commission and the Office of the Provedor for Human Rights and Justice (PDHJ), law enforcement, and civil society – especially those concerned with strengthening the justice sector as well as combating corruption, trafficking in persons, and gender-based violence. | Bureau of International Narcotics-Law Enforcement | May 28, 2020 | July 28, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=SFOP0007014 |
| Video Production: Community Supervision Leadership Symposium | 20CS14 | From time to time, NIC brings together groups of executives from various disciplines and areas of responsibility to communicate in frank and open discussions of issues that affect their individual agencies and the field at large. These meetings may include training in the form of special topic presenters, round table discussions and tours of facilities. Attendees learn from each other and develop professional relationships that are sustained throughout the field. NIC is convening a group of community supervision leaders from across the nation to be held at the National Corrections Academy in Aurora, Colorado. This is a prime opportunity to capture important topics on video that will benefit the field at large and to add to NIC’s video and photo library for use in a number of NIC products. These items can be used to enhance NIC’s e-learning and virtual learning products which are an important part of our offerings. | National Institute of Corrections | May 28, 2020 | July 28, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=20CS14 |
| Responding to Staff Trauma and Organizational Stress in Community Supervision Agencies | 20CS15 | In October of 2019, NIC conducted a survey of the field to determine what agencies were most concerned about and what their priorities were. One of the categories that received a high ranking was “staff recruitment, development, coaching, retention and health and wellness.” This project, Responding to Staff Trauma and Organizational Stress in Community Supervision Agencies, is an important step in determining what current resources and information is available and what strategies agencies are using to address these concerns. Across the country, community corrections agencies have begun to develop initiatives on staff trauma and organizational stress. Specifically, where are innovative and promising practices occurring and can they be replicated in other jurisdictions? Future work on this project may include development of training and resources for executives and staff. | National Institute of Corrections | May 28, 2020 | July 28, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=20CS15 |
| ROSES 2020: Heliophysics Guest Investigators Open | NNH20ZDA001N-HGIO | Step-2 proposals cannot be submitted if a Step-1 proposal was not submitted. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (SMD) released its annual omnibus Research Announcement (NRA), Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) – 2020 (OMB Approval Number 2700-0092, CFDA Number 43.001) on February 14, 2020. In this case "omnibus" means that this NRA has many individual program elements, each with its own due dates and topics. All together these cover the wide range of basic and applied supporting research and technology in space and Earth sciences supported by SMD. Awards will be made as grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and inter- or intra-agency transfers, depending on the nature of the work proposed, the proposing organization, and/or program requirements. However, most extramural research awards deriving from ROSES will be grants, and many program elements of ROSES specifically exclude contracts, because contracts would not be appropriate for the nature of the work solicited. The typical period of performance for an award is three years, but some programs may allow up to five years and others specify shorter periods. In most cases, organizations of every type, Government and private, for profit and not-for-profit, domestic and foreign (with some caveats), may submit proposals without restriction on teaming arrangements. Tables listing the program elements and due dates, the full text of the ROSES-2020 solicitation, and the "Summary of Solicitation" as a stand-alone document, may all be found NSPIRES at http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020. This synopsis is associated with one of the individual program elements within ROSES, but this is a generic summary that is posted for all ROSES elements. For specific information on this particular program element download and read the PDF of the text of this program element by going to Tables 2 or 3 of this NRA at http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020table2 and http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020table3, respectively, click the title of the program element of interest, a hypertext link will take you to a page for that particular program element. On that page, on the right side under "Announcement Documents" the link on the bottom will be to the PDF of the text of the call for proposals. For example, if one were interested in The Lunar Data Analysis Program (NNH20ZDA001N-LDAP) one would follow the link to the NSPIRES page for that program element and then to read the text of the call one would click on “C.8 Lunar Data Analysis (.PDF)” to download the text of the call. If one wanted to set it into the context of the goals, objectives and know the default rules for all elements within Appendix C, the planetary science division, one might download and read “C.1 Planetary Science Research Program Overview (.PDF)” from that same page. While the letters and numbers are different for each element within ROSES (A.12, B.7, etc.) the basic configuration is always the same, e.g., the letter indicates the Science Division (A is Earth Science, B is Heliophysics etc.) and whatever the letter, #1 is always the overview. Frequently asked questions for ROSES are posted at http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/faqs. Questions concerning general ROSES-2020 policies and procedures may be directed to Max Bernstein, Lead for Research, Science Mission Directorate, at sara@nasa.gov, but technical questions concerning specific program elements should be directed to the point(s) of contact for that particular element, who may be found either at the end of the individual program element in the summary table of key information or on the web list of topics and points of contact at: http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/program-officers-list. Not all program elements are known at the time of the release of ROSES. To be informed of new program elements or amendments to this NRA, proposers may subscribe to: (1) The SMD mailing lists (by logging in at http://nspires.nasaprs.comand checking the appropriate boxes under "Account Management" and "Email Subscriptions"), (2) The ROSES-2020 RSS feed for amendments, clarifications, and corrections to at http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/grant-solicitations/ROSES-2020, and (3) The ROSES-2020 due date Google calendar. Instructions are at https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/library-and-useful-links (link from the words due date calendar). | NASA Headquarters | February 14, 2020 | July 29, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=NNH20ZDA001N-HGIO |
| DoD Orthotics and Prosthetics Outcomes, Clinical Research Award | W81XWH-20-OPORP-CRA | The FY20 OPORP Clinical Research Award (CRA) is intended to support clinical research that evaluates orthoses and/or prostheses using patient-centric outcomes relevant to Service members, Veterans, and other individuals with limb loss and/or limb impairment. Research supported by this mechanism is intended to generate clinically useful evidence with potential to enhance and optimize patient outcomes. | Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA | March 30, 2020 | July 29, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81XWH-20-OPORP-CRA |
| DoD Orthotics and Prosthetics Outcomes, Clinical Trial Award | W81XWH-20-OPORP-CTA | The FY20 OPORP Clinical Trial Award (CTA) is intended to support the implementation of clinical trials with the potential to have a significant impact on improving the health and well-being of Service members, Veterans, and other individuals with limb loss and/or limb impairment. This award mechanism supports clinical trials that evaluate orthoses and/or prostheses using patient-centric outcomes for the purpose of generating clinically useful evidence to enhance and optimize patient outcomes. Proposed projects may range from small proof-of-concept trials to demonstrate feasibility or inform the design of more advanced trials, through large-scale trials in relevant patient populations. Alternate research designs (e.g., pragmatic and practice-based evidence trials) that provide evidence for adoption of tested orthotic and/or prosthetic devices in real-world clinical practice and inform clinical or policy decisions are particularly encouraged. | Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA | March 30, 2020 | July 29, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81XWH-20-OPORP-CTA |
| Integrated University Program (IUP) Nuclear Engineering Consortium for Nonproliferation | DE-FOA-0002264 | Section 313 of the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009 (H.R. 1105, P.L. 111-8) created the Integrated University Program (IUP). DNN R&D is one of the three participants in this program and is continuing a nuclear science and engineering program to support multi-year research projects critical to maintaining the discipline of nuclear science and engineering. Throughout this document the term, DOE National Laboratories, is used to collectively refer to DOE and NNSA National Laboratories, Sites, and Complexes. For DNN R&D, the role of Institutions of Higher Education (IHE; as defined in Section III.A. below) is to innovate, develop, and prove some of the most challenging basic aspects of new technology and methods in coordination with the DOE National Laboratories which can in turn fulfill their unique role to perform mission-specific research and development that improves on capabilities until they are either adopted by operational enterprises or transitioned into private industry for commercialization. Transparently and effectively linking the roles of these IHE and DOE National Laboratory represents the core of how DNN R&D proposes to meet its objectives. The intent of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to award ONE or TWO five-year cooperative agreement(s) to a consortium consisting of accredited IHE’s to allow them to receive and administer funds for student and faculty research, fellowships, and scholarship funding awarded by DOE/NNSA, DNN R&D. The cooperative agreement will be awarded to a consortium of IHEs which will include the participation of DOE National Laboratories as a consortium-member(s). Individual consortium-member IHEs shall make specific contributions and shall receive specified portions of the funding. The consortium may include student and research fellows and must have a long-term objective of building expertise in nuclear science and engineering. Research results should be incorporated readily into IHE curricula. Students, faculty, and researchers must be able to work unencumbered while moving across organizational and bureaucratic boundaries of the academic and governmental facilities engaged in the consortium, while properly protecting critical information and materials. The consortium should establish reciprocal arrangements between the lead IHE and other IHEs as well as relationships with appropriate DOE National Laboratories. | NNSA | April 29, 2020 | July 29, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=DE-FOA-0002264 |
| Workforce Opportunity for Rural Communities (WORC) | FOA-ETA-20-04 | This Announcement solicits applications for the WORC Initiative for grants serving the Appalachian and Delta regions. The purpose of this program is to demonstrate the alignment of regionally driven, comprehensive approaches to addressing economic distress and the necessary workforce development activities to ensure a workforce capable of succeeding in current and future job opportunities. Successful long-term economic growth strategies build upon bottom-up, community-led plans that promote economic resilience and maximize regional strengths. The WORC Initiative grants take a long-term view toward assisting eligible communities in diversifying their economies by investing in local strategies developed by regional partners. This long-term view also acknowledges the impact of the opioid crisis and the significant challenges it presents to a community’s workforce. To address these challenges, ETA encourages applicants to include within their applications strategies to address the employment and training needs of individuals affected by substance use disorder in their communities. | Employment and Training Administration | April 30, 2020 | July 29, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=FOA-ETA-20-04 |
| Physical Sciences-Oncology Network (PS-ON): Physical Sciences-Oncology Projects (PS-OP) (U01 Clinical Trial Optional) | PAR-19-101 | This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites U01 cooperative agreement applications for Physical Science-Oncology Projects (PS-OP). The goal of the PS-OPs is to foster the convergence of physical sciences approaches and perspectives with cancer research to advance our understanding of cancer biology and oncology by forming small transdisciplinary teams of physical scientists and cancer biologists/physician-scientists. Examples of physical scientists may include engineers, physicists, mathematicians, chemists, and computer scientists. The PS-OPs, individually and as a collaborative Network along with other PS-OPs and the Physical Sciences-Oncology Centers (PS-OC), will support transdisciplinary research that: (1) establishes a physical sciences perspective within the cancer research community; (2) facilitates team science and field convergence at the intersection of physical sciences and cancer research; and (3) collectively tests physical sciences-based experimental and theoretical concepts of cancer and promotes innovative solutions to address outstanding questions in cancer research. | National Institutes of Health | December 12, 2018 | July 30, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=PAR-19-101 |
| U.S. Embassy Kuala Lumpur PAS Annual Program Statement | SMY300-FY2020-PAS | PAS Kuala Lumpur invites proposals for programs that further U.S. government objectives and promote bilateral cooperation and mutual understanding between the U.S. and Malaysia. All programs must include a substantive American element, such as connections with American expert/s, organization/s, or institution/s in a specific field that will result in increased understanding of U.S. policies and perspectives. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis as funding becomes available. | U.S. Mission to Malaysia | January 23, 2020 | July 30, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=SMY300-FY2020-PAS |
| ROSES 2020: Cryospheric Science | NNH20ZDA001N-CRYO | Please note that this program requests Notices of Intent, which are due via NSPIRES by June 2, 20202. See the full posting on NSPIRES for details. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (SMD) released its annual omnibus Research Announcement (NRA), Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) – 2020 (OMB Approval Number 2700-0092, CFDA Number 43.001) on February 14, 2020. In this case "omnibus" means that this NRA has many individual program elements, each with its own due dates and topics. All together these cover the wide range of basic and applied supporting research and technology in space and Earth sciences supported by SMD. Awards will be made as grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and inter- or intra-agency transfers, depending on the nature of the work proposed, the proposing organization, and/or program requirements. However, most extramural research awards deriving from ROSES will be grants, and many program elements of ROSES specifically exclude contracts, because contracts would not be appropriate for the nature of the work solicited. The typical period of performance for an award is three years, but some programs may allow up to five years and others specify shorter periods. In most cases, organizations of every type, Government and private, for profit and not-for-profit, domestic and foreign (with some caveats), may submit proposals without restriction on teaming arrangements. Tables listing the program elements and due dates, the full text of the ROSES-2020 solicitation, and the "Summary of Solicitation" as a stand-alone document, may all be found NSPIRES at http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020. This synopsis is associated with one of the individual program elements within ROSES, but this is a generic summary that is posted for all ROSES elements. For specific information on this particular program element download and read the PDF of the text of this program element by going to Tables 2 or 3 of this NRA at http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020table2 and http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020table3, respectively, click the title of the program element of interest, a hypertext link will take you to a page for that particular program element. On that page, on the right side under "Announcement Documents" the link on the bottom will be to the PDF of the text of the call for proposals. For example, if one were interested in The Lunar Data Analysis Program (NNH20ZDA001N-LDAP) one would follow the link to the NSPIRES page for that program element and then to read the text of the call one would click on “C.8 Lunar Data Analysis (.PDF)” to download the text of the call. If one wanted to set it into the context of the goals, objectives and know the default rules for all elements within Appendix C, the planetary science division, one might download and read “C.1 Planetary Science Research Program Overview (.PDF)” from that same page. While the letters and numbers are different for each element within ROSES (A.12, B.7, etc.) the basic configuration is always the same, e.g., the letter indicates the Science Division (A is Earth Science, B is Heliophysics etc.) and whatever the letter, #1 is always the overview. Frequently asked questions for ROSES are posted at http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/faqs. Questions concerning general ROSES-2020 policies and procedures may be directed to Max Bernstein, Lead for Research, Science Mission Directorate, at sara@nasa.gov, but technical questions concerning specific program elements should be directed to the point(s) of contact for that particular element, who may be found either at the end of the individual program element in the summary table of key information or on the web list of topics and points of contact at: http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/program-officers-list. Not all program elements are known at the time of the release of ROSES. To be informed of new program elements or amendments to this NRA, proposers may subscribe to: (1) The SMD mailing lists (by logging in at http://nspires.nasaprs.comand checking the appropriate boxes under "Account Management" and "Email Subscriptions"), (2) The ROSES-2020 RSS feed for amendments, clarifications, and corrections to at http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/grant-solicitations/ROSES-2020, and (3) The ROSES-2020 due date Google calendar. Instructions are at https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/library-and-useful-links (link from the words due date calendar). | NASA Headquarters | February 14, 2020 | July 30, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=NNH20ZDA001N-CRYO |
| U.S. Embassy Lome, PAS Annual Program Statement | PAS-SGP-FY20 | The U.S. Embassy in Lome-Togo through this Notice of Funding Opportunity is pleased to announce that funding is available through its Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program. This is an Annual Program Statement, outlining our funding priorities, the strategic themes we focus on, and the procedures for submitting requests for funding.PAS Lome invites proposals for programs that strengthen cultural ties between the U.S. and Togo through cultural and exchange programming that highlights shared values and promotes bilateral cooperation. All programs must include an American cultural element, or connection with American expert/s, organization/s, or institution/s in a specific field that will promote increased understanding of U.S. policy and perspectives. | U.S. Mission to Togo | February 26, 2020 | July 30, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=PAS-SGP-FY20 |
| CDMRP Ovarian Cancer Research Program Clinical Translational Research Award | W81XWH-20-OCRP-CTRA | The Clinical Translational Research Award is intended to support correlative studies that are associated with a clinical trial. The translational research should address high-impact or unmet needs in ovarian cancer. Applications focused on the following OCRP priority are encouraged to apply: Utilize precision medicine and computational approaches that identify individual tumor characteristics and predictive biomarkers across diverse groups to optimize patient care and outcomes. Although not intended to fund the operational aspects of clinical trials, this award supports research projects related to or associated with planned, ongoing, or completed clinical trials supported by other funding sources. Projects that develop clinical endpoints for clinical trials are also encouraged. The application must demonstrate availability and accessibility of the appropriate human subject population, specimens, or human-based resources. The application should also provide a detailed statistical analysis plan that includes a power analysis reflecting sample size projections that will allow a meaningful outcome. Preclinical studies in animals are not allowed. | Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA | February 27, 2020 | July 30, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81XWH-20-OCRP-CTRA |
| CDMRP Ovarian Cancer Research Program Pilot Award | W81XWH-20-OCRP-PA | The OCRP Pilot Award supports the exploration of innovative concepts or theories in ovarian cancer that could ultimately lead to critical discoveries or major advancements that will drive the field forward. The proposed research must demonstrate a clear focus on ovarian cancer (e.g., using tissues, cell lines, datasets, or appropriate animal models), and serve as a catalyst to expand or modify current thinking about and/or approaches in ovarian cancer. | Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA | February 27, 2020 | July 30, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81XWH-20-OCRP-PA |
| CDMRP Ovarian Cancer Research Program Investigator-Initiated Research Award | W81XWH-20-OCRP-IIRA | The OCRP Investigator-Initiated Research Award is intended to support high-impact research that addresses a critical need and has the potential to make an important contribution to ovarian cancer or patient/survivor care. Research projects may focus on any phase of research, from basic laboratory research through translational research, excluding clinical trials. The application must demonstrate logical reasoning and a sound scientific rationale established through a critical review and analysis of the literature for the application to be competitive. Applications must include preliminary data that are relevant to ovarian cancer and support the proposed research project. | Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA | February 27, 2020 | July 30, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81XWH-20-OCRP-IIRA |
| CDMRP Ovarian Cancer Research Program Ovarian Cancer Academy – Early-Career Investigator Award | W81XWH-20-OCRP-OCA | Initially created in FY09, the OCRP Ovarian Cancer Academy Award mechanism is a unique, interactive virtual academy providing intensive mentoring, national networking, collaborations, and a peer group for junior faculty. The overarching goal of the Ovarian Cancer Academy (OCA) is to develop successful, highly productive ovarian cancer researchers in a collaborative research and career development environment.The OCA is a virtual career development and research training platform that consists of Early-Career Investigators (ECIs), and their Designated Mentors from different institutions, and an Academy Dean and Assistant Dean. The OCRP Ovarian Cancer Academy – Early-Career Investigator Award is not a traditional career development award; the ECI is expected to participate in monthly webinars and annual workshops and to communicate and collaborate with other members of the Academy (other ECIs, Mentors, Dean, Assistant Dean) as well as with the advocacy community. Since its inception, the Academy’s ECIs have presented at and chaired sessions for ovarian cancer-specific symposia and served on symposia review committees. They have also served as peer reviewers for the Department of Defense (DoD) OCRP and other funding agencies. | Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA | February 27, 2020 | July 30, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81XWH-20-OCRP-OCA |
| Population Dynamics Centers Research Infrastructure Program FY 2021 (P2C Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | RFA-HD-21-010 | The goal of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to advance the field of population dynamics research by increasing research impact, innovation, and productivity; developing junior scientists; and maximizing the efficiency of research support. | National Institutes of Health | March 11, 2020 | July 30, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-HD-21-010 |
| Genomic Predictors of Pregnancy Loss (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | RFA-HD-21-005 | The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support studies which utilize emerging genomic technologies to identify variants which predict risk for pregnancy loss in subsequent pregnancies beyond standard karyotype approaches. | National Institutes of Health | March 19, 2020 | July 30, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-HD-21-005 |
| Institute of Education Sciences (IES): Statistical and Research Methodology in Education CFDA Number 84.305D | ED-GRANTS-032520-001 | Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements,application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information. For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on February 13, 2019 (84 FR 3768),or at www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-02-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf. Purpose of Program:Through the National Center for Education Research (NCER), the Institute of Education Sciences (Institute) provides support for programs of research in areas of demonstrated national need. The Institute's research grant programs are designed to provide interested individuals and the general public with reliable and valid information about education practices that support learning and improve academic achievement and access to education opportunities for all learners. Through the Statistical and Research Methodology in Education grant program, NCER intends to support the development of a wide range of methodological and statistical tools to better enable applied education scientists to conduct rigorous education research. | Department of Education | March 26, 2020 | July 30, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=ED-GRANTS-032520-001 |
| Institute of Education Sciences (IES): Using Longitudinal Data to Support State Education Policymaking Grantmaking Programs CFDA Number 84.305S | ED-GRANTS-032520-002 | Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements,application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information. For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on February 13, 2019 (84 FR 3768),or at www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-02-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf. Purpose of Program:Through the National Center for Education Research (NCER), the Institute of Education Sciences (Institute) provides support for programs of research in areas of demonstrated national need. The Institute's research grant programs are designed to provide interested individuals and the general public with reliable and valid information about education practices that support learning and improve academic achievement and access to education opportunities for all learners. Through the Using Longitudinal Data to Support State Education Policymaking grant program, NCER intends to expand the research use of State Longitudinal Data Systems to examine long-term learner outcomes and pathways in order to provide evidence for State education policymaking. | Department of Education | March 26, 2020 | July 30, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=ED-GRANTS-032520-002 |
| Child Health Research Career Development Award (CHRCDA) Program (K12 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | RFA-HD-21-017 | This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) invites applications for institutional research career development (K12) programs from applicant organizations that propose to support a program of mentored institutional career development programs for junior faculty investigators who have recently completed postgraduate clinical training in a subspecialty area of Pediatrics and are committed to launching an independent research career. The program provides supervised biomedical research training to assist the transition of junior faculty investigators into productive and independent physician-scientists. | National Institutes of Health | April 1, 2020 | July 30, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-HD-21-017 |
| CDMRP Ovarian Cancer Proteogenomics Research Award | W81XWH-20-OCRP-PGRA | The OCRP Proteogenomics Research Award supports the use of proteomics and/or genomics to explore new concepts or theories in ovarian cancer. The award is intended to support the genomic and/or transcriptomic and/or proteomic analysis of currently available clinical specimens with a focus on answering biologic and pathophysiologic questions of clinical relevance in ovarian cancer. The proposed research question should be innovative and have the potential to make an impact on ovarian cancer. | Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA | April 2, 2020 | July 30, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81XWH-20-OCRP-PGRA |
| Development of Fertility Regulation Methods by Small Business (R43/R44 Clinical Trial Optional) | RFA-HD-21-007 | The purpose of this FOA is to invite SBIR applications to support and facilitate the development of new and/or improved non-hormonal contraceptive, including contraceptives with anti-infective properties, products for men and women. | National Institutes of Health | April 10, 2020 | July 30, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-HD-21-007 |
| YSEALI Regional Workshop: Enhancing Digital Connectivity for All | SMY300-FY2020-YSEALI-WS | The Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy of Kuala Lumpur announces an open competition for a cooperative agreement to develop, implement and organize a three-day Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Regional Workshop in Malaysia to enhance digital governance and digital economy programs within the ASEAN region. The proposed workshop will focus on building local capacity within ASEAN countries to implement practical solutions based on existing technical infrastructure and to bring the benefits of online municipal services, education and economic opportunities to populations outside of major urban centers. The program will complement good governance and human capital initiatives already underway within the Indo-Pacific strategy.While ASEAN countries are at different stages in infrastructure development and implementation of national digital economy and e-governance strategies, over the near to mid-term, existing infrastructure and access constraints will limit the ability of populations outside major urban centers to take advantage of the digitalization of government services and the growing economic potential of the digital economic space. This workshop will bring together practitioners from regional governments, municipalities and NGOs with technology experts to develop solutions to increase connectivity The workshop will be held in Sarawak, Malaysia, which is vying to position itself as a regional leader and has devoted significant resources to connect rural populations. | U.S. Mission to Malaysia | April 29, 2020 | July 30, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=SMY300-FY2020-YSEALI-WS |
| Impact of RAD on Children in HUD Assisted Households | FR-6400-N-66 | Impact of RAD on Children in HUD-Assisted Housing | Department of Housing and Urban Development | May 26, 2020 | July 30, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=FR-6400-N-66 |
| Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network (PL1 Clinical Trial Required) | RFA-HD-21-016 | The purpose of this funding announcement is to invite applications to form a research network to conduct multisite clinical studies in pediatric critical care medicine. The Network will be comprised of a Data Coordinating Center (DCC) and at least seven Clinical Sites. The Network is designed to investigate the efficacy of treatment and management strategies to care for critically ill and injured children, as well as to better understand the pathophysiological bases of critical illness and injury in childhood. | National Institutes of Health | May 29, 2020 | July 30, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-HD-21-016 |
| Battlefield Land Acquisition Grant- American Battlefield Protection Program | P17AS00825 | Battlefield Land Acquisition Grant- American Battlefield Protection Program. The National Park Service (NPS) makes available funds from the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) to help States and local communities acquire and preserve threatened Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and Civil War Battlefields. The Battlefield Land Acquisition Grants (BLAG) are administered by the American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) and awarded through a competitive process. Each grant requires a dollar-for-dollar non-Federal match. Grants are available to purchase 1) land in fee simple or 2) permanent, protective interests in land (easements) at battlefields listed in the Civil War Sites Advisory Commission's (CWSAC) 1993 Report on the Nation's Civil War Battlefields or the 2007 Report to Congress on the Historic Preservation of revolutionary War and War of 1812 Sites in the United States (Reports). | National Park Service | September 14, 2017 | July 31, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=P17AS00825 |
| Global Infectious Disease Research Administration Development Award for Low-and Middle-Income Country Institutions (G11-Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | PAR-18-335 | The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to invite applications from research institutions in low- to middle-income countries (LMIC) to provide senior administrators from these institutions with advanced training in the management of NIH grants. The ultimate goal is to improve oversight of NIAID grant awards and compliance with NIH funding policies and Federal research funding requirements for NIAID-supported foreign institutions in low to middle-income countries. | National Institutes of Health | October 31, 2017 | July 31, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=PAR-18-335 |
| CyberCorps(R) Scholarship for Service | 19-521 | Cyberspace has transformed the daily lives of people. Society’s overwhelming reliance on cyberspace, however, has exposed its fragility and vulnerabilities: corporations, agencies, national infrastructure and individuals continue to suffer cyber-attacks. Achieving a truly secure cyberspace requires addressing both challenging scientific and engineering problems involving many components of a system, and vulnerabilities that stem from human behaviors and choices. Examining the fundamentals of security and privacy as a multidisciplinary subject can lead to fundamentally new ways to design, build and operate cyber systems, protect existing infrastructure, and motivate and educate individuals about cybersecurity. The Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014,as amended by the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2018, authorizes the National Science Foundation, in coordination with the Office of Personnel Management and the Department of Homeland Security, to offer a scholarship program to recruit and train the next generation of information technology professionals, industry control system security professionals and security managers to meet the needs of the cybersecurity mission for federal, state, local, and tribal governments. The goals of the CyberCorps(R): Scholarship for Service (SFS) program are aligned with the U.S. National Cyber Strategy to develop a superior cybersecurity workforce. The SFS program welcomes proposals to establish or to continue scholarship programs in cybersecurity. All scholarship recipients must work after graduation for a federal, state, local, or tribal Government organization in a position related to cybersecurity for a period equal to the length of the scholarship. A proposing institution must provide clearly documented evidence of a strong existing academic program in cybersecurity. Such evidence can include designation by the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security as a Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense (CAE-CD), in Cyber Operations (CAE-CO) or in Research (CAE-R); or equivalent evidence documenting a strong program in cybersecurity. The SFS program also supports efforts leading to an increase in the ability of the United States higher education enterprise to produce cybersecurity professionals. Funding opportunities in this area are provided via the Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace - Education Designation (SaTC-EDU) and other programs (see the section “Increasing National Capacity in Cybersecurity Education” for more details.) | National Science Foundation | November 7, 2018 | July 31, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=19-521 |
| U.S. Consulate General Osaka-Kobe PAS Annual Program Statement | PAS-OSAKA-FY2020-0001 | **See full announcement in Related Documents** The U.S. Consulate Osaka-Kobe Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce that funding is available through its Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program. This is an Annual Program Statement, outlining our funding priorities, the strategic themes we focus on, and the procedures for submitting requests for funding. Please carefully follow all instructions below. This notice is subject to availability of funding. Purpose of Small Grants: PAS Osaka-Kobe invites Statement of Interest (SOI) for projects that strengthen cultural ties between the U.S. and Japan through cultural and exchange programming that highlights shared values and promotes bilateral cooperation. All programs must include an American cultural element,or connection with American expert/s, organization/s, or institution/s in a specific field that will promote increased understanding of U.S. policy and perspectives. | U.S. Mission to Japan | September 26, 2019 | July 31, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=PAS-OSAKA-FY2020-0001 |
| U.S. Consulate Fukuoka PAS Annual Program Statement | PAS-FUKUOKA-FY20-0001 | The U.S. Consulate Fukuoka Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce that funding is available through its Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program. This is an Annual Program Statement, outlining our funding priorities, the strategic themes we focus on, and the procedures for submitting requests for funding. Please carefully follow all instructions below. This notice is subject to availability of funding. Purpose of Small Grants: PAS Fukuoka invites Statement of Interest (SOI) for projects that strengthen cultural ties between the U.S. and Japan through cultural and exchange programming that highlights shared values and promotes bilateral cooperation. All programs must include an American cultural element, or connection with American expert/s, organization/s, or institution/s in a specific field that will promote increased understanding of U.S. policy and perspectives. | U.S. Mission to Japan | October 15, 2019 | July 31, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=PAS-FUKUOKA-FY20-0001 |
| U.S. Embassy Budapest, PAS Annual Program Statement | PAS-BUD-FY20-APS001 | The U.S. Embassy Budapest, Public Affairs Section (PAS Budapest) of the U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce that funding is available through its Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program. This is an Annual Program Statement, outlining our funding priorities, the strategic themes we focus on, and the procedures for submitting requests for funding. Purpose of Small Grants: PAS Budapest invites proposals for programs that strengthen cultural ties between the U.S. and Hungary through cultural and exchange programming that highlights shared values and promotes bilateral cooperation. All programs must include an American cultural element, or connection with American expert/s, organization/s, or institution/s in a specific field that will promote increased understanding of U.S. policy and perspectives. | U.S. Mission to Hungary | November 11, 2019 | July 31, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=PAS-BUD-FY20-APS001 |
| U.S. EMBASSY AND CONSULATES IN CANADA PUBLIC DIPLOMACY GRANTS PROGRAM | SCA52520GR0000 | The Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Canada, U.S. Department of State, is pleased to announce that funding is available through its Public Diplomacy Grants Program.PAS Canada invites proposals for programs that promote bilateral cooperation and highlight shared values. All programs must include an American perspective, societal or cultural element, or connection with American expert/s, organization/s, or institution/s in a specific field that will promote increased understanding of U.S. policy and viewpoints.More information on the Grants Program and application process can be found at: https://ca.usembassy.gov/embassy-consulates/ottawa/sections-offices/u-s-mission-to-canada-public-affairs-grants-program/. | U.S. Mission to Canada | November 22, 2019 | July 31, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=SCA52520GR0000 |
| U.S. Embassy Dakar Public Affairs Section Request for Statements: Annual Program Statement | PAS-DKR-RSOI-FY20-02 | The U.S. Embassy Dakar Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Department of State announces a Request for Statements of Interest (RSOI) from organizations interested in applying for funding for program proposals that strengthen cultural ties between the United States and Senegal or between the United States and Guinea-Bissau through cultural, educational, capacity building and exchange programming that highlights shared values and promotes bilateral cooperation. PAS invites organizations interested in potential funding to submit SOI applications outlining program concepts that reflect this goal. Please carefully follow all instructions below.The submission of a Statement of Interest (SOI) is the first step in a two-part process. Applicants must first submit a SOI, which is a concise concept note (maximum two-pages) designed to clearly communicate a program idea and its objectives before the development of a full proposal application. The purpose of the SOI process is to allow applicants the opportunity to submit program ideas for PAS to evaluate prior to requiring the development of full proposal applications. Upon review of eligible SOIs, PAS will invite selected applicants to expand their ideas into full proposal applications.Grantor contact: Public Affairs Small GrantGrantor Email: PASmallgrant@state.gov | U.S. Mission to Senegal | February 25, 2020 | July 31, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=PAS-DKR-RSOI-FY20-02 |
| Annual Program Statement for Cultural Affairs | DOS-KAZ-NS-PAS-20-002 | PAS Nur-Sultan and Almaty invite proposals for projects that focus on one of the priority areas specified in the full announcement. Public diplomacy programming includes communications with international audiences, cultural programming, media strengthening, educational exchanges, university partnerships, civil society engagement, and education including English language instruction, and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math). Purpose of PD Grants Program: PAS invites proposals for projects that strengthen ties and highlight shared values between the United States and Kazakhstan through concrete demonstrations of cooperation between our two peoples. All programs must convey an element of American history, culture, or shared values. Competitive proposals should also include a connection with American expert/s, organization/s, or institution/s in a specific field that will promote increased understanding of U.S. policy and perspectives and/or increased cooperation between the people of the United States and Kazakhstan even after the program has concluded. | U.S. Mission to Kazakhstan | March 11, 2020 | July 31, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=DOS-KAZ-NS-PAS-20-002 |
| Defining Lineage Plasticity and Endogenous Regeneration Capacity of Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Tissues (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | RFA-DE-20-006 | To elucidate the capacity of cells residing in the postnatal DOC tissues to acquire developmental plasticity to undergo lineage reprogramming (trans-differentiation) in vivo in response to injury and other types of environmental stress, and to generate functionally-competent cells of alternative lineage(s). | National Institutes of Health | March 12, 2020 | July 31, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-DE-20-006 |
| Defining Lineage Plasticity and Endogenous Regeneration Capacity of Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Tissues (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | RFA-DE-20-007 | To elucidate the capacity of cells residing in the postnatal DOC tissues to acquire developmental plasticity to undergo lineage reprogramming (trans-differentiation) in vivo in response to injury and other types of environmental stress, and to generate functionally-competent cells of alternative lineage(s). | National Institutes of Health | March 12, 2020 | July 31, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-DE-20-007 |
| Human Trafficking Youth Prevention Education (HTYPE) Demonstration Grants | HHS-2020-ACF-IOAS-OTIP-TV-1816 | The Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is announcing funds for the Human Trafficking Youth Prevention Education (HTYPE) Demonstration Program. The goal of the HTYPE Demonstration Program is to fund local educational agencies (LEA) to develop and implement programs to prevent human trafficking victimization through the provision of skills-based human trafficking training and education for school staff and students as specified in the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2018. Under the HTYPE Demonstration Program, the following activities are required: 1) provide human trafficking education that equips educators and other staff to identify and respond to signs that students are at high risk of or are currently experiencing human trafficking; 2) deliver student human trafficking prevention education that is designed to build student resilience to labor trafficking and sex trafficking by strengthening student knowledge and skills; 3) train qualified individuals to implement and replicate project activities throughout the school district or identified target area(s); and 4) establish and implement a Human Trafficking School Safety Protocol (HTSSP). The LEA must work in partnership with a nonprofit or nongovernmental organization (NGO) to provide all aspects of human trafficking prevention education to students and school staff. The LEA will consult with local law enforcement in the development of the HTSSP, specifically to address the safety, security, and well-being of staff and students and to define the proper and effective role of school staff in responding to potential and confirmed cases of human trafficking, including notifying and engaging parents, guardians, or caregivers, as appropriate. | Administration for Children and Families-IOAS-OTIP | May 18, 2020 | July 31, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=HHS-2020-ACF-IOAS-OTIP-TV-1816 |
| Nexus Start-Up Hub 2.0 | ND-NOFO-20-113 | Background:There is a strong desire across business sectors in India to study and adapt the skills and values of the American entrepreneurial ecosystem. With the goal of building cultural and economic bridges between individuals and companies in the start-up space, Nexus Start-up Hub at the American Center New Delhi opened in Spring 2017. Nexus quickly established itself as a leader in sharing American best practices with Indian entrepreneurs – male and female – from across India. The Public Affairs Section in New Delhi plans to continue providing this expertise, preparing these future business leaders to engage with Indo-Pacific investors and business partners, especially those from the United States, while also broadening the scope of Nexus to reach a larger, more diverse audience.Nexus annually recruits and trains three cohorts of 10 to 15 start-up companies per 10-week residential session. To date, the Nexus Start-up Hub at the American Center New Delhi has produced 97 companies or “graduates” in its alumni network. Nexus graduates have raised more than $6 million in funding. In addition to creating more than 1,000 new jobs, Nexus graduates have generated more than $4.7 million in revenue. They have also concluded 28 deals with U.S. companies. In 2019, Nexus led short, 2.5-day entrepreneurship training workshops in four other cities across India. Also in 2019, Nexus conducted a targeted 2-day entrepreneurship workshop in Hyderabad for startups working in the defense/military sector, in conjunction with a business/government leaders’ conference highlighting U.S.-India cooperation in the defense sector.India currently hosts more than 400 incubators across the country. Indian entrepreneurs are hungry for the guidance, strategic support, and skill-building that incubators may offer. As a result of some initial engagement with incubator managers in 2019, we have observed greater interest and opportunity to engage more broadly with incubator managers across India. There is great scope to engage with this community by providing knowledge and training in state-of-the-art American incubator management and utilizing this platform to extend the reach of American entrepreneurship expertise.Proposed Project: To implement a full-time, India-wide residential incubator hub at the American Center New Delhi; organize regional entrepreneurship workshops across India in critical economic sectors such as health/pharmaceuticals/biotechnology, defense/military, agriculture, and higher education; and develop a series of training seminars for incubator managers across India. This project has a target start date of January 1, 2021.(Please refer to the full announcement available under 'related documents tab') | U.S. Mission to India | May 11, 2020 | July 31, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=ND-NOFO-20-113 |
| Research Program Award (R35 Clinical Trial Optional) | RFA-NS-20-030 | Reissue of RFA-NS-18-032. The purpose of the NINDS Research Program Award (RPA) is to provide longer-term support and increased flexibility to Program Directors (PDs) /Principal Investigators (PIs) whose records of research achievement demonstrate their ability to make major contributions to neuroscience. RPAs will support the overall research programs of NINDS-funded investigators for up to 8 years, at a level commensurate with a PD/PI's recent NINDS support (Part 2, Section II) This greater funding stability will provide eligible investigators at nearly all career stages increased freedom and flexibility, allowing them to be more adventurous in their research, take greater risks, embark upon research that breaks new ground, undertake research projects that require a longer timeframe, and/or extend previous discoveries in new directions. Research supported through the RPA must be within the scope of the NINDS mission (http://www.ninds.nih.gov/about_ninds/mission.htm). Research activities outside of the NINDS mission, or traditionally supported by another NIH Institute or Center will not be considered through this program. Other anticipated benefits of the RPA include: A more stable funding environment, facilitating the pursuit of longer-term research goals; Flexible funding, enabling investigators to pursue research opportunities as they arise, not tied to specific aims; Reduced time spent writing grant applications and managing multiple grant awards, thereby allowing investigators to spend more time conducting and overseeing research; and More time for PDs/PIsto mentor junior scientists. Eligibility to apply through this FOA is limited to investigators who currently have at least one active NINDS R01 or R01 equivalent grant (defined here as R00, R01, R37, R56, DP1 or DP2 awards), and who have had an active R01 equivalent grant from NINDS in each of the past 5 years, with no more than one of those years in a no cost extension. | National Institutes of Health | May 12, 2020 | July 31, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-NS-20-030 |
| 2021 YSEALI Seeds for the Future Program | USMAS-21-YSEALI-001 | The Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Mission to ASEAN (USASEAN) announces an open competition for a cooperative agreement to develop and implement the 2021 Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Seeds for the Future small grants program. One organization will be selected to manage the program, will provide subgrants up to $15,000 each to 15-20 projects implemented by Southeast Asian youth from all eleven YSEALI countries. The subgrant recipients will be selected through an open competition designed by the successful organization, and will be given tools and training to implement nine-month projects across the four core YSEALI issue areas. YSEALI is the US government's signature initiative to engage with emerging leaders in Southeast Asia. The program aims to create a network of young Southeast Asian leaders who works across national borders and the four pillars of YSEALI - sustainable development, economic growth, civic engagement, and education - to solve common problems. | U.S. Mission to ASEAN | May 18, 2020 | July 31, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=USMAS-21-YSEALI-001 |
| Public Diplomacy Programming in the People's Republic of China | EAPBJ-20-GR-001-EAP-051520 | A. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Mission to China (Embassy Beijing and Consulates General Chengdu, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Shenyang, and Wuhan) of the United States Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out programs in support of activities that explain U.S. foreign policy, values, and culture to the people of China. Please carefully follow all instructions below. Program Objective: Help Chinese audiences better understand the United States’ foreign policy, values, and culture. Funding Amount: PAS will generally award multiple grants of up to US$50,000 per grant but will consider projects up to US$150,000. Program Preferences: We seek to fund creative projects that build upon existing partnerships between U.S. organizations and Chinese counterparts, as well as those that create new partnerships and expand operational capabilities of existing organizations. Of particular interest are programs that establish sustainable relationships with communities who for reasons such as language or geography cannot easily engage with our Mission. Proposals that address the following goals will be given priority. A) Support free, fair, and reciprocal trade, and intellectual property protection B) Improve sharing of perspectives on East Asian regional security, especially including countering proliferation of nuclear weapons C) Foster understanding of the benefits of the free and open Indo-Pacific Region D) Engage Chinese audiences regarding American values and civic life Programming may include (but are not limited to): Lecture series, seminars, workshops or other programming that highlight U.S. foreign policy goals or explain U.S. society, government, and values; Performing arts programming representing the broad range of U.S. performing arts, including but not limited to music, dance, and drama that target key audiences that Mission China is unable to reach; Educational programs that incorporate American foreign policy or values into classroom or other educational outreach programs. | U.S. Mission to China | May 15, 2020 | July 31, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=EAPBJ-20-GR-001-EAP-051520 |
| Office of Elementary and Secondary Education: State Tribal Education Partnership Grants to Tribal Educational Agencies CFDA Number 84.415A | ED-GRANTS-060120-002 | Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information. For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on February 13, 2019 (84 FR 3768),or at www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-02-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf. Purpose of Program: The purposes of STEP are to: (1) promote Tribal self-determination in education; (2) improve the academic achievement of Indian children and youth; and (3) promote the coordination and collaboration of Tribal educational agencies (TEAs) (as defined in this notice) with State educational agencies (SEAs) and local educational agencies (LEAs) to meet the unique education and culturally related academic needs of Indian students. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance(CFDA) number 84.415A. | Department of Education | June 1, 2020 | July 31, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=ED-GRANTS-060120-002 |
| Diplomatic Training Program for the U.S. Freely Associated States (Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall Islands, and Republic of Palau) | SFOP0007035 | The U.S. Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs (EAP) announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to the Diplomatic Training Program for the U.S. Freely Associated States (Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall Islands, and Republic of Palau). Under the Compacts of Free Association, the United States invests significant resources into the U.S. Freely Associated States (FAS), to include building the capacity of their public sectors. FAS governments have identified diplomatic capacity—or the ability of diplomats from the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), and Republic of Palau to advocate effectively on behalf of their governments in the global arena—as a sector that needs strengthening. Officials from the FSM, RMI, and Palau have repeatedly pressed the Department of State to offer training for new diplomats, similar to courses offered to them by the United States in the 1990s. This project was created to address the ongoing need for a diplomatic training program for FAS government officials. It will not only bolster a key public sector for these U.S. partners, but also enhance our close bilateral relationships with these strategically-located Pacific countries. | Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs | June 2, 2020 | July 31, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=SFOP0007035 |
| Learning, Analytics, and Knowledge Management Support in Kenya | USDA-FAS-10960-0700-10-20-0018 | PurposeThe purpose of this NOFO is to support ongoing applied research and analysis of U.S.government (USG) food security and economic growth programming in Kenya and EastAfrica. The proposed approach for conducting this applied analytical research should utilizea range of learning, analytics and knowledge management methodologies. The analyticalresearch conducted should offer timely, relevant, and high-quality evidence for adaptivemanagement, informed decision making and improved development outcomes in theagricultural sciences.Program OverviewThe Global Food Security Strategy (GFSS) is the primary initiative under which the UnitedStates works with host governments, civil society and private sector partners to address theneeds of smallholder farmers and agribusinesses related to global hunger and food security.The initiative emphasizes the empowerment of women and youth, environments for strongagricultural markets, the promotion of research and innovation for agricultural developmentand investments in nutrition.Specifically, the food security and economic growth programs in Kenya and the East Africaregion focus on a range of programming to include: (1) supporting agricultural marketsystems by addressing economic growth, malnutrition and food insecurity, (2) expandingaccess to economic opportunities, including for women and youth, (3) addressing policyconstraints and leveraging private sector resources for inclusive and resilient growth, (4)leveraging regional and international trade opportunities, and (5) supporting partnershipsand learning around water security, systems and services. For these programs to be effective,the activities must be able to adapt in response to environmental, political, and marketchanges. Responsive and timely analytics are needed to support decision making andadaptation at program, private sector, community, county and multi-country levels.ObjectiveStrengthen knowledge management, adaptive learning, and data-driven decision making toinform and adapt USG food security and economic growth programs in Kenya and EastAfrica using mixed methodologies to collect and analyze data, develop findings andpresent recommendations to decision makers. | Technical Agricultural Assistance 10.960 | June 3, 2020 | July 31, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=USDA-FAS-10960-0700-10-20-0018 |
| Reducing Mercury Use and Strengthening Supply Chains in Mali’s Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining Sector | SFOP0007026 | This project is intended to reduce the use of mercury in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) through education, better technology, stronger equipment supply chains, and more responsible gold supply chains. This project is part of a larger U.S. Government initiative to work comprehensively with ASGM sectors and requires communicating and coordinating with other U.S. projects and policy makers as well as projects and policy makers from international organizations and other governments working with the United States on these efforts. | Bureau of Oceans - Int. Environmental - Scientific | June 2, 2020 | July 31, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=SFOP0007026 |
| Logistics, Meeting Coordination, and Digital Communications Support for Environmental Cooperation | SFOP0007030 | The goal of this program is to facilitate communication and information exchanges in English and Spanish related to environmental cooperation of the Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) through meetings (in-person and virtual engagements), web-based communications, and digital media. This goal will be accomplished by the Recipient working closely with OES/EQT to (1) coordinate logistics including travel, lodging, translation and other requirements for the Environmental Affairs Council (EAC), Environmental Cooperation Commission (ECC), and related meetings and (2) coordinating for the management of Dominican Republic–Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) Environment Cooperation Program website and lending social media communication support, as needed. | Bureau of Oceans - Int. Environmental - Scientific | June 2, 2020 | July 31, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=SFOP0007030 |
| Building Capacity for Environmentally Sound Management of Plastic Waste in West Africa to Reduce Ocean Pollution | SFOP0007028 | This project intends to support municipalities in West Africa to improve environmentally sound management of plastic waste and encourage innovation along the plastic supply chain to reduce plastic waste leakage in to the environment and ocean pollution. | Bureau of Oceans - Int. Environmental - Scientific | June 2, 2020 | July 31, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=SFOP0007028 |
| WWII 75th Celebration | WHS-WWII75 | The Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs (OASD PA) is announcing the potential availability of funding for the purpose of commemorating the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II. As outlined in Public Law 115-433, the Department of Defense is the lead component for the national commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II. The objectives of the program are:To thank and honor veterans of World War II, including personnel who were held as prisoners of war or listed as missing in action;To educate the public about the history of World War II and highlight the service of the Armed Forces during World War II and the contributions of Federal agencies and governmental and nongovernmental organizations that served with, or in support of, the Armed Forces;To pay tribute to the contributions made on the home front by the people of the United States during World War II;To recognize the contributions and sacrifices made by the Allies of the United States during World War II;And to remember the Holocaust, the annihilation of 6 million Jews by the Nazi regime, and to pay tribute to the Allied troops who liberated Nazi concentration camps during World War II.All programs and/or initiatives must be dignified and show a sensitivity and appreciation for the solemnity of war and the losses suffered by many. The Government intends to award grants to multiple entities. Awards are anticipated to be made to the Applicant(s) whose proposals contain plans that appropriately fulfil the Government’s program objectives. Proposals must include programs and/or initiatives which fulfill one or more of the above objectives of the program. Proposals that thank and honor veterans of World War II and educate the public on the history of WWII and highlight the service of the Armed Forces are highly encouraged. State and local governments and not-for-profit organizations are encouraged to apply. As outlined in Public Law 115-433, the commemoration program ends on December 31, 2021. | Department of Defense | June 3, 2020 | July 31, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=WHS-WWII75 |
| Update the Standard Assessment Methodology (SAM) Model | W81EWF-20-SOI-0027 | The proposed agreement will have two primary objectives: 1) to collaboratively develop a revised SAM habitat model for salmonids (green sturgeon optional) in the Sacramento River Basin, and 2) to ensure certification of the new SAM model as an effective tool for assessing the impacts of bank protection projects and related habitat mitigation on fish habitat in the Sacramento River Basin. The revised SAM habitat model will be designed to accommodate additional environmental parameters identified through recent monitoring activities. The model should be sufficiently robust to allow evaluation of a broad range of resource management activities and flexible enough to add new species criteria and permit integration with other models / components for a comprehensive ecosystem analysis. Specific tasks include management of habitat model design and implementation, coordination with USACE and other agencies to write a model development plan and to oversee model development, technical support through the certification process, and training to prepare USACE personnel and others. An optional task to develop a model to assess effects on green sturgeon habitat may also be sought. | Dept. of the Army -- Corps of Engineers | June 4, 2020 | July 31, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81EWF-20-SOI-0027 |
| Understanding thermal mixing, water quality improvements, and algae dynamics with the pulsing of releases from Jordan Reservoir | W81EWF-20-SOI-0026 | The Cape Fear River Basin was added to a nationwide program called The Sustainable Rivers Program (SRP) in 2016. SRP is a joint program between The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and the US Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) to improve the health of rivers by analyzing how the Corps operates their infrastructure, such as the release of water out of dams. The SRP attempts to analyze the effects from dams and use reservoir operations to enhance and manage downstream (and sometimes in lake) ecosystems. The Cape Fear River Basin was chosen for the SRP because of its complex human-ecology relationships, the expert stakeholders in the basin, and because the Corps-owned B. Everett Jordan Dam (Jordan Dam) has potential to influence fish and wildlife habitat, water quality, and other natural resources. The Cape Fear River Basin contains over two million people (2010 census), one-fifth of the state’s population. This includes growing urban areas of Durham, Greensboro, Pittsboro, Fayetteville, Wilmington and other cities, which contribute urban runoff into the river, but many of which also get a portion of their drinking water from this waterbody. The basin also supports 95 species of recreational fish, 42 rare aquatic species, as well as streamside habitat containing some of the oldest trees east of the Rocky Mountains; some of which are over 2000 years old (Stahle, 2012). Natural and human environments rely on the Cape Fear River, making its water quality and water quantity of the utmost importance. There have been multiple harmful algal bloom outbreaks behind Lock and Dam 1. These algal blooms are harmful to the health of the aquatic ecosystem, resulting, at times, in fish kills. The Cape Fear River also has many drinking water users, especially near locations of historic algal blooms. The algal blooms impact the treatment capacity of the many water supply systems on the Cape Fear River. The Corps, TNC and expert stakeholders have collaborated and identified flow recommendations that may reduce these harmful algal blooms. Flow recommendations include pulsing events to flush lower velocity (pooled) areas, drought conditions, temperature improvements, and like issues. This request seeks to study the impacts of releases on water quality downstream. Brief Description of Anticipated Work: The objectives of this work are to: Understand thermal stratification of the Cape Fear River, especially near Lock and Dam 1; Correlate different flow rates with potential thermal mixing of the water column; Track water quality constituents, especially chlorophyll a, as it relates to flow Relate the Corps’ water management to water quality and investigate the influence of releases out of Jordan Reservoir | Dept. of the Army -- Corps of Engineers | June 4, 2020 | July 31, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81EWF-20-SOI-0026 |
| Developing Composite Time Series Restoration Trajectories in Salt Marsh Habitat in East Coast Sites | W81EWF-20-SOI-0031 | This research project focuses on quantifying the development of restored marsh habitat in order to understand marsh restoration trajectories. The goal of the project is to quantitatively compare marsh habitat restoration at locations in the East Coast of the U.S. (e.g., MD, NJ, DE, NY), to similar sites across time by analyzing common and novel metrics such as, but not limited to, soils characteristics and plant, macroinvertebrate, microbial, and bird communities. Common and novel metrics (specific metrics of interest to be determined and may include remote sensing metrics to accommodate reduced fields seasons due to COVID-19), will be measured to develop regional composite time series trajectories (CTST) by using comparisons of multiple restoration efforts of different ages that are linked within the same system in a series of ongoing marsh restoration projects throughout the east coast region. These will be compared with retrospective single site trajectory (RSST) analysis from east coast sites with long term data. The purpose of the work is to establish reasonable, region-specific expectations for restorations utilizing BU, and identify potential early-indicator metrics to help determine when a site is not on an expected restoration recovery trajectory. The Government will be involved with the research by providing technical guidance on the research, assisting with the experimental design, and collaborating on the journal articles. The Government is not expecting the periods of performances to overlap. Objectives: The objectives of the project for year 1 are as follows: Develop technical team and identify local sites.For each local site, evaluate predetermined metrics at 1) control area, 2) recent BU marsh restoration area, and 3) established BU marsh restoration area. Generate a peer-reviewed journal article or public report in conjunction with ERDC researchers on regional Composite Time Series Trajectories.Develop and present a public seminar based on study findings. The objectives for Optional Year 2 are as follows: Continue to incorporate additional sites, or develop restoration trajectories from sites with long term data using the Regional Single Site Trajectory approach. 2. Analyze data and begin integrative analysis of regional restoration trajectory patterns.3. Generate a peer-reviewed journal article or public report in conjunction with ERDC researchers on RSST and comparative analyses. 4. Develop and present a public seminar based on study findings. The objectives for Optional Year 3 are as follows:Continue to develop restoration trajectories from sites with long term data using the Regional Single Site Trajectory approach. 2. Continue to analyze data and begin integrative analysis of regional restoration trajectory patterns.3. Generate a peer-reviewed journal article or public report in conjunction with ERDC researchers on RSST and comparative analyses.4. Develop and present a public seminar based on study findings. | Dept. of the Army -- Corps of Engineers | June 4, 2020 | July 31, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81EWF-20-SOI-0031 |
| Environmental DNA Sampling in the Lower Roanoke River | W81EWF-20-SOI-0023 | The Roanoke River is considered one of the most important riverine systems for diadromous fish reproduction on the Atlantic seaboard. Beginning in 2016, the Corps revised flood operations at John H. Kerr Hydropower project to implement a more naturally variable flow regime, referred to as Quasi-Run-of-River (QRR). Under QRR, flood control releases mimic the natural inflows to the project to the extent possible while maintaining other project purposes. Intensive monitoring of diadromous fish recruitment has occurred on the Roanoke both pre and post QRR, yet limited work to date has connected observed population data for juvenile alosines (blueback herring, alewife, hickory shad) with river flow events. The Roanoke River is in the nationwide Sustainable Rivers Program as one of the original eight rivers from 2002. It is an ideal river to test new technologies to understand effects of water management decisions, and to relate this work to how it can be used nationwide. In this instance, the Corps is interested in using environmental DNA (eDNA) to understand the relationship between flows and the response from rare fish. This includes spatial and temporal variability to gather more information about where the juveniles are congregating, the condition of that habitat, and the flow regimes associated with the presence of the fish. The e-DNA technology will be assessed to understand if it is an appropriate tool to inform release decisions at Corps reservoirs. Brief Description of Anticipated Work: The objectives of this work are to: Test eDNA as a tool to study the relationships between river flows and fish species;Gather more data about flow effects on juvenile fish in the Roanoke River;Provide the Corps insight about the effect of reservoir releases on juvenile fish;Increase the knowledge of a critical missing element of fisheries knowledge Put the work in a broader context to consider ways the Corps can use eDNA technology in other rivers. | Dept. of the Army -- Corps of Engineers | June 4, 2020 | July 31, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81EWF-20-SOI-0023 |
| Levee Monitoring with Distributed Strain Sensing, Black Hawk, LA | W81EWF-20-SOI-0029 | The goal of this project is to determine the feasibility of using distributed fiber optic sensing to detect and monitor seepage and/or boil formation in levees. This project proposes to use two types of distributed fiber optic sensing: distributed strain sensing (DSS) and distributed acoustic sensing (DAS). Both are established techniques for measuring strain and seismic signals using optical fiber. The optical cable, which typically contains several strands of fiber, can be tens of kilometers in length, thus providing the opportunity to monitor large areas. For both systems, the spatial resolution is on the order of meters. The emphasis in this Statement of Interest is in DSS. In this approach, an interrogator is connected to the fiber optic cable. The interrogator is a “black box” that contains a laser that injects laser pulses into the optical fiber. The interrogator receives light backscattered from imperfections in the fiber. Via a mechanism referred to as Brillouin scattering, the frequency of light backscattered from points in the fiber is shifted an amount proportional to the strain. These return signals are used to determine the strain at points all along the length of the fiber. A distributed fiber optic test bed will be designed and installed at the Black Hawk, LA site (Figure 3). For the DSS installation, vertical sections of fiber are proposed so that the fiber optic cable can extend through the clay blanket and into the sand substratum, as shown in Figure 4. The purpose of this configuration is to measure vertical strain. The idea is that during a flood event, seepage will cause the pressure to increase within the sand substratum, pushing up on the clay top stratum, or blanket, thereby inducing strain in the vertically oriented fiber. There are two areas of potential collaboration in applying DSS to the detection of seepage. One isto provide input in the design of the test bed. The second is in assisting to analyze and interpret data acquired with the DSS interrogator, to include developing algorithms to record, monitor, and display the signals over time. To interpret DSS signals and associate them to detected events, the signals will be recorded, analyzed, and compared with data acquired from corroborating sensors (e.g., piezometers and resistivity probes) to aid in their interpretation. Algorithms will need to be developed to interpret these signals and associate them to detected events. The objectives of the proposed effort include: Objective 1: To provide input in the design of the test bed to be installed at the Black Hawk site. The collaborators will provide the DSS interrogator to be installed at the site to record measurements over the length of the project. Objective 2: Aid in the analysis and interpretation of the data acquired using the DSS interrogator. This includesthe development of algorithms to record data, process data for continuous monitoring and display results. | Dept. of the Army -- Corps of Engineers | June 4, 2020 | July 31, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81EWF-20-SOI-0029 |
| Studies on Nutrient & Algae/Cyanobacteria Removal in Backwater Areas of the Mississippi River | W81EWF-20-SOI-0030 | Objective 1: Refine and broaden a model similar to the backwater model developed for a backwater pond in Northwest Mississippi. Using Ochs and Shields (2019 and 2020) or a similar starting point, we expect the proposer to develop or use an existing numerical model to estimate on water quality parameters in the backwater system and conduct simulations for a broad number of conditions. The work of Ochs and Shields focused on nitrogen. We ask that the model be expanded to a wider range of constituents, particularly phosphate, and algae. However, simulations on other parameters such as dissolved solids, suspended solids, bacteria (E. coli) and pesticides are also desired. We also propose to study a wide range of flow conditions and different fluxes of nutrients and sediments from runoff. Objective 2: Apply backwater nutrient, algae/cyanobacteria, and other water quality parameters to estimate effect on the southern Mississippi River. The backwater assumptions determined from Objective 1 will be applied to the southern Mississippi River (900 miles, from Cairo, IL to its discharge) to gain a perspective of the overall impact of backwater areas along the river. A shorter stretch can be agreed upon. Objective 3: Development of models to assess effects of engineering approaches for small and large scales. This objective would involve a modeling effort to assess engineering approaches that could be used to enhance the beneficial properties of the backwater areas. Some engineering approaches could include: Increasing retention time of water in backwater system.The use of inexpensive materials to bind or remove nutrients from water, such as molecular sieves or ionic exchange materials.Use of algal precipitation or removal technologies to remove algae, cyanobacteria, and their associated nutrients from a water system (Thomas et al. 2020).Use of macrophytic vegetation to remove nutrients. | Dept. of the Army -- Corps of Engineers | June 4, 2020 | July 31, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81EWF-20-SOI-0030 |
| Development and Validation of Reservoir and Riverine Water Quality Models | W81EWF-20-SOI-0033 | The transport of nutrients from watersheds to aquatic resources (streams and rivers, lakes and reservoirs, and coastal zones) directly influences their environmental quality and ecosystem. While this is a natural process, excessive inputs from anthropogenic sources (e.g., intensive agriculture) can exceed the assimilative capacity and resilience of aquatic ecosystems. The result is accelerated rates of eutrophication and destabilized ecological communities susceptible to the establishment of invasive species or to changes in food web structure, loss of valuable habitat, threats to human health, and reduced economic and societal benefits. Brief Description of Anticipated Work: To evaluate the impacts of excessive eutrophication and to develop alternatives to mitigate these impacts, ERDC is developing multi-dimensional reservoir and riverine modeling systems that link reservoir hydrodynamics and operations, riverine hydraulics, and water quality kinetics. This includes basic and applied research to advance the state of the art of the CE-QUAL-W2 water quality model (water quality algorithms, reservoir operations, and data input/output) and ERDC water quality modules (the Nutrient, Temperature, Contaminant, and Mercury Simulation Modules (NSM, TSM, CSM, MSM)). In addition to model development, ERDC is continuing to support the Columbia River Systems Operation (CRSO) Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Columbia River Treaty (CRT) study. Both projects are evaluating and comparing a range of water management alternatives. These studies will identify measures to avoid, minimize, and mitigate impacts associated with the system operations and configuration, where feasible. The level of analyses to compare trade-offs and mitigation requires development and assessment of models and methods for effects on resources, such as water quality (temperature, nutrients, and Total Dissolved Gas (TDG)), fish, and flood risk, hydropower, irrigation, and navigation. Mitigation measures accompanying each alternative will also be evaluated for effectiveness, impacts, and environmental compliance coverage. | Dept. of the Army -- Corps of Engineers | June 4, 2020 | July 31, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81EWF-20-SOI-0033 |
| Wetland accretion and vegetation growth model integration and application to coastal wetland management | W81EWF-20-SOI-0032 | Coastal wetlands are critical components of the coastal landscape, providing a number of important ecosystem services such as habitat, carbon sequestration, erosion control, and recreation and tourism. In recent years, the flood risk management services produced by coastal wetlands have been of interest to many coastal communities, and many new and ongoing coastal storm risk management studies are including coastal wetlands as components of the coastal storm risk management system. Additionally, wetland restoration activities are being integrated into navigational dredging operations, which will require understanding of the types and frequency of restoration actions required to maintain wetland function. Understanding wetland elevation dynamics and associated vegetation dynamics is critically important as wetland bathymetry and vegetation type and abundance are the two dominant factors that determine the ability of wetlands to attenuate waves and surge as well as provide other desired ecosystem services. However, questions remain as to the ability of coastal wetlands to sustain elevation and associated functions over USACE project lifecycles and what management actions to plan for to maintain coastal wetlands in the case natural processes are insufficient. USACE requires the ability to predict the response of coastal wetland elevation and vegetation changes in response to sea level rise, storms, restoration activities, and potential changes in system drivers over at least a 50 year project lifetime. Brief Description of Anticipated Work: The overall goal of this work is to incorporate coastal wetland accretion dynamics into an USACE process-based vegetation model currently being adapted for coastal wetland systems. Specific objectives of this work include: Determining critical processes included in existing accretion models to integrate with vegetation growth model and identification of coupling requirements for the models such as spatial scales and coupling time steps; Full integration of wetland accretion and vegetation models for one species; Incorporation of vegetation interspecies dynamics and competition to include the role of invasive species colonization and management on accretion processes; and Development of case studies and examples of applications of the integrated models in a project lifecycle context with a focus on sites in the southeastern US. | Dept. of the Army -- Corps of Engineers | June 4, 2020 | July 31, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81EWF-20-SOI-0032 |
| Investigating Uncertainty Associated with the Great Lakes Water Balance | W81EWF-20-SOI-0028 | The proposed project would focus on conducting research related to exploring alternative approaches for incorporating various models of Great Lakes connecting channel flows, evaporation and run-off into the large lake statistical water balance model (link below). In some instances, the government will be responsible for generating associated models for uncertainty analysis in the large lake statistical water balance model. The government will provide a team member and fulfill required, parallel tasks in order to advance this research. The water balance model is open source and has been used to investigate evaporation and channel discharge as case studies in the Great Lakes. The USACE would like to expand some of these case studies and initiate new studies. https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/data/concern/data_sets/2514nk609?locale=en The initial phase for this project will focus on quantifying variability and uncertainty over time in Detroit River and St. Clair River discharge estimates. Extend the case study of the Detroit River by Quinn, Clites and Gronewold (2020) through 2019. Expand above case study to the St. Clair River through 2019. Encode conventional SFD models into L2SWBM using prior parameter distributions from external independent regression analysis (developed and supplied by the government) | Dept. of the Army -- Corps of Engineers | June 4, 2020 | July 31, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81EWF-20-SOI-0028 |
| U.S. Consulate General Naha Annual Program Statement | PAS-NAHA-FY20-01 | The U.S. Consulate General Naha Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce that funding is available through its Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program. This is an Annual Program Statement, outlining our funding priorities, the strategic themes we focus on, and the procedures for submitting requests for funding. Please carefully follow all instructions below. This notice is subject to availability of funding. | U.S. Mission to Japan | December 15, 2019 | August 1, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=PAS-NAHA-FY20-01 |
| Annual Program Statement | SMK80020PAS02 | The U.S. Embassy Skopje Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce that funding is available through the Embassy’s public diplomacy grants program for creative new ideas and projects that increase mutual understanding between the U.S. and North Macedonia and promote the bilateral relationship. Topic areas eligible for funding include: entrepreneurship and innovation; programs that support culture and the arts, including mutual appreciation of artistic work from both countries; diversity and empowerment of youth and underserved communities democratic processes and values; strengthening resiliency against disinformation; and programs that support North Macedonia’s Euro-Atlantic integration process. Activities that are appropriate for funding through the Annual Program Statement include, but are not limited to: Youth engagement, leadership, and education programs, including initiatives that establish exchanges between the youth of North Macedonia and the United States; Bringing an American expert and/or performer to North Macedonia; Conferences, workshops, forums, panel discussions, and master classes on American themes or issues of mutual interest; Exhibitions of works by Americans or on American themes; Cultural programs, particularly those that target youth and underserved communities; Television and social media programming in support of the above objectives; Programs that promote democratic processes and values; Creative programs focused on identifying and countering the use of disinformation. All programs must include an American element: either a cultural connection, utilization of American expert/s, organization/s or institution/s that will promote good and/or innovative practices in a specific field, etc. Activities that are not typically funded include, but are not limited to: Printing or promotion of books or manuscripts; Travel to the United States for professional development; Ongoing salary costs; Office equipment; Paying to complete activities begun with other funds; Promotion of local arts scenes; Projects that are inherently political in nature or that contain the appearance of partisanship/support to individual or single-party electoral campaigns Political party activities Fundraising campaigns Commercial or trade activities Individual travel to conferences and meetings Social welfare projects Projects that support religious activities | U.S. Mission to North Macedonia | December 17, 2019 | August 1, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=SMK80020PAS02 |
| Annual Program Statement for Alumni Outreach Grants, Public Affairs Section, U.S. Embassy, Tashkent | TASHKENT-PAS-FY20-02 | The U.S. Embassy Public Affairs Section (PAS) in Tashkent is soliciting proposals for grants from alumni of U.S. government exchange programs who are citizens of Uzbekistan. Applicants should pay close attention to these priorities, the Public Affairs Section’s goals, and target audiences when developing their proposals. Due to the volume of applicants and inquiries, PAS does not accept letters of intent, concept papers, or requests for meetings prior to application. Limited phone consultations are possible.PAS Tashkent invites proposals for projects that focus on one of the priority areas specified below.More information about the Public Affairs Section Alumni Grants program can be found at: https://uz.usembassy.gov/education-culture/study-usa/alumni/.Grant Priority Areas: Funding is available for projects that address the priority areas below and focus on Public Affairs’ key audiences, including: civil society organizations, entrepreneurs/innovators, US exchange alumni journalists, women, and youth (14-25 years old).Theme: Uzbekistan is going through a period of profound change and civil society organizations will be key to helping the government achieve its reform program. Embassy Tashkent supports effective programs that empower civil society, reform governance, and advance human rights.Grant proposals should address one or more of these Public Affairs priority areas:1. Strengthening Civic Education and Civil Society2. Supporting Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment3. Supporting Increased Transparency, Human Rights, and the Rule of Law4. Fostering a Strong and Independent Media5. Protecting the Environment6. Supporting Educational Reforms | Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs | February 3, 2020 | August 1, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=TASHKENT-PAS-FY20-02 |
| U.S. Embassy Bamako PAS Annual Program Statement | BAMAKO-PAS-SMLGR2020-001 | The U.S. Embassy Bamako Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce that funding is available through its Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program. This is an Annual Program Statement, outlining our strategic funding priorities and the procedures for submitting requests for funding. Please carefully follow all instructions below. | U.S. Mission to Mali | March 24, 2020 | August 1, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=BAMAKO-PAS-SMLGR2020-001 |
| U.S. Mission to NATO Public Affairs Annual Program Statement | DOS-USNATO-PAA-2020-001 | Funding Opportunity Title: U.S. Mission to NATO Public Affairs Annual Program Statement Funding Opportunity Number: DOS-USNATO-PAA-2020-001 Deadline for Applications: August 1, 2020 CFDA Number: 19.040 – Public Diplomacy Programs Total Amount Available: To be Determined Maximum for Each Award: $100,000 A. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The Office of the Public Affairs Advisor (PAA) at the U.S. Mission to NATO (USNATO) is pleased to announce that funding is available through its Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program. This is an Annual Program Statement, outlining our funding priorities, the strategic themes we focus on, and the procedures for submitting requests for funding. Please carefully follow all instructions below. Purpose of Small Grants: PAA invites proposals for programs and initiatives that help promote an increased understanding of USNATO policy and perspectives. Priority Program Areas: · Defense budgets and equitable burden sharing. · Countering dis and misinformation. · Cyber security. · NATO and the Middle East. · Counterterrorism. Participants and Audiences: All activities should be targeted at European and/or Canadian audiences and should take place in either Europe or Canada unless a justification is provided. The following types of programs are not eligible for funding: · Programs relating to partisan political activity. · Programs that explicitly target a U.S. audience. · Charitable or development activities. · Construction programs. · Programs that duplicate existing programs. Authorizing legislation, type and year of funding: · Funding authority: Smith-Mundt Act · Funding Source: FY2020 Public Diplomacy Funding. Grant funding cannot be used for salaries, rent, or other general support of an organization, unless these expenses are directly tied to the project. B. FEDERAL AWARD INFORMATION Length of performance period: 12-18 months Number of awards anticipated: 3-5 awards (dependent on amounts) Award amounts: minimum of $5,000 to a maximum of $100,000 Total available funding: To be determined Type of Funding: Fiscal Year 2020 Public Diplomacy Funding Anticipated program start date: various This notice is subject to availability of funding. Funding Instrument Type: Grant, Fixed Amount Award. Program Performance Period: Proposed programs should be completed in 18 months or less. PAA will entertain applications for continuation grants funded under these awards beyond the initial budget period on a non-competitive basis subject to availability of funds, satisfactory progress of the program, and a determination that continued funding would be in the best interest of the U.S. Department of State. C. ELIGILIBITY INFORMATION 1. Eligible Applicants The Public Affairs Section encourages applications from the U.S., Europe, and Canada for: · New and creative approaches that utilize digital technology. · Programs that seek to reflect the diversity of thought and backgrounds as well as a gender balance. · Incorporate evaluation components to evaluate the proposal’s effectiveness. · Registered not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations with programming experience. · Non-profit or non-governmental educational institutions · Governmental institutions For-profit or commercial entities, and individuals, are not eligible to apply. 2. Cost Sharing or Matching Cost sharing is not required. 3. Other Eligibility Requirements Applicants are only allowed to submit one proposal per organization. If more than one proposal is submitted from an organization, all proposals from that institution will be considered ineligible for funding. In order to be eligible to receive an award, all organizations must have a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number from Dun & Bradstreet, as well as a valid registration on www.SAM.gov. Please see Section D.3 for information on how to obtain these registrations. Download the attached notice under "Related Documents" tab for the complete announcement and better readability. | U.S. Mission to NATO | April 14, 2020 | August 1, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=DOS-USNATO-PAA-2020-001 |
| Food for Education Standing Supplemental Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for Amendments | USDA-FAS-0700-10608-S | Program Overview The McGovern-Dole program feeds school children and improves literacy (especially for girls) in low-income, food-deficit countries around the world. The program provides for the donation of U.S. agricultural commodities, as well as financial and technical assistance, to support school feeding, literacy, maternal and child health and nutrition projects worldwide pursuant to an agreement with USDA-FAS. The program requires the inclusion of graduation as stipulated in the legislation. Program ObjectivesThe McGovern-Dole program key objectives are to carry out:· Preschool and primary school food for education programs in foreign countries to improve food security, reduce the incidence of hunger, and improve literacy and primary education, particularly with respect to girls; and· Maternal, infant, and child nutrition programs for pregnant women, nursing mothers, infants, and children who are five years of age or younger. Program PrioritiesThe program funding priorities of this NOFO are to provide additional freight, commodity, and/or administrative funds to active McGovern-Dole agreements. Generally, additional funding is needed due to natural disasters, lower than anticipated monetization proceeds and/or freight rates, continuation of program activities/school feeding, political instability delaying key project dates, pipeline breaks in school feeding, or commodity loss. | McGovern-Dole Food for Education 10.608 | April 22, 2020 | August 1, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=USDA-FAS-0700-10608-S |
| Food for Progress: Standing Supplemental Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for Amendments | USDA-FAS-0700-10606-S | Program Overview The FFPr program provides for the donation of U.S. agricultural commodities to developing countries and emerging democracies committed to introducing and expanding free enterprise in the agricultural sector. The commodities are generally sold on the local market and the proceeds are used to support agricultural development activities. Program ObjectivesThe FFPr program has two principal objectives:· To improve agricultural productivity; and· To expand trade of agricultural products. Program PrioritiesThe program funding priorities of this NOFO are to provide additional freight, commodity, and/or administrative funds to active FFPr agreements. Generally, additional funding is needed due to natural disasters, lower than anticipated monetization proceeds and/or freight rates, continuation of program activities, political instability delaying key project dates, or commodity loss. | Food for Progress 10.606 | April 22, 2020 | August 1, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=USDA-FAS-0700-10606-S |
| Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund-FIPSE CFDA Number 84.425N | ED-GRANTS-043020-005 | CARES Act- Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund Funding Opportunity Number ED-GRANTS-043020-003 is for Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund-FIPSE (84.425N) program. COVID-19 | Department of Education | April 30, 2020 | August 1, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=ED-GRANTS-043020-005 |
| Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund-Historically Black Colleges and Universities CFDA Number 84.425J | ED-GRANTS-043020-001 | CARES Act: Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund COVID-19 Funding Opportunity Number ED-GRANTS-043020-001 is for Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund-Historically Black Colleges and Universities (84.425J) program. | Department of Education | April 30, 2020 | August 1, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=ED-GRANTS-043020-001 |
| Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund-Minority Serving Institutions CFDA Number 84.425L | ED-GRANTS-043020-003 | CARES Act- Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund Funding Opportunity Number ED-GRANTS-043020-003 is for Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund-Minority Serving Institutions (84.425L) program. COVID-19 | Department of Education | April 30, 2020 | August 1, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=ED-GRANTS-043020-003 |
| Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund-Strengthening Institutions Program CFDA Number 84.425M | ED-GRANTS-043020-004 | CARES Act- Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund Funding Opportunity Number ED-GRANTS-043020-004 is for Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund-Strengthening Institutions Program (84.425M) program. COVID-19 | Department of Education | April 30, 2020 | August 1, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=ED-GRANTS-043020-004 |
| Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund-Tribally Control Colleges and Universities CFDA Number 84.425K | ED-GRANTS-043020-002 | CARES Act: Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund Funding Opportunity Number ED-GRANTS-043020-002 is for the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund-Tribally Control Colleges and Universities (84.425K) program. COVID-19 | Department of Education | April 30, 2020 | August 1, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=ED-GRANTS-043020-002 |
| 2020 State and Interstate Aquatic Nuisance Species Management Plan Grant Program | F20AS00034 | To be considered for funding, applicants must work directly with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Aquatic Invasive Species Program and represent one of the currently 43 ANS Task Force approved State or Interstate ANS Management Plans. Section 1204 of the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 restricts the award to States with ANSTF-approved State or Interstate ANS Management Plans. | Fish and Wildlife Service | June 4, 2020 | August 1, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=F20AS00034 |
| Transnational Anti-Money Laundering Assistance | SFOP0006906 | INL will support activities that combat financial crimes globally, with an aim to build upon partner countries’ civilian law enforcement capacities and capabilities by delivering training and technical assistance to enhance partner nations’ capabilities to detect, investigate, and prosecute financial crimes, including those involving cryptocurrencies and trade-based money laundering, through support to Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs), investigators, prosecutors, and judges; improving public-private coordination in order to equip key jurisdictions to address both external threats and internal legal and institutional vulnerabilities; and leveraging experts from both U.S. government agencies and non-governmental organizations to strengthen foreign partners. | Bureau of International Narcotics-Law Enforcement | June 5, 2020 | August 1, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=SFOP0006906 |
| No Manning Required, Ship (NOMARS) | HR001120S0017 | The No Manning Required, Ship (NOMARS) program will design, build, and field test an unmanned surface ship that can operate autonomously for long durations at sea with no human interventions or underway maintenance. NOMARS will challenge the traditional naval architecture paradigm by starting with a clean-sheet ship design process that eliminates design considerations associated with crew. NOMARS is a two-phased program, but this BAA seeks full proposals for Phase 1 (comprised of two tracks) only. This period will explore the NOMARS design space from Conceptual Design Review (CoDR) through Preliminary Design Review (PDR) and system definition. | DARPA - Tactical Technology Office | February 3, 2020 | August 2, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=HR001120S0017 |
| Provocative Questions (PQs) in Cancer with an Underlying HIV Infection (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) | RFA-CA-19-032 | The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to advance our understanding of the risks, development, progression, diagnosis, and treatment of malignancies observed in individuals with an underlying HIV infection or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) through research directed at addressing one of several proposed "Provocative Questions" (PQs). These PQs are not intended to represent the full range of NCI's priorities in HIV/AIDS-related cancer research. Rather, they are meant to challenge researchers to think about and elucidate specific problems and paradoxes in key areas of AIDS-related cancer research that are deemed important but have not received sufficient attention. Provocative Questions in Cancer with an Underlying HIV Infection involves a set of 6 PQs. Each research project proposed in response to this FOA must be focused on addressing one particular research problem defined by one specific PQ selected from the list. Projects proposed to address specific PQs may use strategies that incorporate ideas and approaches from multiple disciplines, as appropriate. Transdisciplinary projects are encouraged as long as they serve the scientific focus of the specific PQ chosen. | National Institutes of Health | January 24, 2019 | August 3, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-CA-19-032 |
| Law & Science | 19-612 | The Law & Science Program considers proposals that address social scientific studies of law and law-like systems of rules, as wellas studies of how science and technology are applied in legal contexts.The Program is inherently interdisciplinary and multi-methodological.Successful proposals describe research that advances scientific theory and understanding of the connections between human behavior and law, legal institutions, or legal processes; or the interactions of law and basic sciences, including biology, computer and information sciences, STEM education, engineering, geosciences, and math and physical sciences.Scientific studies of law often approach law as dynamic, interacting with multiple arenas, and with the participation of multiple actors.Fields of study include many disciplines, and often address problems including, though not limited, to: Crime, Violence, and Policing Cyberspace Economic Issues Environmental Science Evidentiary Issues Forensic Science Governance and Courts Human Rights and Comparative Law Information Technology Legal and Ethical Issues related to Science Legal Decision Making Legal Mobilization and Conceptions of Justice Litigation and the Legal Profession Punishment and Corrections Regulation and Facilitation of Biotechnology (e.g., Gene Editing, Gene Testing, Synthetic Biology) and Other Emerging Sciences and Technologies Use of Science in the Legal Processes LS supports the following types of proposals: Standard Research Grants and Grants for Collaborative Research Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants Conference Awards LS also participates in a number of specialized funding opportunities through NSF’s cross-cutting and cross-directorate activities, including, for example: Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Research at Undergraduate Institutions (RUI) Grants for Rapid Response Research (RAPID) Early-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) For information about these and other programs, please visit the Cross-cutting and NSF-wide Active Funding Opportunities homepage. | National Science Foundation | September 22, 2019 | August 3, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=19-612 |
| Science and Technology Studies | 19-610 | The Science and Technology Studies (STS) program supports research that uses historical, philosophical, and social scientific methods to investigate the intellectual, material, and social facets of the scientific, technological, engineering and mathematical (STEM) disciplines. It encompasses a broad spectrum of topics including interdisciplinary studies of ethics, equity, governance, and policy issues that are closely related to STEM disciplines. The program’s review process is approximately six months. It includes appraisal of proposals by ad hoc reviewers selected for their expertise and by an advisory panel that meets twice a year. The deadlines for the submission of proposals are February2nd for proposals to be funded as early as July, and August3rd for proposals to be funded in or after January. There is one exception: Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant proposals will have only one deadline per year, August 3rd. The Program encourages potential investigators with questions about the program to contact one of the Cognizant Program Directors. Potential investigators who have concerns about whether their proposal fits the goals of the program are encouraged to send a one-page prospectus of their proposal idea to the Cognizant Program Directors. Guidelines for developing one-page prospectuses are provided below under Guidelines for Developing Effective STS Proposals. | National Science Foundation | September 22, 2019 | August 3, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=19-610 |
| CALL FOR LOCALLY LED DEVELOPMENT CONCEPTS ON BUILDING EFFECTIVE, RELIABLE, AND SUSTAINABLE PRIVATE SECTOR ASSOCIATIONS IN WEST AFRICA | 7200AA19APS00007-ADDENDUM03-USAID-WA | Research indicates the use of local solutions is critical for promoting sustainability of U.S. investments in partner countries. USAID is now focused on working with new and underutilized partners, especially the private sector and local actors, to support and help finance the journey to self-reliance via direct assistance.Over the past decade, USAID/WA has worked to establish or support several private sector associations organized around specific sectors, commodities or issue areas. One area that has not been sufficiently prioritized has been organizational capacity and management for these associations to be member-driven and financially self-reliant to sustain their core operations.With the typical grants/training interventions, USAID and other donors have caused these organizations to shift their priorities to attract donor funding versus appropriately representing the evolving needs of their membership. Many of these associations have become project implementers for donors, establishing new positions and compensation policies. Often these expenses cannot be supported through locally mobilized resources such as member dues or fees for goods and services. USAID-initiated and donor-funded organizations have also often been developed with ineffective governance and management structures. Rather than focusing on sustainable strategies to support member driven needs through smart growth, donor-funded organizations make decisions based on the expectation of continued donor funding.USAID/WA has identified the following priority issue areas facing associations in the region: access to finance, input supply, marketing, production and technology, and capacity strengthening. This Local Works activity will look to pilot activities that address the above issues with the goal of increased sustainability and commercial viability of private sector associations. Activities may include any locally owned solution that has the potential to increase an association’s commercial viability, long-term sustainability, or ability to meet the evolving needs of its members. This requires the development and implementation of a learning agenda that captures the continuous learning and adaptation that will happen over the course of the activity in order to build a knowledge base on building sustainable private sector associations in West Africa is required. | Ghana USAID-Accra | February 20, 2020 | August 3, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=7200AA19APS00007-ADDENDUM03-USAID-WA |
| SBIR Phase IIB Bridge Awards to Accelerate the Development of Cancer-Relevant Technologies Toward Commercialization (R44 Clinical Trial Optional) | RFA-CA-20-033 | This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) applications from small business concerns (SBCs) that seek additional funding to support the next stage of development for cancer-relevant projects that were previously funded under SBIR or STTR Phase II awards from any Federal agency. The purpose of this FOA is to facilitate the transition of SBIR or STTR Phase II projects to the commercialization stage. This FOA is expected to promote partnerships between Federally-funded SBIR or STTR Phase II awardees and third-party investors and/or strategic partners to facilitate and accelerate the capital-intensive steps that are required to commercialize new products and services. Applicants must submit a Commercialization Plan, which should include details on any independent third-party investor funding that has already been secured or is anticipated during the Phase IIB Bridge Award project period. It is expected that the level of this independent third-party funding will be equal to or greater than the NCI funds being requested throughout the Phase IIB Bridge Award project period. Proposed projects may address preclinical and/or clinical stages of technology development. Clinical trials may be proposed as appropriate but are not required. | National Institutes of Health | March 6, 2020 | August 3, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-CA-20-033 |
| Opportunities for Promoting Understanding through Synthesis | 20-564 | Synopsis of Program: The OPUS program provides an opportunity for an individual or a group of investigators to revisit and synthesize a significant body of their prior research or data they have previously collected to enable new understanding. This program is appropriate for scientists at any career stage and for any synthetic activities that aim to produce unique, integrated insight useful to the scientific community, now and in the future. All four clusters within the Division of Environmental Biology (Ecosystem Science, Evolutionary Processes, Population and Community Ecology, and Systematics and Biodiversity Science) encourage the submission of OPUS proposals. | National Science Foundation | April 8, 2020 | August 3, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=20-564 |
| Superfund Research Program Occupational Health and Safety Education Programs on Emerging Technologies (R25 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | RFA-ES-20-011 | The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH. The overarching goal of this National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Superfund Research Program (SRP) Occupational and Safety Education Programs on Emerging Technologies R25 program is to support educational activities that complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nations biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs. | National Institutes of Health | April 30, 2020 | August 3, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-ES-20-011 |
| EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program Track-1: | 20-571 | The Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) is designed to fulfill the mandate of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to promote scientific progress nationwide. Jurisdictions are eligible to participate in the NSF EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program (RII) based on their level of NSF research support averaged over three years (see RIIeligibility). Through this program, NSF facilitates the establishment of partnerships among government, higher education, and industry that are designed to effect sustainable improvements in a jurisdiction's research infrastructure, Research and Development (R&D) capacity, and hence, its R&D competitiveness. Research Infrastructure Improvement Track-1 (RII Track-1) awards provide up to $20 million total over five years to support research-driven improvements to jurisdictions’ physical and cyber infrastructure and human capital development in topical areas selected by the jurisdiction's EPSCoR steering committee as having the best potential to improve future R&D competitiveness. The project’s research activities must align with the specific research priorities identified in the submitting jurisdiction’s approved Science and Technology (S&T) Plan. Refer to Sections II and V.A.4.1 below for more information on alignment of the research activities of the project with the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) research priorities of the S&T Plan. | National Science Foundation | May 6, 2020 | August 3, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=20-571 |
| Protecting and Improving Public Health Globally by Building and Strengthening Public Health Impact, Systems, Capacity, and Security in Cameroon | CDC-RFA-GH20-2090 | This NOFO supports implementation of programs focusing on protecting and improving health globally and further implementing Global Health Security (GHS) through partnership with Cameroon’s Directorate of Disease Control, Epidemics and Pandemics (DLMEP). Its purpose is to advance support for multi-sectoral engagement in human and animal health by sustaining strong health systems and resources needed for enhanced surveillance, preparedness efforts for outbreaks, public health emergencies and health threats. The three main strategic areas are prevent avoidable epidemics, detect threats early, and respond rapidly and effectively to potential events of concern for public health and health security. CDC will leverage DLMEP’s resources to promote national initiatives and frameworks that support International Health Regulations (IHR, 2005) core capacities: detect and reduce bio-threats, improve sharing of best practices, use relevant tools to promote health security, strengthen accountability and transparency of data sharing, and participate in regional and international health security initiatives. Outcomes include strengthening capacities to prevent, detect, and respond to potential events of concern for public health and health security and demonstrate improvement in at least 5 GHSA/IHR technical areas to a level of “Demonstrated Capacity” as measured by relevant health security assessment (i.e., World Health Organization (WHO)/IHR Monitoring and Evaluation Framework). | Centers for Disease Control - CGH | June 3, 2020 | August 3, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=CDC-RFA-GH20-2090 |
| Logistical Support for Law Enforcement Projects in Southeast Asia | SFOP0007047 | The United States Department of State, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs INL is seeking applications from qualified U.S. and non-U.S. based non-governmental (NGOs)/non-profit organizations for a Cooperative Agreement to implement a program entitled “Logistical Support for Law Enforcement Projects in Southeast Asia.” The authority for this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is found in the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended. Subject to the availability of funds, INL intends to issue an award in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 in total funding. The U.S. Dollar amount will be funded from INL allocated funds, for an initial project period of two (2) years. INL may award up to three (3) additional years contingent on INL priorities, good performance of the recipient, and funding availability. INL reserves the right to fund any number of applications or none of the applications submitted and will determine the resulting level of funding for each award(s). | Bureau of International Narcotics-Law Enforcement | June 3, 2020 | August 3, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=SFOP0007047 |
| Best Practices in Exporting Expertise Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa | SFOP0007039 | The GEC Russia directorate seeks to make one Prime Award to an organization with experience in counter Russian disinformation programming and the logistical and administrative capability to oversee and maintain a series of sub-awards to smaller organizations with specialized tools or expertise in countering Russian disinformation. This program would organize a hub for partners with diverse expertise to flexibly engage with participating civil society and government based on assessed local needs and requirements centrally coordinated by the Prime. The Russia Directorate will focus this project on building capacity in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa to counter Russian disinformation and propaganda through the training of governments and civil society on well-practiced counter-disinformation methods developed by experienced international partners. With the intention of building self-sustaining global networks and global resiliency, the program would connect organizations on the ground in vulnerable countries with experts from former Soviet states to share tools, skills, and methods. Full posting and details available on SAMS Domestic. | Bureau of Global Public Affairs | June 4, 2020 | August 3, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=SFOP0007039 |
| Establishing a Correctional Case Management Model for Jails Training Program | 20JD04 | The NIC wants to create a standard structure for gathering and maintaining information on each inmate admitted to a jail (also known as a detention facility). Once admitted to a jail, whether pretrial or sentenced, inmates should have a set file process by which their pro-social activities, institutional behavior, jail mandated interventions or requests are documented and maintained. Typically, when an inmate is admitted into a jail, there are a series of actions that the inmate must progress through, such as security and property check, booking process, medical interview, orientation and classification (security rating & housing assignment). There are also additional actions that an inmate may experience or progress through depending on the operational structure and programmatic offerings of a jail. It is orientation, classification and additional institutional behaviors that is the focus of this solicitation. In many jails, there is no standardized file where institutional behavioral information on the inmate is chronologically and categorically maintained during the inmate’s stay. Most jails maintain a file for court and legal information, and a Medical File for medical & mental health information, but not a file maintaining social and behavioral information. Social and behavioral information about an inmate may be maintained in separate classification, housing, disciplinary, grievance, programs, religious, and security files. | National Institute of Corrections | June 4, 2020 | August 3, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=20JD04 |
| Mekong Connections: Supporting Governance, Transparency and Local Voices | SFOP0007050 | The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs (EAP), Office of Multilateral Affairs (MLA), announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to a funding opportunity for an implementing partner to cultivate a network of individuals and community voices and actors having an impact throughout the Mekong by providing networks for engagement. The implementing partner must develop a Mekong network to, 1) assure that Mekong development projects and engagements are designed in consultation with and for the benefit of local communities and regional connectivity, 2) identify and manage a network of small-grant awardees focused on governance and transparency projects in the Mekong (Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam), and 3) support a network of rising talent and the next generation of policy practitioners in the Mekong. The implementing partner should demonstrate proficiency working in multi-lateral contexts and showcase an ability to identify regional individuals and institutions having a measurable impact on priority challenges affecting the Mekong. | Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs | June 5, 2020 | August 3, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=SFOP0007050 |
| Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Education and Human Resources | 19-601 | The fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) hold much promise as sectors of the economy where we can expect to see continuous vigorous growthin the coming decades. STEM job creation is expected to outpace non-STEM job creation significantly, according to the Commerce Department, reflecting the importance of STEM knowledge to the US economy. The National Science Foundation (NSF) plays a leadership role in developing and implementing efforts to enhance and improve STEM education in the United States. Through the NSF Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) initiative, the agency continues to make a substantial commitment to the highest caliber undergraduate STEM education through a Foundation-wide framework of investments. The IUSE: EHR is a core NSF STEM education program that seeks to promote novel, creative, and transformative approaches to generating and using new knowledge about STEM teaching and learning to improve STEM education for undergraduate students. The program is open to application from all institutions of higher education and associated organizations. NSF places high value on educating students to be leaders and innovators in emerging and rapidly changing STEM fields as well as educating a scientifically literate public. In pursuit of this goal, IUSE: EHR supports projects that seek to bring recent advances in STEM knowledge into undergraduate education, that adapt, improve, and incorporate evidence-based practices into STEM teaching and learning, and that lay the groundwork for institutional improvement in STEM education. In addition to innovative work at the frontier of STEM education, this program also encourages replication of research studies at different types of institutions and with different student bodies to produce deeper knowledge about the effectiveness and transferability of findings. IUSE: EHR also seeks to support projects that have high potential for broader societal impacts, including improved diversity of students and instructors participating in STEM education, professional development for instructors to ensure adoption of new and effective pedagogical techniques that meet the changing needs of students, and projects that promote institutional partnerships for collaborative research and development. IUSE: EHR especially welcomes proposals that will pair well with the efforts of NSF INCLUDES (https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/nsfincludes/index.jsp) to develop STEM talent from all sectors and groups in our society. For all the above objectives, the National Science Foundation invests primarily in evidence-based and knowledge-generating approaches to understand and improve STEM learning and learning environments, improve the diversity of STEM students and majors, and prepare STEM majors for the workforce. In addition to contributing to STEM education in the host institution(s), proposals should have the promise of adding more broadly to our understanding of effective teaching and learning practices. The IUSE: EHR program features two tracks: (1) Engaged Student Learning and (2) Institutional and Community Transformation. Several levels of scope, scale, and funding are available within each track, as summarized in Table 1. Table 1: Overview of Engaged Student Learning and Institutional and Community Transformation tracks, levels, and deadlines Track Level Deadlines Engaged Student Learning Level 1: up to $300,000 for up to three years February 4, 2020 August 4, 2020 1st Tuesday in February and August thereafter Level 2: $300,001 - $600,000 for up to three years December 4, 2019 1st Tuesday in December thereafter Level 3: $600,001 - $2 million for up to five years December 4, 2019 1st Tuesday in December thereafter Institutional and Community Transformation Capacity-Building: $150K (single institution) or $300K (multiple institutions) for up to two years February 4, 2020 August 4, 2020 1st Tuesday in February and August thereafter Level 1: up to $300,000 for up to three years February 4, 2020 August 4, 2020 1st Tuesday in February and August thereafter Level 2: $300,001 - $2 million (single institution) or $3 million (multiple institutions and research centers) for up to five years December 4, 2019 1st Tuesday in December thereafter | National Science Foundation | September 7, 2019 | August 4, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=19-601 |
| Pregnancy Prevention Research Grants | PA-PHE-20-002 | The Office of Population Affairs (OPA) announces the availability of funds for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 initial competitive grant awards under the authority of Section 241 of the Public Health Service Act. This notice solicits applications for projects that will conduct research that would make significant contributions to the mission of the Office of Population Affairs and to the pregnancy prevention and family planning fields. | Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health | June 5, 2020 | August 4, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=PA-PHE-20-002 |
| Announcement of the Availability of Funds for Research on Research Integrity | IR-ORI-20-001 | The Office of Research Integrity (ORI) announces the availability of funds for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 grant awards under the authority of Sec. 301 of the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. § 241, as delegated to the Director of ORI. This notice solicits applications for projects that will conduct innovative original research related to the prevention of research misconduct, facilitation of whistleblowing and the protection of whistleblowers, and promote the responsible conduct of research and the furtherance of research integrity in the United States and internationally. | Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health | June 5, 2020 | August 4, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=IR-ORI-20-001 |
| Announcement of the Availability of Funds for Conferences on Research Integrity | IR-ORI-20-002 | The Office of Research Integrity (ORI) announces the anticipated availability of funds for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 grant awards under the authority of Sec. 301 of the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. § 241, as delegated to the Director of ORI. This notice solicits applications for projects to plan and implement conferences or workshops on research integrity and compliance with 42 C.F.R. Part 93. Virtual conferences, and workshops will be eligible for funding. | Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health | June 5, 2020 | August 4, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=IR-ORI-20-002 |
| Announcement of Anticipated Availability of Funds for Research to Practice Center Grants for Adolescent Health Promotion in Order to Prevent Teenage Pregnancy | PA-PHE-20-001 | The Office of Population Affairs announces the availability of funds for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 grant awards under the authority of Section 241 of the Public Health Service Act. This notice solicits applications for projects that will synthesize and translate existing research into practice for health promotion activities that will lead to adoption of healthy behaviors and ultimately help to reduce teen pregnancy. | Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health | June 5, 2020 | August 4, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=PA-PHE-20-001 |
| Announcement of the Availability of Funds for Research Integrity Program Development and Evaluation | IR-ORI-20-003 | The Office of Research Integrity announces the availability of funds for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 grant awards under the authority of Sec. 301 of the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. § 241, as delegated to the Director of ORI. This notice solicits applications for projects to develop and evaluate programs and resources related to the prevention of research misconduct, protection of whistleblowers, and the furtherance of research integrity in the United States and internationally. | Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health | June 5, 2020 | August 4, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=IR-ORI-20-003 |
| Limited Competition: International Epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA) (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | RFA-AI-20-023 | This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits applications to continue the International epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA) Program. The IeDEA program is comprised of 7 regional data center awards, which bring together clinical and research data within regions, and in collaboration monitor and guide the response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. This research includes work on the long-term impact of HIV and its treatment, the epidemiology of common co-infections (e.g., hepatitis and tuberculosis). Research also evaluates health care utilization including medications, procedures, and vaccines, studies of co-morbidities such as cancer, disruption of physiological and metabolic processes leading to end organ impairment, mental health and alcohol and substance use. Data sources include clinical care, surveillance or research protocols as well as a Sentinel Research Network which collects data in a more intensive prospective cohort to understand the impact of non-communicable disease in HIV and allow for inferences across the network. This funding announcement also asks IeDEA to include a cohort of persons with tuberculosis (TB) to evaluate TB treatment outcomes. IeDEA facilitates access to data working with data consumers at the clinic, national, and global level and creating data tools. | National Institutes of Health | April 8, 2020 | August 4, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-AI-20-023 |
| Coordinating Unit to Support the Kidney, Urology and Hematology (KUH) Innovative Science Accelerator Program (ISAC-CU) (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | RFA-DK-20-010 | The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to establish a Coordinating Unit to support the Kidney, Urology and Hematology (KUH) Innovative Science Accelerator (ISAC-CU) Program. The ISAC-CU will administer a collaborative funding program intended to seed high-impact science of interest to the KUH research community. | National Institutes of Health | May 1, 2020 | August 4, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-DK-20-010 |
| Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) Competition | 20-573 | The Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) is a longitudinal survey of a nationally representative sample of U.S. families begun in 1968. The PSID has collected 41 waves of data on the same families and their descendants as of 2019. The PSID collects data on a wide range of economic, social, demographic, geospatial, and health factors that affect the well-being of American families. The PSID has consistently obtained wave-to-wave re-interview response rates of more than 90%. Data are made available to scholars, students, and the public for research, analysis, and education activities within12 months of data collection. Recent innovations include adding a representative sample of families who immigrated to the U.S. between 1997and 2017, adding new tools for training and data dissemination,new geospatial identifiers for PSID employer addresses, and the development of a web-based version of the PSID questionnaire. The Economics Program in the Directorate of Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) may make one award to support the collection of the NSF-funded content in the 2021 and 2023 waves of the PSID. We anticipate an NSF award of at least $17 million and at most $20 million to support two waves of data collection, dissemination activities, and outreach. The expected start date is January 1, 2021. | National Science Foundation | May 7, 2020 | August 4, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=20-573 |
| Alternative Methods For Calculating Fair Market Rents (FMRs) in Rental Markets With Rapidly Rising Rents | FR-6400-N-60 | HUD is soliciting proposals for research that will accomplish the following: Define “rental markets with rapidly rising rents” Identify alternative calculations to generate FMRs that more closely track market conditions in rapidly rising rental markets than current methods. This may include, but is not limited to, alternative sources of gross rent data and/or alternative calculation methodologies using existing data. The primary objective of this project is to identify better methods for calculating FMRs for markets in disequilibrium where rents are rising rapidly and FMRs calculated using current methods coupled with current payment standard authority are insufficient to enable Housing Choice Voucher families to find and lease suitable units within the search time allowed. In addition to the primary objective, this research should consider whether the alternative calculation methods should be applied to the calculation of Fair Market Rents in all types of housing markets. | Department of Housing and Urban Development | June 2, 2020 | August 4, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=FR-6400-N-60 |
| Space Technology Research Institutes Appendix | 80HQTR20NOA01-20STRI-B3 | The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Headquarters has released a solicitation, titled Space Technology Research Institutes (STRI), as an appendix to the Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) umbrella NASA Research Announcement (NRA) titled "Space Technology Research, Development, Demonstration, and Infusion 2020 (SpaceTech-REDDI-2020), on June 2, 2020. The solicitation is available by opening the NSPIRES homepage at http://nspires.nasaprs.com/, selecting "Solicitations," then selecting "Open Solicitations," and, finally, selecting "Space Technology Research Institutes (STRI)." The Space Technology Mission Directorate is seeking to invest, via research institutes, in university-led, sustained, multi-disciplinary space technology research focused in strategic areas for transformative impact to future NASA exploration and science. The research institutes construct enables coordination of experts from a wide range of fields and organizations in a single distributed research structure. For research areas of overlapping interest, this approach could significantly increase partnerships between NASA, other government agencies, industry, and academia, enabling greater progress and benefit for all involved. The institute approach facilitates a more focused and coordinated set of research and development efforts than typically arise from a series of separate solicitations and individual research grants. Because the research institute maintains its focus for several years, more effective and substantial research progress is envisioned for the selected high priority research areas. The maximum award duration is five years and up to $15M total over the 5-year period. Only accredited U.S. universities are eligible to submit proposals; teaming with other accredited U.S. universities is required, and teaming with non-profit laboratories and industry is permitted. See Appendix section 3.0 for full list of eligibility requirements. The anticipated type of award instrument will be grants or cooperative agreements. The Appendix exclusively seeks proposals that are responsive to one of the following two topics: High-Power Electric Propulsion Ground Testing and Modeling Extensible to In-Space Operation Revolutionary Advancements in Multidisciplinary Modeling and Simulation of Entry Systems The financial and programmatic support for STRI comes from the Space Technology Research Grants Program within the Space Technology Mission Directorate. Awards are expected to be in place summer 2021. Proposals are being solicited via a two-step process where preliminary proposals are mandatory and only those invited may submit a full proposal. NASA plans to make approximately 2 awards as a result of this STRI solicitation, subject to the availability of funds and receipt of meritorious proposals. The actual number of awards will depend on the quality of the proposals received; NASA reserves the right to make no awards under this solicitation. All preliminary proposals must be submitted electronically through NSPIRES or through Grants.gov (www.grants.gov) by an authorized organizational representative. Mandatory preliminary proposals are due on or before August 4, 2020, 5 pm Eastern, and the target deadline for invited full proposals is November 5, 2020, 5 pm Eastern. Detailed submission instructions and due dates are provided in the solicitation. Potential proposers and their proposing organizations are urged to familiarize themselves with the submission system(s), ensure they are registered in NSPIRES, and submit the required proposal materials well in advance of the deadline. Technical and programmatic comments and questions may be addressed by email to the Space Technology Research Grants Program at hq-STMD-STRI@mail.nasa.gov. Responses to inquiries will be answered by email and may also be included in the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) documents located on the NSPIRES page associated with the solicitation; anonymity of persons/institutions who submit questions will be preserved. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the Internet site for the release of amendments (if any). | NASA Headquarters | June 2, 2020 | August 4, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=80HQTR20NOA01-20STRI-B3 |
| Executive Training for Newly Appointed Wardens Curriculum Update | 20PR04 | The growth of the incarcerated population coupled with the retirement of baby boomers has dramatically increased the number of wardens required to operate our nation’s prisons, jails and community corrections facilities. It is the responsibility of the individuals in this position to manage facilities in a manner to ensure public safety, the safety of staff and inmates, and be good stewards with taxpayer dollars. Many are tasked leading workplaces with complex missions that include dealing with specialized populations, overcrowding, staff vacancies and external stakeholders just to name a few. Today’s wardens are the Chief Executive Officers of multi-million dollars enterprises that often misunderstood by the public. The program curriculum for Executive Training for Newly Appointed Wardens was developed in 2001. With corrections being a dynamic business, the curriculum has kept pace and has received continuous improvement over the years. This 32 hour program is designed to enhance the skills of Wardens who have less than 2 years on the job. It specifically focuses on the leadership and administrative attributes necessary to successfully operate a correctional facility. Topics to be discussed include institutional culture, central office relationships, fiscal decision-making, human resource management, media relations, planning, technology issues, information management, new trends in corrections and self care management. The training also allows participants to network with other wardens from all over the country which is highly regarded by those who attend. | National Institute of Corrections | June 5, 2020 | August 4, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=20PR04 |
| Justice Involved Women: Developing an Agency Wide Approach Curriculum Update and Pilot | 20PR03 | The three-phased program uses a blended learning format which includes completion of assigned readings, surveys, on-line learning, webinars, on-site classroom training, follow up coaching and support. Program and participant evaluations are also required. Phase 1 consists of tasks to be completed by participants prior to the classroom portion of the training. Phase 2 is the on-site, classroom, training (2.5 days). Phase 3 consists of time-limited, remote coaching sessions to provide support by the assigned faculty coach to their designated participant teams in developing and delivering their proposed agency plan to leadership upon their return to their home agencies The program is designed for teams (3-4 participants) of organizational and agency leaders that are responsible for the development and implementation of policy, practice and provide leadership and supervision to staff who work with women in the justice system. | National Institute of Corrections | June 5, 2020 | August 4, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=20PR03 |
| Mapping Russian Disinformation and Propaganda in sub-Saharan Africa | SFOP0007033 | The Russia Directorate proposes to grant an award to a recipient with African subject matter expertise and experience researching Russian disinformation and propaganda to map Russian information operations in African countries and present those findings to local and global policymakers and public audiences to raise awareness on this topic. | Bureau of Global Public Affairs | June 5, 2020 | August 4, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=SFOP0007033 |
| Expected Practices Video Project | 20PR05 | Providing high-quality resources to the field of corrections continues to be one of NIC's priorities. As such, the creation of video vignettes that focus on brilliance in several of the fundamental aspects of correctional work will highlight the "Expected Practices" that have profound implications on an agency's culture and professional climate. These video vignettes, filmed in institutional settings, will target those areas that the industry sees as the most impactful to the safety and security of the corrections officer, the offender, and the public in general. The underlying premise of this project is the idea that professionally performing our correctional duties promotes public safety and increases the likelihood of everyone returning home safely. This video collection will be made available to NIC's constituents. It can be used to supplement existing training or be used as stand-alone microlearning resources to benefit the field at large. Additionally, the raw video and still photography captured on-site in the production of these videos will add to NIC's video and photo library, which can also enhance NIC's future e-learning and virtual products, which are an essential part of our offerings. The use of quality representational, relational, organizational, and interpretative images and videos are a critical part of e-learning and virtual learning experiences. High-resolution photos and video clips are expected for all NIC learning platforms, including asynchronous e-courses, training programs, and the NIC website. Professional videos stimulate the viewer's interest by personalizing learning, engaging emotions, and depicting specific correctional based settings. | National Institute of Corrections | June 5, 2020 | August 4, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=20PR05 |
| Partnerships for Innovation | 19-506 | The Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) Program within the Division of Industrial Innovation and Partnerships (IIP) offers researchers from all disciplines of science and engineering funded by NSF the opportunity to perform translational research and technology development, catalyze partnerships and accelerate the transition of discoveries from the laboratory to the marketplace for societal benefit. PFI has five broad goals, as set forth by the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act of 2017 (“the Act”, S.3084 — 114th Congress; Sec. 602. Translational Research Grants): (1) identifying and supporting NSF-sponsored research and technologies that have the potential for accelerated commercialization; (2) supporting prior or current NSF-sponsored investigators, institutions of higher education, and non-profit organizations that partner with an institution of higher education in undertaking proof-of-concept work, including the development of technology prototypes that are derived from NSF-sponsored research and have potential market value; (3) promoting sustainable partnerships between NSF-funded institutions, industry, and other organizations within academia and the private sector with the purpose of accelerating the transfer of technology; (4) developing multi-disciplinary innovation ecosystems which involve and are responsive to the specific needs of academia and industry; (5) providing professional development, mentoring, and advice in entrepreneurship, project management, and technology and business development to innovators. In addition, PFI responds to the mandate set by Congress in Section 601(c)(3) of the Act (Follow-on Grants), to support prototype or proof-of-concept development work by participants, including I-Corps participants, with innovations that because of the early stage of development are not eligible to participate in a Small Business Innovation Research Program or a Small Business Technology Transfer Program. Finally, PFI seeks to implement the mandate set by Congress in Section 102(c)(a) of the Act (Broader Impacts Review Criterion Update) by enhancing partnerships between academia and industry in the United States, and expanding the participation of women and individuals from underrepresented groups in innovation, technology translation, and entrepreneurship. This solicitation offers two broad tracks for proposals in pursuit of the aforementioned goals: The Technology Translation (PFI-TT) track offers the opportunity to translate prior NSF-funded research results in any field of science or engineering into technological innovations with promising commercial potential and societal impact. PFI-TT supports commercial potential demonstration projects for academic research outputs in any NSF-funded science and engineering discipline. This demonstration is achieved through proof-of-concept, prototyping, technology development and/or scale-up work. Concurrently, students and postdoctoral researchers who participate in PFI-TT projects receive education and leadership training in innovation and entrepreneurship. Successful PFI-TT projects generate technology-driven commercialization outcomes that address societal needs. The Research Partnerships (PFI-RP) track seeks to achieve the same goals as the PFI-TT track by supporting instead complex, multi-faceted technology development projects that are typically beyond the scope of a single researcher or institution and require a multi-organizational, interdisciplinary, synergistic collaboration. A PFI-RP project requires the creation of partnerships between academic researchers and third-party organizations such as industry, non-academic research organizations, federal laboratories, public or non-profit technology transfer organizations or other universities. Such partnerships are needed to conduct applied research on a stand-alone larger project toward commercialization and societal impact. In the absence of such synergistic partnership, the project’s likelihood for success would be minimal. The intended outcomes of both PFI-TT and PFI-RP tracks are: a) the commercialization of new intellectual property derived from NSF-funded research outputs; b) the creation of new or broader collaborations with industry (including increased corporate sponsored research); c) the licensing of NSF-funded research outputs to third party corporations or to start-up companies funded by a PFI team; and d) the training of future innovation and entrepreneurship leaders. WEBINARS: Webinars will be held to answer questions about the solicitation. Registration will be available on the NSF Partnerships for Innovation website (https://www.nsf.gov/PFI). Potential proposers and their partners are encouraged to attend. | National Science Foundation | October 19, 2018 | August 5, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=19-506 |
| DoD Bone Marrow Failure, Idea Development Award | W81XWH-20-BMFRP-IDA | The BMFRP Idea Development Award is intended to support innovative ideas and high-impact approaches based on scientifically sound evidence to move toward the BMFRP’s vision of understanding and curing BMF diseases. This award mechanism is designed to support new ideas. Proposed research studies should have a high probability of revealing new avenues of investigation. The research project should include a well-formulated, testable hypothesis based on strong scientific rationale and a well-developed and articulated research approach. Personnel on the proposed team should have a strong background in BMF disease research. The proposed research must be relevant to active duty Service members, Veterans, military beneficiaries, and/or the American public. | Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA | March 9, 2020 | August 5, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81XWH-20-BMFRP-IDA |
| U.S. Consulate-General Johannesburg PAS Annual Program Statement | DOS-JHB-202001 | The U.S. Consulate-General Johannesburg Public Affairs Section (PAS/JHB) of the U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce that funding is available through its Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program. This is an Annual Program Statement, outlining our funding priorities, strategic themes, and the procedures for submitting requests for funding. Please carefully follow all instructions below. Purpose: PAS Johannesburg invites proposals for programs that strengthen cultural ties between the U.S. and South Africa through cultural and exchange programming that highlights shared values and promotes bilateral cooperation. All programs must include an American cultural element, or connection with American expert/s, organization/s, or institution/s in a specific field that will promote increased understanding of U.S. policy and perspectives.. Examples of past PAS Small Grants Program programs include: · Academic and professional lectures, seminars and speaker programs; · Artistic and cultural workshops, joint performances and exhibitions; · Professional and academic exchanges and projects; · Professional development workshops and training. Priority Program Areas: Through the FY2020 Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program, PAS will support: · Women entrepreneurs (particularly in the agricultural, creative and technology sectors) · Educational programs encouraging youth to explore STEM fields · Programs that develop or strengthen linkages between U.S. and South African universities · Programs that strengthen USG exchange alumni networks · Programs that address the issues of gender-based violence, HIV/AIDS awareness and xenophobia Please see the full announcement in Related Documents. Applications should be submitted by email to JohannesburgGrants@state.gov. | U.S. Mission to South Africa | March 9, 2020 | August 5, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=DOS-JHB-202001 |
| DoD Lung Cancer, Idea Development Award | W81XWH-20-LCRP-IDA | The FY20 LCRP Idea Development Award mechanism promotes new ideas that are still in the early stages of development and have the potential to yield impactful data and new avenues of investigation. This award supports conceptually innovative, high-risk/high-reward research that could lead to critical discoveries or major advancements that will accelerate progress toward eradicating deaths and suffering from lung cancer. Applications should include a well- formulated, testable hypothesis based on strong scientific rationale. Submissions from and partnerships with investigators at Department of Defense (DoD) military treatment facilities and laboratories, and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers and research laboratories are strongly encouraged. New Investigators: The FY20 LCRP Idea Development Award mechanism encourages applications from independent investigators in the early stages of their careers (i.e., within 10 years of their first faculty appointment, or equivalent). The New Investigator category is designed to allow applicants early in their faculty appointments to compete for funding separately from established investigators. Applications from New Investigators and Established Investigators will be peer and programmatically reviewed separately. Principal Investigators (PIs) using the New Investigator category are strongly encouraged to strengthen their applications by collaborating with investigators experienced in lung cancer research and/or possessing other relevant expertise. It is the responsibility of the applicant to describe how the included collaboration will augment the PI’s expertise to best address the research question. All applicants for the New Investigator category must meet specific eligibility criteria as described in Section II.C, Eligibility Information. Preliminary data to support the feasibility of the research hypotheses and research approaches are required; however, these data do not necessarily need to be derived from studies of lung cancer. Key elements of this award are as follows: · Innovation: Research deemed innovative may introduce a new paradigm, challenge current paradigms, look at existing problems from new perspectives, or exhibit other uniquely · Impact: Research that has high potential impact may lead to major advancements and significantly accelerate progress toward eradicating deaths and suffering from lung cancer. It is the responsibility of the PI to clearly and explicitly articulate the project’s innovation and its potential impact on lung cancer and its relevance to Military Health System beneficiaries. The project’s impact to both lung cancer research and to lung cancer patients should be articulated, even if clinical impact is not an immediate outcome. Applications that demonstrate exceptional scientific merit but lack innovation and high potential impact do not meet the intent of the Idea Development Award. | Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA | March 12, 2020 | August 5, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81XWH-20-LCRP-IDA |
| DoD Lung Cancer, Investigator-Initiated Translational Research Award | W81XWH-20-LCRP-IITRA | The FY20 LCRP Investigator-Initiated Translational Research Award mechanism supports translational research that will develop promising ideas in lung cancer into clinical applications. Translational research may be defined as an integration of basic science and clinical observations. Observations that drive a research idea may originate from a laboratory discovery, population-based studies, or a clinician’s firsthand knowledge of patient care. The ultimate goal of translational research is to move a concept or observation forward into clinical application. However, Principal Investigators (PIs) should not view translational research as a one-way continuum from bench to bedside. The research plan must involve a reciprocal flow of ideas and information between basic and clinical science.This mechanism is intended to fund a broad range of translational studies, including, but not limited to, the following:· Studies advancing/translating in vitro and/or animal studies to applications with human samples/cohorts.· Late-stage preclinical work leading to/preparing for a clinical trial, e.g., Investigational New Drug (IND) application submission.· Correlative studies that are associated with an open/ongoing or completed clinical trial and projects that develop endpoints for clinical trials.Preliminary lung cancer relevant data to support the feasibility of the research hypotheses and research approaches are required. | Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA | March 12, 2020 | August 5, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81XWH-20-LCRP-IITRA |
| DoD Lung Cancer, Career Development Award | W81XWH-20-LCRP-CDA | The FY20 LCRP Career Development Award supports early-career, independent investigators to conduct impactful research under the mentorship of an experienced lung cancer researcher as an opportunity to obtain the funding, mentoring, and experience necessary for productive, independent careers at the forefront of lung cancer research. This award is intended to support impactful research projects with an emphasis on discovery. Submissions from and partnerships with investigators at Department of Defense (DoD) military treatment facilities and laboratories, and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers and research laboratories are strongly encouraged. Preliminary data are not required. However, logical reasoning and a sound scientific rationale for the proposed research must be demonstrated. Key elements of this award are as follows: · Principal Investigator (PI): PIs must be research- or physician-scientists at an early stage of their independent research careers. PIs must be within 5 years of their first faculty appointment (or equivalent) and exhibit a strong desire to pursue a career in lung cancer research. · Mentorship: The Mentor must be an experienced lung cancer researcher as demonstrated by a strong record of funding and publications in lung cancer research. In addition, the Mentor must demonstrate a commitment to developing the PI’s career in lung cancer research. · Career Development: A Career Development Plan is required and should be prepared with appropriate guidance from the Mentor. A clearly articulated strategy for acquiring the necessary skills, competence, and expertise to have a career at the forefront of lung cancer research should be included. The plan should outline how the PI will gain experience in lung cancer research. Because career development is the focus of this award, the PI’s institution must demonstrate a commitment to the PI through a minimum of 40% protected time for the lung cancer research, though more protected time is highly desirable. · Impact: Research that has high potential impact may lead to major advancements and significantly accelerate progress toward eradicating deaths and suffering from lung cancer. · Relevance to Military Health System Beneficiaries: The application should clearly articulate how the proposed research is relevant to Service members, Veterans, and their families. | Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA | March 23, 2020 | August 5, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81XWH-20-LCRP-CDA |
| DoD Lung Cancer, Clinical Translational Research Partnership Award | W81XWH-20-LCRP-CTRPA | The FY20 LCRP Clinical Translational Research Partnership Award mechanism supports partnerships between clinicians and research scientists that will accelerate the movement of promising ideas in lung cancer into clinical applications. This award supports the development of translational research collaborations between two independent, faculty-level (or equivalent) investigators to address a critical problem or question in lung cancer in a manner that would be less readily achievable through separate efforts. One partner in the collaboration must be a research scientist and the other must be a clinician. In addition, one partner in the collaboration is strongly encouraged to be an active duty Service member or Federal employee from a Department of Defense (DoD) military treatment facility or laboratory, or a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical center or research laboratory. It should be clear that both have had equal intellectual input into the design of the research project. Multi-institutional partnerships are encouraged but not required. At least one member of the partnership must have experience either in lung cancer research or lung cancer patient care. A proposed project in which the clinical partner merely supplies tissue samples or access to patients will not meet the intent of this award mechanism. This mechanism is intended to support a pilot, proof-of-principle, or early phase clinical trial and associated correlative science. It is expected that the proposed trial will have a well-developed rationale, strong preliminary data, trial methodology, and execution plan. Any proposed preclinical studies in addition to the trial should be appropriately justified as to its necessity to inform and interpret trial results and the correlative science. If the proposed research would ultimately require U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Investigational New Drug (IND) and/or Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) submission, applications must demonstrate availability of, and access to, clinical reagents (e.g., therapeutic molecules) and patient population(s). Consumer advocate involvement in the application is strongly encouraged. As part of the research team the consumer advocate would assist in the evelopment of the research question, project design, oversight, recruitment, and evaluation, as well as other significant aspects of the proposed project. As a lay representative, the consumer advocate should be an individual who has been diagnosed with lung cancer, and should be active in a lung cancer advocacy organization. The consumer advocate role should be focused on providing objective input on the research and its potential impact for individuals with, or at risk for, lung cancer. The success of the project must be supported by the unique skills and contributions of each partner. The proposed study must include clearly stated plans for interactions between the Principal Investigators (PIs) and institutions involved. The plans must include communication, coordination of research progress and results, and data transfer. Additionally, multi-institutional applications must provide an intellectual property plan to resolve potential intellectual and material property issues and to remove institutional barriers that might interfere with achieving high levels of cooperation to ensure the successful completion of this award. | Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA | March 23, 2020 | August 5, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81XWH-20-LCRP-CTRPA |
| DoD Kidney Cancer, Concept Award | W81XWH-20-KCRP-CA | The FY20 KCRP Concept Award supports highly innovative, untested, potentiallygroundbreaking novel concepts in kidney cancer. The Concept Award is not intended to supportan incremental progression of an already established research project but, instead, it allows Principal Investigators (PIs) the opportunity to pursue serendipitous observations. Preliminary data are not allowed. This award mechanism supports high-risk studies that have the potential to reveal entirely new avenues for investigation. Applications must describe how the new idea will enhance the existing knowledge of kidney cancer or develop an innovative and novel course of investigation. Research completed through a Concept Award may generate sufficientpreliminary data to enable the PI to prepare an application for future research.A Congressionally mandated Metastatic Cancer Task Force was formed with the purpose ofidentifying ways to help accelerate clinical and translational research aimed at extending the lives of advanced state and recurrent patients. As a member of the Metastatic Cancer Task Force, CDMRP encourages applicants to review the recommendations (https://health.mil/Reference-Center/Congressional-Testimonies/2018/05/03/Metastatic-Cancer- Research) and submit research ideas to address these recommendations provided they are within the limitations of this funding opportunity and fit within the FY20 KCRP priorities.The proposed research must be relevant to active duty Service members, Veterans, military beneficiaries, and/or the general public.Reviewers will be blinded to the identity of the PI, collaborators, and their organization(s).Refer to Section II.D.2.b.i, Full Application Guidelines, for more information.The types of awards made under the Program Announcement will be assistance agreements. Anassistance agreement is appropriate when the Federal Government transfers a “thing of value” to a “state, local government,” or “other recipient” to carry out a public purpose of support or stimulation authorized by a law of the United States instead of acquiring property or service for the direct benefit and use of the U.S. Government. An assistance agreement can take the form of a grant or cooperative agreement. The level of involvement on the part of the Department of Defense (DoD) during project performance is the key factor in determining whether to award a grant or cooperative agreement. If “no substantial involvement” on the part of the funding agency is anticipated, a grant award will be made (31 USC 6304). Conversely, if substantial involvement on the part of the funding agency is anticipated, a cooperative agreement will be made (31 USC 6305), and the award will identify the specific substantial involvement.Substantial involvement may include, but is not limited to, collaboration, participation, or intervention in the research to be performed under the award. The award type, along with the start date, will be determined during the negotiation process.The anticipated direct costs budgeted for the entire period of performance for an FY20 KCRP Concept award will not exceed $100,000. Refer to Section II.D.5, Funding Restrictions, for detailed funding information.Awards will be made no later than September 30, 2021. For additional information refer to Section II.F.1, Federal Award Notices.The CDMRP expects to allot approximately $0.96M to fund approximately six Concept Award applications. Funding of applications received is contingent upon the availability of Federal funds for this program as well as the number of applications received, the quality and merit of the applications as evaluated by scientific and programmatic review, and the requirements of the Government. Funds to be obligated on any award resulting from this funding opportunity will be available for use for a limited time period based on the fiscal year of the funds. It is anticipated that awards made from this FY20 funding opportunity will be funded with FY20funds, which will expire for use on September 30, 2026. | Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA | May 12, 2020 | August 5, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81XWH-20-KCRP-CA |
| Estimating Children’s Soil and Dust Ingestion Rates for Exposure Science | EPA-G2020-STAR-D1 | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is asking the scientific community to propose transdisciplinary research to develop or apply innovative approaches/methods to improve the estimates, better characterize the variability, and reduce the uncertainty concerning chemical exposures via soil and dust ingestion for children aged 6 months through 6 years. | Environmental Protection Agency | May 21, 2020 | August 5, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=EPA-G2020-STAR-D1 |
| NEA Our Town, FY2021 | 2020NEA01OT | The Arts Endowment’s support of a project may start on July 1, 2021, or any time thereafter. A grant period of up to two years is allowed. An organization may submit as a lead applicant two applications to Our Town. A partnering organization may serve as a partner on as many applications as they like. You may apply to other National Endowment for the Arts funding opportunities, including Grants for Arts Projects, in addition to Our Town. In each case, the request must be for a distinctly different project, or a distinctly different phase of a project. If you have applied to the Arts Endowment in the past and were not recommended for funding, you may apply again to any funding opportunity, including Our Town. Program Description Our Town is the National Endowment for the Arts’ creative placemaking grants program. Through project-based funding, we support projects that integrate arts, culture, and design activities into efforts that strengthen communities by advancing local economic, physical, and/or social outcomes. Successful Our Town projects ultimately lay the groundwork for systemic changes that sustain the integration of arts, culture, and design into local strategies for strengthening communities. These projects require a partnership between a local government entity and nonprofit organization, one of which must be a cultural organization; and should engage in partnership with other sectors (such as agriculture and food, economic development, education and youth, environment and energy, health, housing, public safety, transportation, and workforce development). Cost share/matching grants range from $25,000 to $150,000, with a minimum cost share/match equal to the grant amount. | National Endowment for the Arts | May 6, 2020 | August 6, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=2020NEA01OT |
| Translational Research in Pediatric and Obstetric Pharmacology and Therapeutics (R21 Clinical Trial Optional) | PAR-18-214 | The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to encourage applications for translational and clinical research as well as clinical trials that will advance our knowledge about the underlying mechanisms of drug action, response, and safety in children at various developmental stages, and in women during pregnancy and lactation. The overall goals of the FOA are to improve the safety and effectiveness of current drugs for pediatric or obstetric patients, and to enhance the development of new drugs or a safer usage of the existing drugs for tailored therapies to meet emerging clinical needs for these special populations. | National Institutes of Health | November 28, 2017 | August 7, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=PAR-18-214 |
| Translational Research in Pediatric and Obstetric Pharmacology and Therapeutics (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) | PAR-18-215 | The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to encourage applications for translational and clinical research as well as clinical trials that will advance our knowledge about the underlying mechanisms of drug action, response, and safety in children at various developmental stages, and in women during pregnancy and lactation. The overall goals of the FOA are to improve the safety and effectiveness of current drugs for pediatric or obstetric patients, and to enhance the development of new drugs or a safer usage of the existing drugs for tailored therapies to meet emerging clinical needs for these special populations. | National Institutes of Health | November 28, 2017 | August 7, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=PAR-18-215 |
| ADVANCE: Organizational Change for Gender Equity in STEM Academic Professions | 20-554 | The NSF ADVANCE program contributes to the National Science Foundation's goal of a more diverse and capable science and engineering workforce.1 In this solicitation, the NSF ADVANCE program seeks to build on prior NSF ADVANCE work and other research and literature concerning gender, racial, and ethnic equity. The NSF ADVANCE program goal is to broaden the implementation of evidence-based systemic change strategies that promote equity for STEM2 faculty in academic workplaces and the academic profession. The NSF ADVANCE program provides grants to enhance the systemic factors that support equity and inclusion and to mitigate the systemic factors that create inequities in the academic profession and workplaces. Systemic (or organizational) inequities may exist in areas such as policy and practice as well as in organizational culture and climate. For example, practices in academic departments that result in the inequitable allocation of service or teaching assignments may impede research productivity, delay advancement, and create a culture of differential treatment and rewards. Similarly, policies and procedures that do not mitigate implicit bias in hiring, tenure, and promotion decisions could lead to women and racial and ethnic minorities being evaluated less favorably, perpetuating historical under-participation in STEM academic careers and contributing to an academic climate that is not inclusive. All NSF ADVANCE proposals are expected to use intersectional approaches in the design of systemic change strategies in recognition that gender, race and ethnicity do not exist in isolation from each other and from other categories of social identity. The solicitation includes four funding tracks: Institutional Transformation (IT), Adaptation, Partnership, and Catalyst, in support of the NSF ADVANCE program goal to broaden the implementation of systemic strategies that promote equity for STEM faculty in academic workplaces and the academic profession. The Institutional Transformation (IT) track is designed to support the development, implementation, and evaluation of innovative systemic change strategies that promote gender equity for STEM faculty within an institution of higher education. The Adaptation track is designed to support the work to adapt, implement, and evaluate evidence-based systemic change strategies that have been shown to promote gender equity for STEM faculty in academic workplaces and the academic profession. Adaptation projects can either: 1) support the adaptation of evidence-based systemic change strategies to promote equity for STEM faculty within an institution of higher education; or 2) facilitate national or regional STEM disciplinary transformation by adapting evidence-based systemic change strategies to non-profit, non-academic organizations. The Partnership track is designed to support the work to facilitate the broader adaptation of gender equity and systemic change strategies. Partnership projects are expected to result in national or regional transformation in STEM academic workplaces and the academic profession and demonstrate significant reach. Partnership projects can focus on the transformation of institutions and organizations and/or the transformation within one or more STEM disciplines. The Catalyst track is designed to broaden the types of IHEs that are able to undertake data collection and institutional self-assessment work to identify systemic gender inequities impacting their STEM faculty so that these can be addressed by the institution. Please note that NSF ADVANCE does not provide fellowships, research, or travel grants to individual students, postdoctoral researchers, or faculty to pursue STEM degrees or research. Undergraduate STEM opportunities can be found at stemundergrads.science.gov and graduate STEM opportunities at stemgradstudents.science.gov. [1]Building the Future Investing in Innovation and Discovery: NSF Strategic Plan 2018-2022. https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2018/nsf18045/nsf18045.pdf. [2] All the STEM fields supported by NSF are supported by the ADVANCE program including the learning, social, behavioral, and economic sciences. ADVANCE does not support the clinical science fields. | National Science Foundation | March 7, 2020 | August 7, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=20-554 |
| Multistate Conservation Grant Program | F21AS00004 | Description: The Sport Fish Restoration Act and the Wildlife Restoration Act, as amended by the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Programs Improvement Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106-408, 114 STAT. 1766 §112 et seq.; Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act, 16 U.S.C. §777 et seq.; and Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act, 16 U.S.C. §669 et seq.) authorize the Secretary of the Interior to make up to $6,000,000 available annually under the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program (WSFR) to fund multistate conservation project grants. In addition to the regular annually available funds of $6,000,000, the President signed the Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow's Needs Act (Modernizing PR Act) (Public Law (Pub. L.) 116-94) into law on December 20, 2019 as part of the larger Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020. This law amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (WR Act, 16 U.S.C. 669) to, among other measures, create a new Modern Multistate Conservation Grant Program; which will provide an additional $5,000,000 to the program. The primary goal of both programs is to provide grant funds to address regional or national priority needs of the State fish and wildlife agencies and their partners that are beyond the scope and capabilities of a single State. The Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) work cooperatively to manage both programs. The Association manages the grant application process, providing oversight, coordination, and guidance. The Service awards and manages the grants. Both programs are competitive grant programs. | Fish and Wildlife Service | May 28, 2020 | August 7, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=F21AS00004 |
| Fiscal Year 2021 - Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program Planning and Application | FM-MCG-21-001 | The Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP) is a Federal formula grant program that provides financial assistance to States to reduce the number and severity of crashes, injuries and fatalities and hazardous material incidents involving commercial motor vehicles. | DOT-Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration | May 29, 2020 | August 7, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=FM-MCG-21-001 |
| SBIR E-Learning for HAZMAT and Emergency Response (R43/R44 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | RFA-ES-20-012 | This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant applications from small business concerns (SBCs) that propose to further the development of Advanced Technology Training (ATT) products for: the health and safety training of hazardous materials (HAZMAT) workers; waste treatment personnel; skilled support personnel associated with an emergency/disaster; emergency responders in biosafety response, infectious disease training and cleanup; emergency responders in disasters and resiliency training; and for ATT tools to assist in research into the acute and long-term health effects of environmental disasters. ATT as defined by the Worker Training Program (WTP) includes, but is not limited to, online training, virtual reality, and serious gaming, which complement all aspects of training from development to evaluation including advanced technologies that enhance, supplement, improve, and provide health and safety training for hazardous materials workers. These products must complement the goals and objectives of the WTP http://www.niehs.nih.gov/careers/hazmat/about_wetp/.The major objective of the NIEHS WTP is to prevent work related harm by assisting in the training of workers in how best to protect themselves and their communities from exposure to hazardous materials.The financial support for this initiative comes directly from NIEHS Worker Education and Training Branch SBIR funds. | National Institutes of Health | May 20, 2020 | August 10, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-ES-20-012 |
| NIDA Research Education Program for Clinical Researchers and Clinicians (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | PAR-19-258 | The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH. The over-arching goal of this NIDA R25 program is to support educational activities that complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nations biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs. This FOA is intended to support research education activities that enhance the knowledge of substance use and substance use disorder research. The program is intended for those in clinically focused careers and/or those training for careers as clinicians/health service providers, clinical researchers, or optimally a combination of the two. This mechanism may not be used to support non-research-related clinical training. | National Institutes of Health | April 23, 2019 | August 11, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=PAR-19-258 |
| NIAMS Skin Biology and Diseases Resource-based Centers (P30 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | RFA-AR-21-003 | The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) requests applications for the NIAMS Resource-based Centers Program (P30) for skin biology and diseases research areas within its mission. The Resource-based Centers will provide critical research infrastructure, shared facilities, services, and/or resources to groups of investigators conducting research on skin biology and diseases, enabling them to conduct their independently-funded individual and/or collaborative research projects more efficiently and/or more effectively, with the broad overall goal of accelerating, enriching, and enhancing the effectiveness of ongoing basic, translational, and clinical research and promoting new research within the NIAMS mission. | National Institutes of Health | March 6, 2020 | August 11, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-AR-21-003 |
| NIAMS Resource-based Centers for Bone, Muscle and Orthopaedic Research (BMOR) (P30 - Clinical Trials Not Allowed) | RFA-AR-21-004 | The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) requests applications for the NIAMS Resource-based Centers Program (P30) for rheumatic diseases research areas within its mission. The Resource-based Centers will provide critical research infrastructure, shared facilities, services, and/or resources to groups of investigators conducting research on rheumatic diseases, enabling them to conduct their independently-funded individual and/or collaborative research projects more efficiently and/or more effectively, with the broad overall goal of accelerating, enriching, and enhancing the effectiveness of ongoing basic, translational, and clinical research and promoting new research within the NIAMS mission. | National Institutes of Health | March 10, 2020 | August 11, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-AR-21-004 |
| Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) | RFA-DP-21-001 | The Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), initiated in 1987 due to stagnant infant mortality rates, collects jurisdiction-specific, population-based data on maternal attitudes and experiences before, during, and shortly after pregnancy. The survey asks new mothers questions about their pregnancy and their new baby and the data are used to monitor the prevalence of maternal behaviors and experiences to inform programs and systems changes that influence maternal and infant health, as well as conduct research. PRAMS provides jurisdiction-specific and population-based data on the population of women recently delivering a live birth or stillborn infant. Because less than 5% of the general population is pregnant at any time, there is a need for data that purposely samples from this population to provide stable estimates that can be stratified by population subgroup, as well as to provide jurisdiction-specific estimates of maternal experiences and behaviors that occur before, during, and shortly after pregnancy. PRAMS data are used to examine the associations between risk factors and outcomes, explore disparities by subpopulations, and compare health indicators across jurisdictions. For example, PRAMS data have been used to monitor progress over time for safe infant sleep practices, unintended births, and patterns of health insurance coverage. PRAMS data are used to conduct research at the state and federal level and are used to investigate emerging issues in the field of reproductive health. This NOFO solicits applications to: 1) implement standardized surveillance of postpartum women with a recent live birth or stillbirth on selected maternal behaviors and experiences that occur prior to, during, and shortly after pregnancy; 2) implement surveillance on emerging issues related to maternal and child health that arise during the data collection cycle including post-disaster or emergency surveillance; and 3) ensure collection of timely, high quality data for ongoing monitoring of maternal and infant health to inform programs, research, and system changes. The activities in the NOFO will be conducted under three separate Components of funding:Component A: Core Surveillance - To implement population-based surveillance on selected maternal behaviors and experiences that occur prior to, during, and shortly after pregnancy, including emerging issues, among women with a recent live birth in up to 53 vital records jurisdictions.Component B: Point-in-time Tribal Surveillance - To implement a point-in-time (one time, one birth year) surveillance on selected maternal behaviors and experiences that occur prior to, during, and shortly after pregnancy among women with a recent live birth in up to 2 federally recognized American Indian Tribes, Alaska Native Villages, or Urban Indian Organizations (UIOs) with at least 1,000 live births annually or tribal organizations that support American Indian Tribes, Alaska Native Villages or Urban Indian Organizations with a service area that covers at least 1,000 live births annually.Component C: Stillbirth Surveillance - To implement population-based surveillance on selected maternal behaviors and experiences that occur prior to, during, and shortly after pregnancy among women who recently experienced a stillbirth in up to 2 vital records jurisdictions. | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA | May 6, 2020 | August 11, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-DP-21-001 |
| Reducing Stigma Related to Drug Use in Human Service Settings (R34 Clinical Trial Required) | RFA-DA-21-001 | One of the most important barriers to the provision and utilization of HIV prevention and care services is stigma, which is defined as an identity marked by disgrace, disapproval or shame, which often leads to discriminatory treatment by others.This RFA will support pilot or feasibility studies of new or adapted interventions to reduce stigma that impedes the provision and utilization of HIV care and prevention services. | National Institutes of Health | April 9, 2020 | August 11, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-DA-21-001 |
| Reducing Stigma Related to Drug Use in Human Service Settings (R21 Clinical Trial Optional) | RFA-DA-21-002 | One of the most important barriers to the provision and utilization of HIV prevention and care services is stigma, which is defined as an identity marked by disgrace, disapproval or shame, which often leads to discriminatory treatment by others. This RFA supports formative research to support development of stigma reduction interventions, as well as pilot or feasibility studies of new or adapted interventions to reduce stigma that impedes the provision and utilization of HIV care and prevention services. | National Institutes of Health | April 9, 2020 | August 11, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-DA-21-002 |
| FY2020 AMO Critical Materials FOA: Next-Generation Technologies and Field Validation | DE-FOA-0002322 | MODIFICATION 0002: The purposes of this modification are to clarify:(1) the definition of "raw materials" under this FOA on page 11:"For the purposes of all topics in the FOA, "raw materials" refer to materials or minerals extracted from the natural environment and any associated waste streams, but do NOT include end-of-life products."; and(2) which materials (raw materials vs. end-of-life products) are of interest for separation and processing under Topic 1 Area of Interest 2 on page 15:Topic 1, Area of Interest 2, seeks projects to improve industrial beneficiation (froth flotation, magnetic separation, or gravity flotation), separation (solvent extraction) and/or processing (molten salt electrolysis and metallothermic reduction) of REEs. In addition to the Topic 1, Area of Interest 2, specific requirements below, improvements to REE separation and processing should be able to handle flexible feedstocks (Figure 3). Of particular interest are technologies that can handle both raw materials and end-of-life products. Proposed technologies cannot solely target end-of-life products, or propose end-of-life products as the material choice for demonstration of the proposed technology.Battery Critical MaterialsFor Topic 1 Area of Interest 2, proposed improvements to separation and processing of cobalt, lithium, manganese, and synthetic graphite may include the ability to handle flexible feedstocks, i.e. technologies that can handle both raw materials.MODIFICATION 0001: The purpose of this modification is to add general authorities that were transferred from the U.S. Bureau of Mines to the Department of Energy, on page 8 of the FOA:“In addition, the Department of Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 1996 generally supports DOE research and development activities related to extraction, separation, and processing technologies. When the United States Bureau of Mines (BoM) was closed in 1996, Congress transferred certain BoM functions to DOE including research of the extraction, processing, use and disposal of mineral substances, and functions pertaining to mineral reclamation industries and the development of methods for the disposal, control, prevention, and reclamation of mineral waste products. See Pub. L. No. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321-167 (1996).”ORIGINAL ANNOUNCEMENT:Through this funding opportunity announcement (FOA), the Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) seeks to address gaps in domestic supply chains for key critical materials for clean energy technologies to:- Enable domestic manufacturing of high energy efficiency and high energy density clean energy technologies;- Diversify the domestic supply of critical materials; and- Validate and demonstrate domestic innovative technologies to support the transition to U.S. manufacturing.This will be accomplished through development of alternative next-generation technologies and field validation and demonstration of technologies that improve extraction, separation and processing. Key critical materials for energy technologies as defined in this FOA include: rare earth elements: neodymium (Nd), praseodymium (Pr), dysprosium (Dy), terbium (Tb), and samarium (Sm) used in permanent magnets for electric vehicle motors, wind turbine generators and high temperature applications; cobalt (Co) used in batteries used in electric vehicles (EVs) and grid storage and high temperature permanent magnets; and lithium (Li), manganese (Mn) and natural graphite used in batteries (see table below).This FOA seeks to leverage the technology and capabilities developed at the Critical Materials Institute (CMI), an Energy Innovation Hub led by Ames Laboratory and managed by DOE.For questions and answers pertaining to this FOA, please reference the DE-FOA-0002322 AMO 2020 FAQ Log at https://eere-exchange.energy.gov.EERE Exchange is designed to enforce the deadlines specified in this FOA. The “Apply” and “Submit” buttons will automatically disable at the defined submission deadlines. Should applicants experience problems with EERE Exchange, the following information may be helpful.Applicants that experience issues with submission PRIOR to the FOA deadline: In the event that an applicant experiences technical difficulties with a submission, the applicant should contact the EERE Exchange helpdesk for assistance (EERE-ExchangeSupport@hq.doe.gov). The EERE Exchange helpdesk and/or the EERE Exchange system administrators will assist applicants in resolving issues.Applicants that experience issues with submissions that result in late submissions: In the event that an applicant experiences technical difficulties so severe that they are unable to submit their application by the deadline, the applicant should contact the EERE Exchange helpdesk for assistance (EERE-ExchangeSupport@hq.doe.gov). The EERE Exchange helpdesk and/or the EERE Exchange system administrators will assist the applicant in resolving all issues (including finalizing submission on behalf of and with the applicant’s concurrence). Please note, network traffic is at its heaviest during the final hours and minutes prior to submittal deadline. Applicants who experience this during the final hours or minutes and are unsuccessful in uploading documents will not be able to use this process. | Golden Field Office | May 15, 2020 | August 11, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=DE-FOA-0002322 |
| Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Research Initiation Initiative | 19-579 | The NSF Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) seeks to award grants intended to support research independence among early-career academicians who specifically lack access to adequate organizational or other resources. It is expected that funds obtained through this program will be used to support untenured faculty or research scientists (or equivalent) in their first three years in a primary academic position after the PhD, but not more than five years after completion of their PhD. Applicants for this program may not yet have received any other grants or contracts in the PI role from any department, agency, or institution of the federal government, including from the CAREER program or any other program, post-PhD, regardless of the size of the grant or contract, with certain exceptions as noted below. Serving as co-PI, Senior Personnel, Postdoctoral Fellow, or other Fellow does not count against this eligibility rule. Importantly, the CRII program seeks to provide essential resources to enable early-career PIs to launch their research careers. For the purposes of this program, CISE defines “essential resources” as those that (a) the PI does not otherwise have, including through organizational or other funding; and (b) are critical for the PI to conduct early-career research that will enable research independence. In particular, this program is not appropriate for PIs who already have access to resources to conduct any early-career research. It is expected that these funds will allow the new CRII PI to support one or more graduate students for up to two years. Faculty at undergraduate and two-year institutions may use funds to support undergraduate students, and may use the additional RUI designation (which requires inclusion of a RUI Impact Statement) -- see https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5518 for additional information. In addition, submissions from all institutions may use funds for postdoctoral scholars, travel, and/or research equipment. | National Science Foundation | April 24, 2019 | August 12, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=19-579 |
| Engineering Research Visioning Alliance (ERVA): Future Research Directions for the Engineering Research Community | 20-551 | The National Science Foundation Directorate for Engineering (NSF/ENG) invites the engineering research community to establish an organization that will serve to identify and develop bold and societally impactful new engineering research directions and thereby catalyze the engineering research community's pursuit of innovative, high-impact research. Specifically, NSF/ENG calls on the engineering research community to establish an Engineering Research Visioning Alliance (ERVA) that ENG will support to facilitate the articulation of compelling research visions that align with national and global challenges. This organization will be charged with obtaining and integrating input from all stakeholders with interest in engineering research, including academia, industry, societies, government agencies and the public.A reciprocal goal of the organization will be to communicate coordinated information on nascent opportunities and priorities in engineering research to these stakeholders. It is anticipated that through its activities the ERVA will strengthen connectivity across these diverse stakeholders, and increase coordinationamong engineering disciplinary communities. The ERVA should have membership/representation of academic, industrial and other stakeholders, and should be inclusive of all engineering disciplines. Through its proposed activities, the ERVA should provide the engineering community with a process for identifying future research challenges and enable the engineering research community to speak with a unified voice. FURTHER INFORMATION: An informational webinar will be presented on Wednesday, March 25that 1:00pm Eastern to discuss the ERVA solicitation and answer questions. Details on how to join this webinar will be posted on theNSF/Engineeringwebsite (https://www.nsf.gov/dir/index.jsp?org=ENG). | National Science Foundation | March 4, 2020 | August 12, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=20-551 |
| Advanced Reactor Demonstration | DE-FOA-0002271 | This program is intended to facilitate the development of U.S. private industry advanced nuclear reactor demonstrations. It will provide funding for several advanced reactors that are reliable, cost effective, licensable, and commercially viable. These designs are expected to enable a market environment in which commercial reactor services are available that are safe and affordable to both construct and operate when compared to competing, alternative sources of energy in the near- and mid-term. These designs are expected to provide significant improvements in safety, security, economics, and environmental impacts over current nuclear power plant designs. As a part of its mission, the United States (U.S.) Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Nuclear Energy (NE) has a long and successful history of working with the domestic nuclear industry, national laboratories, and academia to support the development of advanced reactor designs and capabilities over a continuum of technology maturity levels. DOE currently supports research and development (R&D) activities for a variety of advanced reactor technologies that are expected to improve on the safety, security, economics, and/or environmental impacts of current nuclear power plant designs. DOE undertakes these activities in support of the Administration’s objectives to maintain the Nation’s technological leadership position in the global nuclear industry and ensure national energy security. DOE recognizes that work remains to ensure continued U.S. leadership in the research, design, and development of advanced reactors and to ensure the successful deployment of these reactors in the U.S. and international marketplaces. As part of the FY2020 Further Consolidation Appropriations Act, (H.R. 1865), Congress has provided funding for NE to address advanced reactor development at various stages of the technology maturity continuum. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is comprised of three separate pathways. The Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP) has a goal of focusing DOE and non-federal resources (through cost shared agreements with industry) on the actual construction of real demonstration reactors that are safe and affordable to build in the near- to mid-term. ARDP identifies two separate pathways to meet this goal: 1) Advanced Reactor Demonstrations, which supports two reactor designs to be operational in 5-7 years; and, 2) Risk Reduction for Future Demonstration awards which supports 2-5 additional diverse advanced reactor designs that have a commercialization horizon that is approximately 5 years longer than the Advanced Reactor Demonstrations. A third path, identified in H.R. 1865, Advanced Reactor Concepts – 20, will support development of at least two new public-private partnership awards focused on advancing reactor designs toward the demonstration phase; these have a commercialization horizon that is approximately 5 years longer than the Risk Reduction for Future Demonstration awards. | Idaho Field Office | May 14, 2020 | August 12, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=DE-FOA-0002271 |
| Cognitive Neuroscience | PD-15-1699 | The National Science Foundation announces the area of Cognitive Neuroscience within the Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences in the Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences. INTRODUCTION Cognitive neuroscience is an interdisciplinary field of research to understand the neural basis of human cognition. The cognitive neuroscience program therefore seeks to fund highly innovative proposals that employ brain-based measurements in order to advance our understanding of the neural systems that mediate cognitive processes. Human cognitive science encompasses a wide range of topics, including attention, learning, memory, decision-making, language, social cognition, and emotions.Proposals will be considered that investigate a particular cognitive process using human brain data. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION New frontiers in cognitive neuroscience research have emerged from investigations that integrate data at different spatial and temporal scales. A wide range of neuroimaging techniques are employed by cognitive neuroscientists for measuring or inferring neural activity, as well as techniques for determining neuroanatomical structure-function relationships (e.g., fMRI, EEG, MEG, TMS).Electrocorticography (ECoG) and experimental interventions in human neural function, including stimulation and manipulation techniques combined with neuroimaging, have advanced the field. Additional recent methodological advances include machine-learning and multivariate analysis methods, resting-state and task-based connectomics and large-scale data analysis used to investigate and infer functional mechanisms, as well as multimodal neuroimaging and model-based approaches, wherein computational cognitive models may directly inform neuroimaging results. The Cognitive Neuroscience Program seeks highly innovative proposals aimed at advancing a rigorous understanding of the neural mechanisms of human cognition. Central research topics for consideration by the program include attention, learning, memory, decision-making, language, social cognition, and emotions. Proposals with animal models are appropriate only if they include a comparative element with human subjects. Proposals focused on behavioral, clinical or molecular mechanisms will not be considered for this program. Additionally, proposals directed at understanding low-level sensorimotor processes or restricted to model-based simulations of neural data will not be considered, unless they are embedded in a cognitive question related to one of the central research topics listed above. Investigators are highly encouraged to contact the program director before submitting a proposal regarding the appropriateness of their project for the Cognitive Neuroscience Program. Please include a one-page summary with an overview of your research and statements of intellectual merit and broader impacts, the two NSF review criteria. See the Merit Review FactSheet for more important facts about the NSF merit review process. Currently, the average award size is ~$175K per year (including both direct and indirect costs) and the average duration is 3 years. See the Listing ofActive Cognitive Neuroscience Awardsforadditional award information. Declined proposals are ineligible for resubmission until a minimum of one year has passed since their initial submission. This moratorium allows investigators the time required to digest the results of the merit review and revise their proposal accordingly. A proposal that has not been substantially revised will be returned without review asper the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG). | National Science Foundation | April 15, 2015 | August 13, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=PD-15-1699 |
| Leveraging Local Capacity to Strengthen Health Service Delivery Project | 72061219APS00001 | The goal of this APS is to contribute to the Agency’s strategic priorities of 1) Preventing child and maternal deaths; 2) Combating infectious diseases and 3) achieving HIV epidemic control in Malawi while advancing Malawi’s journey to self-reliance through local partner engagement in implementation of health and social welfare programming. | Malawi USAID-Lilongwe | August 14, 2019 | August 13, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=72061219APS00001 |
| NSF Innovation Corps Hubs Program | 20-529 | The National Science Foundation (NSF) seeks to further develop and nurture a national innovation ecosystem that guides the output of scientific discoveries closer to the development of technologies, products, and services that benefit society. The goal of the NSF Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Program, created in 2011 by NSF, has been and will continue to be to reduce the time and risk associated with translating promising ideas and technologies from the laboratory to the marketplace. The I-Corps Program utilizes experiential learning of customer and industry discovery, coupled with first-hand investigation of industrial processes, to quickly assess the translational potential of inventions. The I-Corps Program is designed to support the commercialization of so-called "deep technologies,” or those revolving around fundamental discoveries in science and engineering. The I-Corps program addresses the skill and knowledge gap associated with the transformation of basic research into deep technology ventures (DTVs). In the program’s initial phase, I-Corps Nodes and Sites were funded separately to serve as the backbone of the National Innovation Network (NIN). Previous solicitations for NSF I-Corps Nodes and NSF I-Corps Sites have now been archived.This new solicitation for I-Corps Hubs has been informed by feedback received from the community and lessons learned over the first eight years of the program. In 2017, the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act (AICA, Public Law 114-329, Sec. 601) formally authorized and directed the expansion of the NSF I-Corps Program. Through this solicitation, NSF seeks to evolve the current structure, in which NSF I-Corps Teams, Nodes, and Sites are funded through separate programs, toward a more integrated operational model capable of sustained operation at the scope and scale required to support the expansion of the NSF I-Corps Program as directed by AICA. In this more integrated model, I-Corps Hubs, comprising a Principal and at least two Partner institutions, form the backbone of the NIN, and each Hub has at least five Affiliates that extend the network to other institutions. Each Hub is funded through a single award. Throughout this solicitation, the term "Hub" refers to all associated organizations identified in a proposal responding to this solicitation, including the Principal, Partners, and Affiliates. | National Science Foundation | December 20, 2019 | August 13, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=20-529 |
| ROSES 2020: Atmospheric Composition: Laboratory Research | NNH20ZDA001N-ACLS | The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (SMD) released its annual omnibus Research Announcement (NRA), Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) – 2020 (OMB Approval Number 2700-0092, CFDA Number 43.001) on February 14, 2020. In this case "omnibus" means that this NRA has many individual program elements, each with its own due dates and topics. All together these cover the wide range of basic and applied supporting research and technology in space and Earth sciences supported by SMD. Awards will be made as grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and inter- or intra-agency transfers, depending on the nature of the work proposed, the proposing organization, and/or program requirements. However, most extramural research awards deriving from ROSES will be grants, and many program elements of ROSES specifically exclude contracts, because contracts would not be appropriate for the nature of the work solicited. The typical period of performance for an award is three years, but some programs may allow up to five years and others specify shorter periods. In most cases, organizations of every type, Government and private, for profit and not-for-profit, domestic and foreign (with some caveats), may submit proposals without restriction on teaming arrangements. Tables listing the program elements and due dates, the full text of the ROSES-2020 solicitation, and the "Summary of Solicitation" as a stand-alone document, may all be found NSPIRES at http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020. This synopsis is associated with one of the individual program elements within ROSES, but this is a generic summary that is posted for all ROSES elements. For specific information on this particular program element download and read the PDF of the text of this program element by going to Tables 2 or 3 of this NRA at http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020table2 and http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020table3, respectively, click the title of the program element of interest, a hypertext link will take you to a page for that particular program element. On that page, on the right side under "Announcement Documents" the link on the bottom will be to the PDF of the text of the call for proposals. For example, if one were interested in The Lunar Data Analysis Program (NNH20ZDA001N-LDAP) one would follow the link to the NSPIRES page for that program element and then to read the text of the call one would click on “C.8 Lunar Data Analysis (.PDF)” to download the text of the call. If one wanted to set it into the context of the goals, objectives and know the default rules for all elements within Appendix C, the planetary science division, one might download and read “C.1 Planetary Science Research Program Overview (.PDF)” from that same page. While the letters and numbers are different for each element within ROSES (A.12, B.7, etc.) the basic configuration is always the same, e.g., the letter indicates the Science Division (A is Earth Science, B is Heliophysics etc.) and whatever the letter, #1 is always the overview. Frequently asked questions for ROSES are posted at http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/faqs. Questions concerning general ROSES-2020 policies and procedures may be directed to Max Bernstein, Lead for Research, Science Mission Directorate, at sara@nasa.gov, but technical questions concerning specific program elements should be directed to the point(s) of contact for that particular element, who may be found either at the end of the individual program element in the summary table of key information or on the web list of topics and points of contact at: http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/program-officers-list. Not all program elements are known at the time of the release of ROSES. To be informed of new program elements or amendments to this NRA, proposers may subscribe to: (1) The SMD mailing lists (by logging in at http://nspires.nasaprs.comand checking the appropriate boxes under "Account Management" and "Email Subscriptions"), (2) The ROSES-2020 RSS feed for amendments, clarifications, and corrections to at http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/grant-solicitations/ROSES-2020, and (3) The ROSES-2020 due date Google calendar. Instructions are at https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/library-and-useful-links (link from the words due date calendar). | NASA Headquarters | February 14, 2020 | August 13, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=NNH20ZDA001N-ACLS |
| CDMRP Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program Focused Program Award | W81XWH-20-PRMRP-FPA | The PRMRP Focused Program Award mechanism is intended to optimize research and accelerate solutions to a critical question related to at least one of the Congressionally directed FY20 PRMRP Topic Areas through a synergistic, multidisciplinary research program.Key aspects of this award include:Overarching Challenge: Focused Program Award applications must describe a unifying, overarching challenge that will be addressed by a set of research projects. The overarching challenge must be relevant to a critical problem or question in the field of research and/or patient care in at least one of the FY20 PRMRP Topic Areas.Research Projects: Applications shall include multiple, distinct research projects led by individual project leaders that address complementary aspects of the overarching challenge. Applicants are strongly encouraged to submit a minimum of four research projects; additional studies are allowed. While individual projects must be capable of standing on their own high scientific merits, they must also be interrelated and synergistic with the other proposed projects and advance a solution beyond what would be possible through individual efforts. The exploration of multiple hypotheses or viewpoints of the same line of questioning is encouraged. This award mechanism is not intended to support a series of research projects that are dependent on the success of one of the other projects. Each project should propose a unique approach to addressing the overarching challenge and be capable of producing research findings with potential to impact the field and/or patient care. Individual research projects may range from exploratory, hypothesis-developing studies through small-scale clinical trials (i.e., up to and including Phase II or equivalent). There should be a clear intent to progress toward translational/ clinical work over the course of the effort.Implementation: The research strategy to address the overarching challenge must be supported by a detailed implementation plan that identifies critical milestones and outlines the knowledge, resources, and technical innovations that will be utilized to achieve the milestones. A robust statistical plan and statistical expertise should be included where applicable. A plan for assessing individual project performance and progress toward addressing the overarching challenge must be included in the implementation plan. Plans to include an External Advisory Board (EAB) are encouraged; however, applicants must be careful to avoid potential conflicts of interest during review of the application by ensuring no contact with, recruiting of, or naming of specific EAB members in the application. For multi-institutional collaborations, plans for communication and data transfer among the collaborating institutions, as well as how data, specimens, and/or products obtained during the study will be handled, must be included. An intellectual and material property plan agreed to by participating organizations is required in the application’s supporting documentation.Research Team: The overall effort will be led by a Principal Investigator (PI) with demonstrated success in leading large, focused projects. The PI is required to devote a minimum of 20% effort to this award. The PI should create an environment that fosters and supports collaboration and innovation in a way that engages all members of the team in all aspects of the research plan. The research team assembled by the PI should be highly qualified and multidisciplinary, with identified project leaders for each of the complementary and synergistic research projects. The resources and expertise brought to the team by each project leader should combine to create a robust, synergistic collaboration. The PRMRP Science Officer assigned to a resulting award should be invited to participate in research team meetings (e.g., annual meetings of the entire research team). The plan for such meetings should be noted in the application.Milestone Meeting: The PI will be required to present an update on progress toward accomplishing the goals of the award at a Milestone Meeting to be held in the National Capital Area after the conclusion of Year 2 of the period of performance. The PI may bring up to three additional members of the research team to the meeting. The Milestone Meeting will be attended by members of the PRMRP Programmatic Panel, CDMRP staff, the USAMRAA Grants Officer, and other DoD stakeholders. | Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA | February 28, 2020 | August 13, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81XWH-20-PRMRP-FPA |
| Exploiting in vivo or in situ imaging approaches to understand HIV-relevant processes in the context of substance use disorders (R61/R33 Clinical Trials Optional) | RFA-DA-21-005 | The purpose of this initiative is to support projects that further develop or exploit advances using in situ or in vivo imaging or related technologies to investigate HIV/SIV infection, latent reservoirs, the pathogenic consequences of HIV/SIV infection, or the effects of HIV/SIV or substance use disorder (SUD) therapies. Applicants may propose primate or human studies to investigate blood, lymphoid, or brain tissues. | National Institutes of Health | March 24, 2020 | August 13, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-DA-21-005 |
| CDMRP Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program Clinical Trial Award | W81XWH-20-PRMRP-CTA | The PRMRP Clinical Trial Award supports the rapid implementation of clinical trials with the potential to have a significant impact on a disease or condition addressed in at least one of the Congressionally directed FY20 PRMRP Topic Areas. Clinical trials may be designed to evaluate promising new products, pharmacologic agents (drugs or biologics), devices, clinical guidance, and/or emerging approaches and technologies. Proposed projects may range from small proof-of-concept trials (e.g., pilot, first in human, Phase 0), to demonstrate feasibility or inform the design of more advanced trials, through large-scale trials to determine efficacy in relevant patient populations.A clinical trial is defined as a research study in which one or more human subjects are prospectively assigned to one or more interventions (which may include placebo or other control) to evaluate the effects of the interventions on biomedical or behavioral health-related outcomes. This outcome represents a direct effect on the subject of that intervention or interaction. The term "human subjects" is used in this Program Announcement to refer to individuals who will be recruited for or who will participate in the proposed clinical trial. For more information, a Human Subject Resource Document is provided at https://ebrap.org/eBRAP/public/Program.htm. Applicants seeking funding for a preclinical research project should consider one of the other FY20 PRMRP Program Announcements being offered. Funding from this award mechanism must support a clinical trial and cannot be used for animal studies. Two different application categories, based on the phase of planning for the clinical trial, are available under this Program Announcement | Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA | April 8, 2020 | August 13, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81XWH-20-PRMRP-CTA |
| Energy Storage for Fossil Power Generation | DE-FOA-0002332 | The purpose of Amendment 000001 is to remove all embedded documents from Funding Opportunity Announcement DE-FOA-0002332 and instead include them as separate attachments. | National Energy Technology Laboratory | May 6, 2020 | August 13, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=DE-FOA-0002332 |
| Limited Competition: Continued Follow-up of Subjects and Initiation of a Second Case-control Cohort in The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in The Young Study (TEDDY) (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | RFA-DK-20-503 | This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites one application from the Program Director/Principal Investigator (PD/PI) of the current Data Coordinating Center (DCC) for The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young (TEDDY) study, an ongoing epidemiological study. This DCC has been involved in study design and data and bio sample acquisition and management since the inception of the TEDDY Consortium.This FOA provides support for the TEDDY DCC to continue to follow TEDDY children and allows funding for collaborators to conduct studies on integration of various omics data and the measurement and analysis of viral antibodies using samples from TEDDY subjects. | National Institutes of Health | May 15, 2020 | August 13, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-DK-20-503 |
| USAID and the PRIVATE SECTOR: PARTNERING FOR IMPACT | APS-OAA-16-000001 | The APS invites private businesses, financial institutions, chambers of commerce, industry associations, private grant-making foundations, entrepreneurs, investors, philanthropists, and other private-sector organizations to identify and suggest ways we can work together to address key challenges in the developing world in a manner that advances our respective interests and objectives. In addition, the APS invites and encourages other types of organizations, including but not limited to prospective implementing partners, to engage and work with private sector partners to identify critical development problems and develop initial ideas about how we might work together to solve those problems. USAID encourages such organizations to reach out to the private sector (as defined in this APS) and explore ways in which collaboration with USAID might help all partners – businesses, NGOs, universities, governments, donors – to more effectively solve key problems, advance our respective interests, and achieve far greater development results and impacts.Amendment #5, posted on Thursday, March 26, 2020, changes the closing date of this GDA APS from Friday, March 27, 2020 to Friday, August 14, 2020 @ 11:59pm (local Washington, DC time) | Agency for International Development | May 16, 2016 | August 14, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=APS-OAA-16-000001 |
| Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers | 19-583 | ITEST is an applied research and development (R&D) program providing direct student learning opportunities in pre-kindergarten through high school (PreK-12). The learning opportunities are based on innovative use of technology to strengthen knowledge and interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and information and communication technology (ICT) careers. To achieve this purpose, ITEST supports projects that engage students in technology-rich experiences that: (1) increase awareness and interest of STEM and ICT occupations; (2) motivate students to pursue appropriate education pathways to those occupations; and (3) develop STEM-specific disciplinary content knowledge and practices that promote critical thinking, reasoning, and communication skills needed for entering the STEM and ICT workforce of the future. ITEST seeks proposals that pursue innovative instructional approaches and practices in formal and informal learning environments, in close collaboration with strategic partnerships. ITEST proposals should broaden participation of all students, particularly those in underrepresented and underserved groups in STEM fields and related education and workforce domains. ITEST supports three types of projects: (1) Exploring Theory and Design Principles (ETD); (2) Developing and Testing Innovations (DTI); and (3) Scaling, Expanding, and Iterating Innovations (SEI). ITEST also supports Synthesis and Conference proposals. All ITEST proposals must address how they are (A) designing innovations that meet ITEST program goals which include innovative use of technologies, innovative learning experiences, STEM workforce development, strategies for broadening participation, and strategic partnerships; and (B) measuring outcomes through high-quality research which includes high-quality research design, project evaluation, and dissemination of findings. | National Science Foundation | May 19, 2019 | August 14, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=19-583 |
| Long-Term Ecological Research New Urban Site Competition | 19-594 | To address ecological questions that cannot be resolved with short-term observations or experiments, NSF established the Long-Term Ecological Research Program (LTER) in 1980. Two components differentiate LTER research from projects supported by other NSF programs: 1) the research is located at specific sites chosen to represent major ecosystem types or natural biomes, and 2) it emphasizes the study of ecological phenomena over long periods of time based on data collected in five core areas. Long-term studies are critical to achieve an integrated understanding of how components of ecosystems interact as well as to test ecological theory. Ongoing research at LTER sites contributes to the development and testing of fundamental ecological theories and significantly advances understanding of the long-term dynamics of populations, communities and ecosystems. It often integrates multiple disciplines and, through cross-site interactions may examine patterns or processes over broad spatial scales. Recognizing that the value of long-term data extends beyond use at any individual site, NSF requires that data collected by all LTER sites be made publicly accessible. The LTER program has long recognized the importance of humans in ecological systems and is especially interested in how human activities in urban settings interact with natural processes to determine ecological outcomes. Factors that control urban ecosystems are not only environmental, but also social and economic. These factors and their interactions need to be considered to understand urban ecosystems over long time frames and broad spatial scales. | National Science Foundation | August 7, 2019 | August 14, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=19-594 |
| U.S. Embassy Cairo PAS Annual Program Statement | PAS-EGY-FY20-01 | The U.S. Embassy Cairo Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Department of State announces that funding is available through its Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program. This is an Annual Program Statement (APS), outlining funding priorities, strategic themes of focus, and the procedures for submitting requests for funding for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020, which runs from October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2020. PAS Cairo invites proposals from individuals, civil society organizations, think tanks, cultural and arts organizations, government institutions, and academic institutions for programs that strengthen the cultural ties between the U.S. and Egypt through cultural programming that highlights shared values and promotes bilateral cooperation. All programs must include an American cultural element, or connection with American expert/s, organization/s, or institution/s in a specific field that will promote increased understanding of U.S. policy and perspectives. Examples of the kinds of activities that can be funded under the PAS Small Grants Program programs include, but are not limited to: · Academic and professional lectures, seminars and speaker programs; · Artistic and cultural workshops, performances, exhibitions, or activities to develop the creative economy in Egypt; · Workshops, training, and competitions to strengthen the entrepreneurship ecosystem in Egypt; · Sports workshops, joint athletic competitions, or sports management training; · Training activities and programs that support science and technology education or STEAM skills; · Cultural heritage conservation and preservation programs; · Professional and academic exchanges and programs; · Professional development workshops and training; · Civic engagement Priority Program Areas: Priority will be given to proposals that address one or more of the following program areas: 1. U.S.–EGYPT BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP -- Programs that seek to promote a greater understanding of U.S. policies, culture, and society to Egyptian audiences; activities that promote shared values and interests between the American and Egyptian people; and projects that build people-to-people ties. 2. REGIONAL SECURITY -- Programs that address issues of regional security and enhanced stability, strengthen community resilience to extremism, or increase public understanding of the U.S.-Egypt security partnership. 3. ECONOMIC GROWTH -- Programs related to economic growth and prosperity, inclusive socio-economic development, skills development, entrepreneurship, technology/innovation, intellectual property rights, and economic empowerment of women and youth, and underserved populations in Egypt. 4. SOCIAL ISSUES -- Programs that support an engaged civil society, promote a deepened understanding of diversity and inclusion, and encourage tolerance and peace through dialogue. 5. EDUCATION -- Programs that promote study in the United States, the building of linkages between American and Egyptian academic institutions, and training opportunities for Egyptian students or faculty. Participants and Audiences: All programs should target primarily Egyptian audiences. Proposals should describe both the primary and secondary audiences for the program, including age, gender, geographic location, and numbers anticipated to be reached. Primary audiences are those who will participate directly in the program, and secondary audiences include those reached indirectly – for example, via social media or traditional media. Specific audiences who are considered a priority for awards funded under this APS include: · Young leaders in the 18-30 year-old age ranges; · Entrepreneurs and those involved in strengthening the entrepreneurship ecosystem in Egypt; · Women and girls; · Minority, peripheral, and/or disadvantaged communities; · Audiences residing outside of Greater Cairo or Alexandria; · Alumni of U.S. Embassy-sponsored cultural exchange programs For additional information regarding federal funding information, eligibility information, application and submission information, submission dates and times, and application review information, please visit U.S. Embassy Cairo's website. | U.S. Mission to Egypt | December 8, 2019 | August 14, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=PAS-EGY-FY20-01 |
| The Health, Ecosystems and Agriculture for Resilient, Thriving Societies (HEARTH) | 7200AA20APS00002 | Through this Addendum to the Global Development Alliance (GDA) Annual Program Statement (APS) No. APS-OAA-16-000001 (the GDA APS), the Office of Forestry and Biodiversity in USAID’s Bureau for Economic Growth, Education and Environment (USAID/E3/FAB) is seeking transformational solutions to cross-sectoral development challenges in biodiverse landscapes. The Health, Ecosystems and Agriculture for Resilient, Thriving Societies (HEARTH) Addendum aims to provide USAID Missions and the private sector a flexible opportunity to partner in the co-creation and delivery of high impact activities that conserve biodiverse ecosystems and improve the well-being and prosperity of communities that depend on them. Depending on local needs, sectors that may comprise HEARTH concepts include: biodiversity conservation, health, food security (agriculture and nutrition), governance, economic development and livelihoods, water supply and sanitation, education, modern energy solutions, forest management and restoration, and climate resilience. Concepts should integrate activities and outcomes in sectors prioritized by the USAID Mission(s) in the country or countries where activities are proposed to be implemented. Concepts should be complemented by strategic private-sector investments that fill gaps in funding or action in these same sectors or other sectors to meet both development priorities and business goals. Concept papers should be based on a robust and logical theory of change that 1) integrates and monitors development efforts to meet individual sector goals; 2) demonstrates close collaboration with the private sector to efficiently leverage USAID and partner resources and expertise to facilitate sustainable prosperity for communities living with or benefiting from biodiversity; 3) demonstrates positive synergistic effects and/or co-benefits from cross-sectoral programming; and 4) recognizes that recipient communities will actively participate in the design and implementation of the intervention. | Agency for International Development | December 3, 2019 | August 14, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=7200AA20APS00002 |
| ROSES 2020: Ecological Forecasting | NNH20ZDA001N-ECOF | Please note that this program requests Notices of Intent, which are due via NSPIRES by July 17, 2020. See the full posting on NSPIRES for details. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (SMD) released its annual omnibus Research Announcement (NRA), Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) – 2020 (OMB Approval Number 2700-0092, CFDA Number 43.001) on February 14, 2020. In this case "omnibus" means that this NRA has many individual program elements, each with its own due dates and topics. All together these cover the wide range of basic and applied supporting research and technology in space and Earth sciences supported by SMD. Awards will be made as grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and inter- or intra-agency transfers, depending on the nature of the work proposed, the proposing organization, and/or program requirements. However, most extramural research awards deriving from ROSES will be grants, and many program elements of ROSES specifically exclude contracts, because contracts would not be appropriate for the nature of the work solicited. The typical period of performance for an award is three years, but some programs may allow up to five years and others specify shorter periods. In most cases, organizations of every type, Government and private, for profit and not-for-profit, domestic and foreign (with some caveats), may submit proposals without restriction on teaming arrangements. Tables listing the program elements and due dates, the full text of the ROSES-2020 solicitation, and the "Summary of Solicitation" as a stand-alone document, may all be found NSPIRES at http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020. This synopsis is associated with one of the individual program elements within ROSES, but this is a generic summary that is posted for all ROSES elements. For specific information on this particular program element download and read the PDF of the text of this program element by going to Tables 2 or 3 of this NRA at http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020table2 and http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020table3, respectively, click the title of the program element of interest, a hypertext link will take you to a page for that particular program element. On that page, on the right side under "Announcement Documents" the link on the bottom will be to the PDF of the text of the call for proposals. For example, if one were interested in The Lunar Data Analysis Program (NNH20ZDA001N-LDAP) one would follow the link to the NSPIRES page for that program element and then to read the text of the call one would click on “C.8 Lunar Data Analysis (.PDF)” to download the text of the call. If one wanted to set it into the context of the goals, objectives and know the default rules for all elements within Appendix C, the planetary science division, one might download and read “C.1 Planetary Science Research Program Overview (.PDF)” from that same page. While the letters and numbers are different for each element within ROSES (A.12, B.7, etc.) the basic configuration is always the same, e.g., the letter indicates the Science Division (A is Earth Science, B is Heliophysics etc.) and whatever the letter, #1 is always the overview. Frequently asked questions for ROSES are posted at http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/faqs. Questions concerning general ROSES-2020 policies and procedures may be directed to Max Bernstein, Lead for Research, Science Mission Directorate, at sara@nasa.gov, but technical questions concerning specific program elements should be directed to the point(s) of contact for that particular element, who may be found either at the end of the individual program element in the summary table of key information or on the web list of topics and points of contact at: http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/program-officers-list. Not all program elements are known at the time of the release of ROSES. To be informed of new program elements or amendments to this NRA, proposers may subscribe to: (1) The SMD mailing lists (by logging in at http://nspires.nasaprs.comand checking the appropriate boxes under "Account Management" and "Email Subscriptions"), (2) The ROSES-2020 RSS feed for amendments, clarifications, and corrections to at http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/grant-solicitations/ROSES-2020, and (3) The ROSES-2020 due date Google calendar. Instructions are at https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/library-and-useful-links (link from the words due date calendar). | NASA Headquarters | February 14, 2020 | August 14, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=NNH20ZDA001N-ECOF |
| ROSES 2020: Planetary Science and Technology Through Analog Research | NNH20ZDA001N-PSTAR | The close date above is the date for the Step-1 proposal submission. See the solicitation for the Step-2 due date. Step-2 proposals cannot be submitted if a Step-1 proposal was not submitted. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (SMD) released its annual omnibus Research Announcement (NRA), Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) – 2020 (OMB Approval Number 2700-0092, CFDA Number 43.001) on February 14, 2020. In this case "omnibus" means that this NRA has many individual program elements, each with its own due dates and topics. All together these cover the wide range of basic and applied supporting research and technology in space and Earth sciences supported by SMD. Awards will be made as grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and inter- or intra-agency transfers, depending on the nature of the work proposed, the proposing organization, and/or program requirements. However, most extramural research awards deriving from ROSES will be grants, and many program elements of ROSES specifically exclude contracts, because contracts would not be appropriate for the nature of the work solicited. The typical period of performance for an award is three years, but some programs may allow up to five years and others specify shorter periods. In most cases, organizations of every type, Government and private, for profit and not-for-profit, domestic and foreign (with some caveats), may submit proposals without restriction on teaming arrangements. Tables listing the program elements and due dates, the full text of the ROSES-2020 solicitation, and the "Summary of Solicitation" as a stand-alone document, may all be found NSPIRES at http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020. This synopsis is associated with one of the individual program elements within ROSES, but this is a generic summary that is posted for all ROSES elements. For specific information on this particular program element download and read the PDF of the text of this program element by going to Tables 2 or 3 of this NRA at http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020table2 and http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020table3, respectively, click the title of the program element of interest, a hypertext link will take you to a page for that particular program element. On that page, on the right side under "Announcement Documents" the link on the bottom will be to the PDF of the text of the call for proposals. For example, if one were interested in The Lunar Data Analysis Program (NNH20ZDA001N-LDAP) one would follow the link to the NSPIRES page for that program element and then to read the text of the call one would click on “C.8 Lunar Data Analysis (.PDF)” to download the text of the call. If one wanted to set it into the context of the goals, objectives and know the default rules for all elements within Appendix C, the planetary science division, one might download and read “C.1 Planetary Science Research Program Overview (.PDF)” from that same page. While the letters and numbers are different for each element within ROSES (A.12, B.7, etc.) the basic configuration is always the same, e.g., the letter indicates the Science Division (A is Earth Science, B is Heliophysics etc.) and whatever the letter, #1 is always the overview. Frequently asked questions for ROSES are posted at http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/faqs. Questions concerning general ROSES-2020 policies and procedures may be directed to Max Bernstein, Lead for Research, Science Mission Directorate, at sara@nasa.gov, but technical questions concerning specific program elements should be directed to the point(s) of contact for that particular element, who may be found either at the end of the individual program element in the summary table of key information or on the web list of topics and points of contact at: http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/program-officers-list. Not all program elements are known at the time of the release of ROSES. To be informed of new program elements or amendments to this NRA, proposers may subscribe to: (1) The SMD mailing lists (by logging in at http://nspires.nasaprs.comand checking the appropriate boxes under "Account Management" and "Email Subscriptions"), (2) The ROSES-2020 RSS feed for amendments, clarifications, and corrections to at http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/grant-solicitations/ROSES-2020, and (3) The ROSES-2020 due date Google calendar. Instructions are at https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/library-and-useful-links (link from the words due date calendar). | NASA Headquarters | February 14, 2020 | August 14, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=NNH20ZDA001N-PSTAR |
| Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Reserch Centers [IDDRC] FY 2021 (P50 Clinical Trial Optional) | RFA-HD-21-009 | The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to seek applications for the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Centers (IDDRCs). This FOA invites applications for research center grants designed to advance the diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and amelioration of intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). This FOA seeks applications from institutions that meet the qualifications for a multi-disciplinary program of IDD research that will include: 1) Cores that facilitate interdisciplinary and translational research in IDD and its dissemination, and that support IDD-related projects funded by other sources; and 2) at least one specific research project related to one of several focus themes identified as an area of research need in IDD. Funds for the majority of outside research projects using these core facilities come from independent sources including Federal, State, and private organizations. | National Institutes of Health | April 2, 2020 | August 14, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-HD-21-009 |
| Procurement Technical Assistance Program | DLA-202001B | Competitive Base period plus four 1-year option periods for entities who operate Procurement Technical Assistance Centers to provide procurement technical assistance to US businesses. | Defense Logistics Agency | September 9, 2019 | August 15, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=DLA-202001B |
| U.S. Embassy Yaounde PAS Annual Program Statement | PAS-CMR-FY20-02 | See full announcement in Related Documents. The U.S. Embassy Yaoundé PublicAffairs Section (PAS) announces the availability of funding through its Public Diplomacy Grants Program. This is an annual request for Statements of Interest (SOI), outlining funding priorities,strategic themes, and procedures for submitting requests for funding. Please carefully read and follow all instructions below. The submission of a SOI is the first step in a two-part process. Applicants must first submit a SOI, which is a concise, 3-page concept note designed to clearly communicate a program idea and its objectives before the development of a full proposal application. The purpose of the SOI process is to allow applicants the opportunity to submit program ideas for evaluation prior to undertaking the development of full proposal. Upon review of eligible SOIs, PAS will invite selected applicants to expand their ideas into full proposal applications. Purpose of Small Grants: The PAS grants program supports projects proposed by U.S. and Cameroonian academic, cultural, educational, and other non-profit organizations and/or individuals that promote U.S. values, increase understanding between U.S. and Cameroonian people and institutions, and/or support U.S. Embassy goals of promoting good governance and transparency,economic prosperity, and peace and security. All programs must include an element of American culture or society, or connection with American expert/s,organization/s, or institution/s that will promote increased understanding of U.S. policy and perspectives. Examples of PAS Small Grant Program programs include, but are not limited: U.S.experts conducting lectures, seminars, or speaking tours with Cameroonian audiences Artistic and cultural workshops, joint performances, and exhibitions Cultural heritage conservation and preservation programs Professional and academic exchanges and programs Libraries, community centers, or other institutions that are interested in becoming an American Space Programs developed by an alumnus/a of a U.S. sponsored or supported educational or professional exchange program Projects to promote English language teaching skills or widen access to books and other sources of information about the United States Priority Program Areas: Governance: Projects promoting democratic principles, improved and inclusive governance,transparency, human rights, empowerment of marginalized groups, voter participation, civic education, and civil society Prosperity: Projects promoting economic prosperity, entrepreneurship, bilateral trade and investment, countering corruption Security: Projects promoting peace and security, rule of law, human rights, alternatives to violence in resolving conflict, tolerance, preventing radicalization to violence, improving mutual understanding between groups, community policing Journalism: Projects promoting a professional and independent media, role of informed citizens in a democracy, media literacy, ethical journalism | U.S. Mission to Cameroon | October 31, 2019 | August 15, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=PAS-CMR-FY20-02 |
| U.S. Embassy Antananarivo PAS Annual Program Statement | PAS-ANTAN-FY20 | The U.S. Embassy Antananarivo Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce that funding is available through its Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program. This is an Annual Program Statement, outlining our funding priorities, the strategic themes we focus on, and the procedures for submitting requests for funding. Please carefully follow all instructions below.PAS Antananarivo awards a limited number of grants to individuals, non-governmental organizations, think tanks, and academic institutions to support exchange between the U.S. and Madagascar or the Comoros with the aim of improving mutual respect and understanding. PAS will only consider programs that have an American cultural element, or connection with American expert/s, organization/s, or institution/s in a specific field that will promote increased understanding of U.S. policy and perspectives. | U.S. Mission to Madagascar | December 23, 2019 | August 15, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=PAS-ANTAN-FY20 |
| Public Affairs Abuja Annual Program Statement | DOS-NGA-PD-ABV-FY20-004 | Funding Opportunity DescriptionThe U.S. Embassy Abuja Public Affairs Section (PAS) is pleased to issue this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for its Public Diplomacy (PD) small grants program. This annual program statement outlines PAS’ funding priorities and the procedures for submitting applications for funding. Please carefully read through and follow all instructions below. Implementation of this program remains subject to the approval and availability of U.S. government fiscal year 2020 (FY2020) funds.Purpose of PAS Grants: PAS awards a limited number of grants to individuals, nongovernmental organizations, academic institutions, and other civil society entities that further the Embassy’s policy goals and strengthen relations between the American and Nigerian peoples.PAS will prioritize grant program proposals that:1. Promote Nigeria’s democratic governance, unity and stability by improving governmenttransparency and accountability, the rule of law, civil society capacity and engagement;2. Strengthen human capital to promote inclusive economic growth and development viaentrepreneurial initiatives, STEM education, women’s empowerment, and cultural exchange;3. Protect against security threats and foster peace and stability through measures tocounter violent extremism, mitigate rural violence, and encourage peaceful dialogueand non-violent conflict resolution;4. Improve and expand English language learning through curricular development andteacher training, in partnership with U.S. education institutions where possible.Activities that are not funded include, but are not limited to: Social welfare projects; Tuition assistance; Individual travel to conferences; Construction projects; Completion activities for projects begun with other funds; Projects that are inherently political in nature or that convey partisan support toindividual or single party electoral campaigns; and, Political party activities.Authorizing statutes for the funding opportunity are:1) Fulbright-Hays Act, which allows the Department of State to use funds for the purpose ofsupporting international exchanges that address issues of mutual interest to the United Statesand host nations: http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/iegps/fulbrighthaysact.pdf2) Smith-Mundt Act that outlines the terms by which the U.S. government engages globalaudiences: http://www.state.gov/pdcommission/library/177362.htmAward InformationFunding Instrument Type: Grant or Cooperative Agreement. The large majority of successfulproposals will be supported via a grant instrument. In rare instances a Cooperative Agreementmay be used in cases requiring a higher level of involvement from PAS staff in managing theaward. The PAS Abuja or PAS Lagos grants management team will provide further informationregarding Cooperative Agreements as needed.Floor of Individual and/or Organizational Award Amounts: $5,000Ceiling of Individual and/or Organizational Award Amounts: $50,000Project and Budget Periods: Grant projects generally must be completed in one year or less.PAS will entertain applications for continuation grants funded under these awards beyond the initial budget period on a noncompetitive basis subject to availability of funds, satisfactory progress of the program, and a determination that continued funding would be in the bestinterest of the U.S. Department of State. A project’s sustainability beyond the funding period is a key criterion in evaluating applications. Applicants must carefully draft their budgets for the full duration of the proposed project and commensurate with their project goals. Budget submissions should include a narrative to explain specific line items as needed.Eligibility Information:PAS encourages applications from individuals or organizations located in Nigeria, the UnitedStates, or abroad including: Not-for-profit and civil society/non-governmental organizations with at least two yearsof programming experience and with evidence of required registrations; Individuals with two years of not-for-profit, project management, or educationexperience; and, Registered educational institutions.PAS encourages applicants to provide cost-sharing from additional sources in support ofprojects, but this is not a mandatory requirement.Application Submission and DeadlineProposals should be submitted online to U.S. Embassy Abuja at the following email address: PASAbujaGrants@state.gov or LagosPASGrants@state.gov. Applications and all supporting documents are accepted in English only. While budget figures may be calculated in Naira before converting to U.S. dollars, final budget figures must be stated in U.S. dollars as this is the currency in which awards are made irrespective of the exchange rate in effect at the time of award.PAS Abuja (for the states of Adamawa, Bauchi, Benue, Borno, Gombe, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Nassarawa, Niger, Plateau, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, Zamfara, and the FCT), will accept proposals in two tranches and review them according to the following schedule: Proposals received by March 16, 2020 will be reviewed in March-April with resultsissued by April 30; Proposals received from March 17 through July 15, 2020 will be reviewed in July-Augustwith responses issued by September 21.PAS Lagos (for the states of Abia, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Imo, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, and Rivers), will also accept proposals in two tranches and review them according to the following schedule: Proposals/applications for funding focused on the areas of media capacity building, entrepreneurship, and cultural programs aligned with our Mission Goals will be received from February 3, 2020 to February 28, 2020; reviewed in March; and results issued by April 15; In addition, PAS Lagos offers an annual Notice of Funding Opportunity. The call for applications will be issued in March 2020 and last through April 2020. All interested grantees may take advantage of this opportunity. April 30 will be the firm deadline for the receipt of applications for funding. All applications will be reviewed by the Consulate Grants Committee during May and June 2020. Final determinations will be issued by July 1, 2020.Applicants must submit a full project description, including a detailed narrative that outlines the plan of action, describes the scope of the proposed work, and a timeframe including key benchmarks within which the work will be accomplished. The narrative should be submittedusing the template of the application form provided and must be accompanied by a detailed budget that clearly indicates all program costs, including the individual applicant’s or organization’s cost share and/or in-kind participation if applicable.In addition to the project proposal, applicants must also complete and submit: Unique Identity Identifier [Currently the DUN and Bradstreet Universal Numbering System (aka DUNS Number), unless the applicant has an exemption]: DUNS Number assignment is free for organizations required to register with the federal government for grants. Begin the process here: https://iupdate.dnb.com/iUpdate/viewiUpdateHome.htm. Active registration in the U.S. government’s “System for Award Management” (aka SAM): To register please to: https://www.sam.gov/portal/SAM/ NOTE: Individual applicants are exempt from the DUNS and SAM requirements, which apply only to organizational applicants. Standard Form 424 (SF-424) - Federal Assistance Application (for organization or individual as appropriate) SF-424A – Budget Information for Non-Construction Programs Project proposal Budget document on the template provided including a narrative (as needed) Monitoring and Evaluation Plan (included in the application form)PAS will not consider individual or organizational proposals that do not meet the aforementioned mandatory requirements. Additionally, applicants are permitted to submit only one proposal per cycle.Review and Selection ProcessEach application submitted under this announcement will be evaluated and rated on the basis of the evaluation criteria outlined below, which are designed to assess the quality of the proposed project and to determine the likelihood of its success. They are holistically applied in judging the overall quality of an application, with particular emphasis on a given application’s completeness, coherence, clarity, and attention to detail. Organizational Capacity: The organization has expertise in its stated field and PAS is confident of its human and technical resource capacity to implement the project. Goals and Objectives: Goals and objectives are clearly stated and the project approach is likely to provide maximum impact in achieving the proposed results. Embassy Priority: The applicant has clearly described how stated goals are related to and support U.S. Embassy Abuja’s priority areas as described in Section I above. Sustainability: Project activities will continue to have positive impact after the end of the project, including the ability to become self-sustaining after the end of the award period. Feasibility: The project is economically and technically feasible with respect to approach, budget items requested and the organization’s resource capacity. Budget: The budget justification is both reasonable and realistic in relation to the proposed activities and anticipated results. Successful proposals will ensure the maximum impact per dollar spent. Monitoring and Evaluation Plan: The applicant demonstrates it is able to measure program success against key indicators and provide benchmarks against which to gauge progress toward its goals. The indicators should allow for systematic recording and periodic analysis of progress on project activities in response to any required reporting outlined in the Award Specifics. American Content: American content emphasizes informing others about the U.S. and increasing their understanding of U.S. policy, values, etc. This can be as complex as having a U.S. citizen speaker or trainer, or as simple as having alumni run a program.The key is to visibly tie the program in some way to the U.S., our priorities, and established Public Diplomacy programs/exchanges.Award AdministrationAward Notices: The grant award or cooperative agreement shall be written, signed, awarded, and administered by a warranted Grants Officer, assisted by a certified Grants Officer Representative as appropriate. The Grants Officer is the U.S. government official delegatedauthority by the U.S. Department of State Procurement Executive to write, award, and administer grants and/or cooperative agreements. The assistance award agreement is the authorizing document, a copy of which will be provided to the recipient. Organizations whoseapplications are unsuccessful will also be notified in writing. If a proposal is selected for funding, the Department of State has no obligation to provide any additional future funding in connection with the award. Renewal of an award to increase funding or extend the period of performance is at the discretion of the Grants Officer. Reporting Requirements: All awards issued under this announcement will require periodic program, and possibly financial reports on a frequency specified in the award agreement. The disbursement of funds is tied to submission of these reports in a timely manner. All other details related to award administration will be specified in the Award Specifics. Final programmatic and financial reports (the latter if required) are due 90 days after the close of the project period. Progress reports should be submitted via electronic mail to the address provided in the award. | U.S. Mission to Nigeria | February 12, 2020 | August 15, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=DOS-NGA-PD-ABV-FY20-004 |
| Annual Program Statement | DOS-CPT-202002 | The U.S. Consulate Cape Town Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce that funding is available through its Public Diplomacy Grants Program. Applications may be submitted at any time for consideration before the closing date of this annual program statement on August 15, 2020. Proposals will be evaluated on a rolling basis and awards will be made on an ad hoc rate pending the availability of funds, therefore applicants are strongly encouraged to apply early. Background: The U.S. Embassy Public Affairs Section (PAS) in Cape Town is soliciting proposals for small grants from non-profit institutions, non-governmental organizations, or non-profit private or public academic institutions. These proposals must focus on one or more of the priority areas specified below and be located in our Consular District of the Eastern, Northern, or Western Cape provinces. The purpose of this small grants program is to strengthen ties and build relationships between the U.S. and South Africa through activities that highlight shared values, goals and cooperation. All proposed projects must include an American element, or connection with American expert/s, organization/s, or institution/s in a specific field that will promote increased understanding of U.S. values, perspectives, and policies. Grant proposals should address at least one of the following program priority areas: • Female entrepreneurs (particularly in the creative and technology sectors); • Educational projects encouraging youth (above age 14) to explore STEM fields; • Projects that develop or strengthen linkages between U.S. and South African universities; • Projects that strengthen US-government sponsored exchange alumni networks; • Projects developed by an alumnus/a of a U.S.- government sponsored exchange program. • Projects that address gender-based violence; • Projects that promote the history of U.S. based activism against apartheid; • Projects that promote shared histories between Americans and South Africans; • Projects that link to or expand American Corners and American Spaces activities. • Projects that promote trade and economic ties between the U.S. and South Africa. Participants and Audiences: Intended participants and target audiences are youth (above age 14) and adults, located in either the Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, or Western Cape. PAS Cape Town is particularly interested in projects that are based in smaller regional cities within these provinces. For proposals focusing on other provinces, please look for other Public Diplomacy Small Grants funding opportunity announcements on the Embassy website at https://za.usembassy.gov/education-culture/public-diplomacy-small-grants-program-2/. Please read the full announcement before submitting an application. Applications should be submitted by email to capetowngrants@state.gov. | U.S. Mission to South Africa | April 29, 2020 | August 15, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=DOS-CPT-202002 |
| U.S. Consulate General — São Paulo Public Affairs Section Annual Program Statement | FY20-PAS-SP-APS | Priority will be given to projects that help advance the following goals:• To advance the U.S.-Brazil Shared Regional and Global Priorities for International Security, Democracy, and the Rule of Law; and/or• To expand Shared Prosperity by Deepening U.S.-Brazil Economic Partnership; and/or• To promote U.S.-Brazil Partnerships to Ensure our Citizens’ Security; and/or• To expand People to People Relationships to Strengthen Economic and Institutional Ties and Promote Understanding of U.S. Government Policy and American Values.Public Affairs Section São Paulo welcomes proposals that address the following strategic priorities:• ECONOMIC GROWTH: Programs related to entrepreneurship, bilateral trade,investment, economic integration, innovation, science and technology – including, but not limited, to 5G and to intellectual property rights.• ADVANCING SOCIAL INCLUSION: Programs that seek to promote human rights, diversity, entrepreneurship, and freedom of speech, advancing initiatives to protect and empower member of marginalized and under-represented groups. Programs that address economic inclusivity, particularly among under-represented groups such as women, youth, and afro-Brazilians, merit special attention.• STEAM AND 21ST CENTURY SKILLS: Programs that advance U.S.-Brazil cooperation in STEAM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, Applied Arts and Math), particularly among youth audiences.• PRESS FREEDOM AND COMBATING DISINFORMATION: Programs that promote press freedom, innovation – within both traditional and digital media – and factual reporting. Programs that increase media literacy, critical thinking, and combat dis- and mis-information merit special attention.• REGIONAL SECURITY: Programs that address issues of regional security, non-proliferation, and countering violent extremism, as well as exchanges that promote multilateral cooperation and enhance stability in the South American region.Participants and Audiences: PAS will only consider proposals for projects geared to Brazilian audiences within São Paulo’s Consular District (Brazilian states of São Paulo, Paraná and Mato Grosso do Sul).Authorizing legislation, type and year of funding: Fundin | U.S. Mission to Brazil | May 7, 2020 | August 15, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=FY20-PAS-SP-APS |
| Physical Oceanography | PD-98-1610 | The Physical Oceanography Program supports research on a wide range of topics associated with the structure and movement of the ocean, with the way in which it transports various quantities, with the way the ocean's physical structure interacts with the biological and chemical processes within it, and with interactions between the ocean and the atmosphere, solid earth and ice that surround it. | National Science Foundation | March 13, 2015 | August 17, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=PD-98-1610 |
| Chemical Oceanography | PD-98-1670 | TheChemical OceanographyProgram supports research into the chemistry of the oceans and the role of the oceans in global geochemical cycles. Areas of interest include chemical composition, speciation, and transformation; chemical exchanges between the oceans and other components of the Earth system; internal cycling in oceans, seas, and estuaries; and the use of measured chemical distributions as indicators of physical, biological, and geological processes. | National Science Foundation | March 13, 2015 | August 17, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=PD-98-1670 |
| Cultural Anthropology Program Senior Research Awards | 18-560 | The primary objective of the Cultural Anthropology Program is to support fundamental, systematic anthropological research and training to increase understanding of the causes, consequences, and complexities of human social and cultural variability. The Cultural Anthropology Program welcomes proposals from researchers in all sub-fields of cultural anthropology and research at any temporal and spatial scale. Methodologies and approaches employed may include ethnographic field research, surveys, remote sensing, the collection of bio-markers, experimental research inside or outside of laboratory settings, archival research, the analysis of materials collections and extant data bases, mathematical and computational modeling, and other research tools as appropriate for the research proposed. The overarching research goals should be to produce empirically grounded findings that will be generalizable beyond particular case studies and contribute to building a more robust anthropological science of human society and culture. The National Science Foundation's mandate is to support basic scientific research. "Basic research" in cultural anthropology means theory-generating and theory-testing research that creates new knowledge about human culture and society. Therefore, the Cultural Anthropology Program cannot support research that takes as its primary objective improved clinical practice, applied policy, or other immediate application. While application may be a desirable component of the proposal's Broader Impacts, a proposal that only proposes to use anthropological methods and approaches to find solutions to social, medical, or other problems and does not specifically propose to make a theory-testing and/or theory-expanding contribution to anthropological science, will be returned without review. | National Science Foundation | May 17, 2018 | August 17, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=18-560 |
| Biological Oceanography | PD-98-1650 | The Biological Oceanography Program supports fundamental research in biological oceanography and marine ecology (populations to the ecosystems) broadly defined: relationships among aquatic organisms and their interactions with the environments of the oceans or Great Lakes. Projects submitted to the program are often interdisciplinary efforts that may include participation by other OCE Programs. Details on research topics funded by the Program, including supplements, RAPIDS, and EAGERS, can be found by selecting the link under Related URLS titled: “Additional Program Information.” To view research projects funded by the Program select the link below titled “What Has Been Funded (Recent Awards Made Through This Program, with Abstracts).” | National Science Foundation | March 5, 2009 | August 17, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=PD-98-1650 |
| Sociology | PD-98-1331 | The Sociology Program supports basic research on all forms of human social organization -- societies, institutions, groups and demography -- and processes of individual and institutional change. The Program encourages theoretically focused empirical investigations aimed at improving the explanation of fundamental social processes. Included is research on organizations and organizational behavior, population dynamics, social movements, social groups, labor force participation, stratification and mobility, family, social networks, socialization, gender, race and the sociology of science and technology. The Program supports both original data collections and secondary data analysis that use the full range of quantitative and qualitative methodological tools. Theoretically grounded projects that offer methodological innovations and improvements for data collection and analysis are also welcomed. The Sociology Program also funds doctoral dissertation research to defray direct costs associated with conducting research, for example, dataset acquisition, additional statistical or methodological training, meeting with scholars associated with original datasets, and fieldwork away from the student's home campus. See the Sociology ProgramDoctoral Dissertation Improvement Awards Solicitation for more information on this opportunity. Please Note: Principal Investigators should select PD 98-1331 in the program announcement/solicitation block on the proposal Cover Sheet for submission of regular research projects to the Sociology Program andNSF 18-577for submission of Sociology Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement proposals. Projects are evaluated using the two Foundation-wide criteria, intrinsic merit and broader impacts. In assessing the intrinsic merit of proposed research, four components are key to securing support from the Sociology Program: (1) the issues investigated must be theoretically grounded; (2) the research should be based on empirical observation or be subject to empirical validation or illustration; (3) the research design must be appropriate to the questions asked; and (4) the proposed research must advance our understanding of social processes, structures and methods. The NSF also offers a number of specialized funding opportunities through its crosscutting and cross-directorate activities; some of the Sociology related opportunities are listed below. Crosscutting Research & Training Opportunities: ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program SBE Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (SPRF) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Research at Undergraduate Institutions (RUI) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program To get information about these programs and others, please visit the Cross-cutting and NSF-wide Active Funding Opportunities homepage. | National Science Foundation | March 6, 2009 | August 17, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=PD-98-1331 |
| Cultural Anthropology Program - Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants | 19-560 | The primary objective of the Cultural Anthropology Program is to support basic scientific research on the causes, consequences, and complexities of human social and cultural variability. Anthropological research spans a wide gamut, and contemporary cultural anthropology is an arena in which diverse research traditions and methodologies are valid. Recognizing the breadth of the field's contributions to science, the Cultural Anthropology Program welcomes proposals for empirically grounded, theoretically engaged, and methodologically sophisticated research in all sub-fields of cultural anthropology. Because the National Science Foundation's mandate is to support basic research, the NSF Cultural Anthropology Program does not fund research that takes as its primary goal improved clinical practice, humanistic understanding, or applied policy. A proposal that applies anthropological methods to a social problem but does not propose how that problem provides an opportunity to make a theory-testing and/or theory expanding contribution to anthropology will be returned without review. Program research priorities include, but are not limited to, research that increases our understanding of: Socio-cultural drivers of critical anthropogenic processes such as deforestation, desertification, land cover change, urbanization, and poverty Resilience and robustness of socio-cultural systems Scientific principles underlying conflict, cooperation, and altruism Economy, culture, migration, and globalization Variability and change in kinship and family norms and practices General cultural and social principles underlining the drivers of specific health outcomes and disease transmission Social regulation, governmentality, and violence Origins of complexity in socio-cultural systems Language and culture: orality and literacy, sociolinguistics, and cognition Human variation through empirically grounded ethnographic descriptions Mathematical and computational models of sociocultural systems such as social network analysis, agent-based models, multi-level models, and modes that integrate agent-based simulations and geographic information systems (GIS) As part of its effort to encourage and support projects that explicitly integrate education and basic research, CA provides support to enhance and improve the conduct of doctoral dissertation projects designed and carried out by doctoral students enrolled in U.S. institutions of higher education who are conducting scientific research that enhances basic scientific knowledge. As part of this effort, CA discourages projects that return students to a previous site of employment or volunteer work unless there is a strong justification for the scientific merits of that particular site. | National Science Foundation | February 26, 2019 | August 17, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=19-560 |
| Support for Ombudsman and Beneficiary Counseling Programs for States Participating in Financial Alignment Model Demonstrations for Dually Eligible Individuals | CMS-1J1-19-001 | The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is partnering with states to test models that integrate care and financing for individuals who are dually eligible to receive services through both Medicare and Medicaid (referred to in this funding opportunity as beneficiaries). Demonstrations testing these financial alignment models are currently in operation in ten states, serving hundreds of thousands of beneficiaries. At the time of the initial posting of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), CMS is engaged in discussions with states regarding the future of these demonstrations. Through this NOFO, CMS is making available resources to states and entities designated by states to support and assist beneficiaries eligible for ongoing financial alignment model demonstrations. CMS has previously provided similar support to financial alignment model demonstration states for ombudsman and one-on-one counseling programs, most recently through a NOFO issued in 2016, “Support for Ombudsman and Beneficiary Counseling Programs for States Participating in the Medicare-Medicaid Financial Alignment Initiative.” This NOFO offers two types of activities to support beneficiary decision-making and empowerment: 1) ombudsman services; and 2) one-on-one counseling. It is open only to states that are currently receiving funding to conduct these activities as part of a financial alignment model demonstration, and to entities designated by these states. States will only receive funding for a particular activity (i.e. ombudsman services or one-on-one counseling) if they have received funding for that activity under the prior NOFO (Funding Opportunity Number # CMS-1J1-17-001). In addition, to be eligible for funding under this NOFO, applying states must have a financial alignment model demonstration or a comparable model test using authority under Section 1115A of the Social Security Act that will operate beyond the end of the award under the prior NOFO. | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | April 1, 2019 | August 17, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=CMS-1J1-19-001 |
| Security and Preparedness | PD-19-118Y | The Security and Preparedness (SAP) Programsupports basic scientific research that advances knowledge and understanding of issues broadly related to global and national security. Research proposals are evaluated on the criteria of intellectual merit and broader impacts; the proposed projects are expected to be theoretically motivated, conceptually precise, methodologically rigorous, and empirically oriented. Substantive areas include (but are not limited to) international relations, global and national security, human security,political violence, state stability, conflict processes, regime transition, international and comparative political economy, and peace science. Moreover, the Program supports research experiences for undergraduate students and infrastructural activities, including methodological innovations. The Program does not fund applied research. In addition, we encourage you to examine the websites for the National Science Foundation'sAccountable Institutions and Behavior(AIB) and Law and Science (LS) programs. | National Science Foundation | August 30, 2019 | August 17, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=PD-19-118Y |
| Accountable Institutions and Behavior | PD-19-120Y | The Accountable Institutions and Behavior (AIB) Program supports basicscientific research that advances knowledge and understanding of issues broadly related to attitudes, behavior, and institutions connected to public policy and the provision of public services.Research proposals are expected to be theoretically motivated, conceptually precise, methodologically rigorous, and empirically oriented. Substantive areas include (but are not limited to) the study of individual and group decision-making, political institutions (appointed or elected), attitude and preference formation and expression, electoral processes and voting, public administration, and public policy. This work can focus on a single case or can be done in a comparative context, either over time or cross-sectionally.The Program does not fund applied research.The Program also supports research experiences for undergraduate students and infrastructural activities, including methodological innovations.In addition, we encourage you to examine the websites for the National Science Foundation’s Law and Science(LS) and Security and Preparedness (SAP) programs. | National Science Foundation | August 30, 2019 | August 17, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=PD-19-120Y |
| Political Science | PD-98-1371 | The Accountable Institutions and Behavior (AIB) Program supports basic scientific research that advances knowledge and understanding of issues broadly related to attitudes, behavior, and institutions connected to public policy and the provision of public services.Research proposals are expected to be theoretically motivated, conceptually precise, methodologically rigorous, and empirically oriented. Substantive areas include (but are not limited to) the study of individual and group decision-making, political institutions (appointed or elected), attitude and preference formation and expression, electoral processes and voting, public administration, and public policy. This work can focus on a single case or can be done in a comparative context, either over time or cross-sectionally.The Program does not fund applied research.The Program also supports research experiences for undergraduate students and infrastructural activities, including methodological innovations. The Security and Preparedness (SAP) Programsupports basic scientific research that advances knowledge and understanding of issues broadly related to global and national security. Research proposals are evaluated on the criteria of intellectual merit and broader impacts; the proposed projects are expected to be theoretically motivated, conceptually precise, methodologically rigorous, and empirically oriented. Substantive areas include (but are not limited to) international relations, global and national security, human security,political violence, state stability, conflict processes, regime transition, international and comparative political economy, and peace science. Moreover, the Program supports research experiences for undergraduate students and infrastructural activities, including methodological innovations. The Program does not fund applied research. | National Science Foundation | October 16, 2019 | August 17, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=PD-98-1371 |
| Habitus | HR001120S0035 | The Defense Sciences Office (DSO) at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting innovative research proposals to create self-sustaining, adaptive, generalizable, and scalable methods for generating causal system models based on local knowledge to aid operational decision making. | DARPA - Defense Sciences Office | February 17, 2020 | August 17, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=HR001120S0035 |
| General Social Survey (GSS) Competition | 20-550 | The General Social Survey (GSS) is a nationally representativeinterview survey of the United States adult population that collects data on a wide range of topics: behavioral items such as group membership and participation; personal psychological evaluations including measures of well-being, misanthropy, and life satisfaction; attitudinal questions on such public issues as crime and punishment, race relations, gender roles, and spending priorities; and demographic characteristics of respondents and their parents.The GSS has provided data on contemporary American society since 1972, serving as a barometer of social change and trends in attitudes, behaviors, and attributes of the United States adult population.In 1984, the GSS stimulated cross-national research by collaborating with Australia, Britain, and Germany to develop data collection programs modeled on the GSS.This program of comparative cross-national research, called the International Social Survey Program (ISSP), now includes 43 nations and enables researchers and analysts to place findings and trends from the United States within a comparative context. Since its inception, the GSS has completed 32 in-person, cross-sectional surveys of the adult household population of the United States with response rates that exceed 60 percent. The survey is currently fielded biennially.Data from the GSS are made available to scholars, students and the public for research, analysis and educational activities within 12 months of data collection. Several innovations have been initiated over the past 15 years, most of which warrant continuation.Beginning with the 2006 administration, the GSS "core" questions (items that appear regularly on surveys) were translated into Spanish and administered in either English or Spanish, as needed. The 2016 survey contained an Internet mode experiment.To enable linkage to secondary data, since 2018 respondents have been asked for permission to link to selected administrative records. Post-stratification weights have been introduced for the 2020 survey. The Sociology Program in the Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences expects to make one award for the next four-year funding cycle, fiscal years 2021-2024, to support the 2022 and 2024 GSS and the U.S. component of the ISSP survey. We anticipate an award in the range of $14 million and at most $16 million over four years to support two waves of data collection, dissemination activities, and outreach. The expected starting date is August 2021. | National Science Foundation | February 26, 2020 | August 17, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=20-550 |
| Decision, Risk and Management Sciences | PD-98-1321 | The Decision, Risk and Management Sciences program supports scientific research directed at increasing the understanding and effectiveness of decision making by individuals, groups, organizations, and society. Disciplinary and interdisciplinary research, doctoral dissertation research improvement grants (DDRIGs), and conferences are funded in the areas of judgment and decision making; decision analysis and decision aids; risk analysis, perception, and communication; societal and public policy decision making; management science and organizational design. The program also supports small grants that are time-critical (Rapid Response Research - RAPID) and small grants that are high-risk and of a potentially transformative nature (EArly-Concept Grants for Exploratory Research - EAGER). For detailed information concerning these two types of grants, please review Chapter II.E of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG). Funded research must be grounded in theory and generalizable.Purely algorithmic management science proposals should be submitted to theOperations Engineering (OE) Program rather than to DRMS. General Guidanceconcerning the DRMSDoctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (DDRIGs) funding opportunity includes the following: To assure that the proposal is appropriate for DRMS, the advisor of the doctoral student is strongly encouraged to contact one of the DRMS Program Directors by email prior to the preparation of the DDRIG proposal. DRMS DDRIG awards have a recommended maximum duration of 12 months. The proposal title should start with “Doctoral Dissertation Research in DRMS:”. On the FastLane Cover Sheet, the advisor should be listed as the Principal Investigator (PI) and the doctoral dissertation student as the Co-PI. DDRIG awards are designed to cover expenses such as travel to the research site, special equipment, and participation fees. DRMS does not provide general stipends or cost-of-living support for DDRIG awards. Your DDRIG proposal's project desciption should be essentially a research design(statement of the research problem, literature review, hypotheses, research site, data to be collected, methods of analysis, and schedule). The review process for DDRIG proposals may involve only mail reviews, or itmay include both mail reviews and assessment by the DRMS advisory panel. Outstanding DDRIG proposals specify how the knowledge to be created advances our theoretical understanding of the subject. For additional funding opportunities, we invite you to also look at the SBE Office of Multidisciplinary Activities (SMA) web site. | National Science Foundation | March 13, 2015 | August 18, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=PD-98-1321 |
| Economics | PD-98-1320 | The Economics program supports research designed to improve the understanding of the processes and institutions of the U.S. economy and of the world system of which it is a part. This program also strengthens both empirical and theoretical economic analysis as well as the methods for rigorous research on economic behavior. It supports research in almost every area of economics, including econometrics, economic history, environmental economics, finance, industrial organization, international economics, labor economics, macroeconomics, mathematical economics, and public finance. The Economics program welcomes proposals for individual or multi-investigator research projects, doctoral dissertation improvement awards, conferences,symposia, experimental research, data collection and dissemination, computer equipment and other instrumentation, and research experience for undergraduates. The program places a high priority on interdisciplinary research. Investigators are encouraged to submit proposals of joint interest to the Economics Program and other NSF programs and NSF initiative areas. The program places a high priority on broadening participation and encourages proposals from junior faculty, women, other underrepresented minorities, Research Undergraduate Institutions, and EPSCoR states. The program also funds conferences and interdisciplinary research that strengthens links among economics and the other social and behavioral sciences as well as mathematics and statistics. The Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants funding opportunity is designed to improve the quality of dissertation research.DDRIG awards provide funds for items not normally available through the student's university such as enabling doctoral students to undertake significant data-gathering projects and to conduct field research in settings away from their campus. DDRIGs do not provide cost-of-living or other stipends or tuition.Outstanding DDRIG proposals specify how the knowledge to be created advances economics science. Proposals for Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (DDRIGS) in Economics should follow the directions for submissions in the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=papp&WT.z_pims_id=5437”). The following bulleted items provide additional guidance concerning DDRIGs in Economics: Thedissertation advisor should be listed as the Principal Investigator and the student as the Co-Principal Investigator. It should be clear however that the proposal is written by, and the research conducted by, the student. To assure that the proposal is appropriate for the Economics Program, the advisor of the doctoral student is strongly encouraged to contact one of the Economics Program Directors by e-mail prior to the preparation of the DDRIG proposal. The Proposal Title should read, "Doctoral Dissertation Research in Economics: ...." Use a clear andconcise writing style.Reviewers will include economists from a variety of specialty areas. It is possible that no specialist from your particular area of research will be on the panel. Defining key terms and keeping your proposal free of jargon will ensure that all reviewers will be able to understand your proposal and evaluate it fairly. One of the areas in which the proposal will be evaluated is your competence to carry out the research. It would be beneficial for you to include any other information that can help reviewers evaluate how well prepared you are to conduct the research. DDRIG awards are designed to cover expenses such as travel to the research site, special equipment, and participation fees. If you have additional questions, please contact one of the program directors listed above. For additional funding opportunities, we invite you to also look at the SBE Office of Multidisciplinary Activities web site. | National Science Foundation | March 6, 2009 | August 18, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=PD-98-1320 |
| Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences Program | 20-547 | The objective of the Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences (HEGS) Program is to support basic scientific research about the nature, causes, and/or consequences of the spatial distribution ofhuman activity and/or environmental processes across a range of scales.Projects about a broad range of topics may be appropriate for support if they enhance fundamental geographical knowledge, concepts, theories, methods, and their application to societal problems and concerns. Recognizing the breadth of the field’s contributions to science, the HEGS Program welcomes proposals for empirically grounded, theoretically engaged, and methodologically sophisticated geographical research. National Science Foundation's mandate is to support basic scientific research. Support is provided for projects that are most effective in grounding research in relevant theoretical frameworks relevant to HEGS, that focus on questions that emanate from the theoretical discussions, and that use scientific methods to answer those questions. HEGS supported projects are expected to yield results that will enhance, expand, and transform fundamental geographicaltheory and methods, and that will have positive broader impacts that benefit society. The HEGS Program recognizes that geography is a broad discipline that includes the natural sciences, the social sciences and the humanities. However, HEGS does not fund research that is solely humanistic, non-science. A proposal to the HEGS Program must explain how the research will contribute to geographic and spatial scientific theory and/or methods development, and how the results are generalizable beyond the case study. It should be noted that HEGS is situated in the Behavioral andCognitive Sciences Division of the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate at NSF. Therefore, it is critical that research projects submitted to the Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences Program illustrate how the proposed research is relevant and important to people and societies. A proposal that fails to be responsive to these program expectations will be returned without review. | National Science Foundation | February 20, 2020 | August 18, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=20-547 |
| NEH/AHRC New Directions for Digital Scholarship in Cultural Institutions | 20200818-HC | The United States’ National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), and the United Kingdom’s Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), a component body of U.K. Research and Innovation (UKRI), are accepting applications for the NEH/AHRC New Directions for Digital Scholarship in Cultural Institutions program. Awards made through this program will fund teams of researchers and cultural institution professionals in the U.S. and U.K. working collaboratively to deliver transformational impact on digital methods and digital research in cultural institutions. Applications must be submitted by teams composed of at least one organization from the U.S. and one from the U.K., in which each country is represented by at least one cultural institution. An eligible U.S. organization must submit the application with a U.S.-specific budget under this announcement. The lead U.K. organization must submit the same application with a U.K.-specific budget to AHRC. NEH will fund the participating U.S. organization(s), and AHRC will fund the participating U.K. organization(s). | National Endowment for the Humanities | May 15, 2020 | August 18, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=20200818-HC |
| Design Development and System Integration Design Studies for Coal FIRST Concepts | DE-FOA-0002180 | NOTICE: This is a Draft FOA. Comments and questions on this Draft FOA can be submitted through June 5, 2020. See Section VII of the FOA for submission guidance. Projects resulting from this Funding Opportunity Announcement will complete the following four tasks for a plant of one of the Coal FIRST power plant concepts listed below: design development, host site evaluation and Environmental Information Volume, an investment case analysis, and a system integration design study (i.e. front-end engineering design study: Flexible Ultra Supercritical (USC) Coal-Fired Power Plant (AOI 1) Pressurized Fluidized Bed Combustor with Supercritical Steam Cycle Power Plant (AOI 2) Hybrid Natural Gas Turbine USC Coal Boiler Power Plant (AOI 3) Flexible Gasification of Coal and Biomass to Generate Electric Power and a Carbon-Free Hydrogen Co-Product (AOI 4) The projects resulting from this FOA could be based on retrofit brownfield and,or greenfield applications of Coal FIRST systems. | National Energy Technology Laboratory | May 18, 2020 | August 18, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=DE-FOA-0002180 |
| FY20, FY21, and FY22 Region 8 Wetland Program Development Grants | EPA-REG8-WPDG-20-01 | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is soliciting applications from eligible applicants to develop or refine state/tribal/local government wetland programs as described in Section I, FUNDING OPPORTUNITY DESCRIPTION, of this announcement. States, tribes, local government agencies, interstate agencies, and intertribal consortia are eligible to apply under this announcement, as further described in Section III.A, ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS. Universities that are agencies of a state government are eligible but must include documentation demonstrating that they are chartered as part of a state government in the application submission. Non-profit organizations are not eligible to compete under this RFA. | Environmental Protection Agency | May 20, 2020 | August 19, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=EPA-REG8-WPDG-20-01 |
| NIST Public Safety Innovation Accelerator Program – First Responder 3D Indoor Tracking Prize | 2020-NIST-PSIAP-FR3D-01 | The NIST Public Safety Innovation Accelerator Program is seeking applicants with expertise in prize competitions to collaborate with technical experts from NIST, industry/academia, and public safety to serve as Prize Administrator in developing and implementing the First Responder 3D Indoor Tracking (FR3D) Prize. The FR3D Prize competition aims to achieve game-changing performance of sensors and systems for localization and tracking of first responders operating indoors in a variety of building environments without any benefit of pre-deployed dedicated infrastructure. The PSIAP seeks to attract experts and innovators from industry and academia to focus on this difficult challenge by offering a monetary prize purse and unique opportunities for live testing and evaluation. Administration of the FR3D Prize will include all aspects of prize development, project management, and execution. | National Institute of Standards and Technology | October 9, 2019 | August 20, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=2020-NIST-PSIAP-FR3D-01 |
| DoD Military Burn, Clinical Translation Research Award | W81XWH-20-MBRP-CTRA | The MBRP CTRA is intended to support human research projects that are likely to have a major impact on therapy by applying promising and well-founded laboratory, preclinical, or clinical research findings to the care of the burn-injured patient.The proposed research must be relevant to active duty Service members, Veterans, military beneficiaries, and/or the American public.Inclusion of preliminary data relevant to the proposed clinical research is required.The proposed study must include clinical research, and may include initial proof of concept trials, studies involving use of human anatomical substances, observational studies, and/or involve some retrospective data analysis. Large randomized clinical trials are discouraged.A clinical trial is defined as a research study in which one or more human subjects are prospectively assigned to one or more interventions (which may include placebo or other control) to evaluate the effects of the interventions on biomedical or behavioral health-related outcomes. For more information, a Human Subject Resource Document is provided at https://ebrap.org/eBRAP/public/Program.htm.Funded trials are required to post a copy of the Institutional Review Board (IRB)-approved informed consent form used to enroll subjects on a publicly available Federal website in accordance with Federal requirements described in Code of Federal Regulations, Title 32, Part 219 (32 CFR 219).Funding from this award mechanism must support clinical research involving human subjects; animal research is not allowed under this funding opportunity.The types of awards made under the Program Announcement will be assistance agreements. An assistance agreement is appropriate when the Federal Government transfers a “thing of value” to a “state, local government,” or “other recipient” to carry out a public purpose of support or stimulation authorized by a law of the United States, instead of acquiring property or service for the direct benefit and use of the U.S. Government. An assistance agreement can take the form of a grant or cooperative agreement. The level of involvement on the part of the Department of Defense (DoD) during project performance is the key factor in determining whether to award a grant or cooperative agreement. If “no substantial involvement” on the part of the funding agency is anticipated, a grant award will be made (31 USC 6304). Conversely, if substantial involvement on the part of the funding agency is anticipated, a cooperative agreement will be made (31 USC 6305) and the award will identify the specific substantial involvement. Substantial involvement may include collaboration, participation, or intervention in the research to be performed under the award. The award type, along with the start date, will be determined during the negotiation process.The anticipated total costs budgeted for the entire period of performance for an FY20 MBRP CTRA award will not exceed $1.5M. Refer to Section II.D.5, Funding Restrictions, for detailed funding information.Awards will be made no later than September 30, 2021. For additional information refer to Section II.F.1, Federal Award Notices.The CDMRP expects to allot approximately $7.0M to fund approximately four or five MBRP CTRA Award applications. Funding of applications received is contingent upon the availability of Federal funds for this program as well as the number of applications received,the quality and merit of the applications as evaluated by scientific and programmatic review, and the requirements of the Government. Funds to be obligated on any award resulting from this funding opportunity will be available for use for a limited time period based on the fiscal year of the funds. It is anticipated that awards made from this FY20 funding opportunity will be funded with FY20 funds, which will expire for use on September 30, 2026.The following are important aspects of the MBRP CTRA:• The proposed clinical research study must be based on sound scientific rationale that is established through logical reasoning and critical review and analysis of the literature.• The proposed clinical research study is expected to begin no later than 12 months after the award date, or 18 months for U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-regulated studies.• The application should demonstrate availability of, and access to, a suitable patient population that will support a meaningful outcome for the study.• The application should include a clearly articulated statistical analysis plan, appropriate statistical expertise on the research team, and a power analysis reflecting sample size projections that will answer the objectives of the study.• The application should include a Transition Plan (including potential funding and resources) showing how the product will progress to the next clinical phase and/or delivery to the market after the successful completion of the FY20 MBRP CTRA.• Funded studies that contain clinical trials are required to register the study in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) clinical trials registry, www.clinicaltrials.gov, prior to initiation of the study. Refer to the General Application Instructions, Appendix 1, Section C, for further details. | Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA | March 16, 2020 | August 20, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81XWH-20-MBRP-CTRA |
| DoD Peer Reviewed Cancer Research, Virtual Cancer Center Director Award | W81XWH-20-PRCRP-VCCDA | For Fiscal Year 2020 FY (20), the Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program (PRCRP) offers a prestigious opportunity for an established researcher to lead the next generation of researchers toward a future in cancer. The Virtual Cancer Center Director Award (VCCDA) mechanism is a unique, interactive virtual cancer center (VCC) focused on bringing together two established investigators (Director and Deputy Director) and up to nine early career investigators (Scholars) to interrogate the commonalities of cancer. As the leadership of the VCC, the Director and Deputy Director will have the ability to shape the vision VCC and how it will succeed in its mission to train the next generation of cancer researchers. It is the expectation of the PRCRP that through the VCCDA funding award mechanism, an environment of collaboration and convergent training will be created. The FY20 PRCRP VCC offers the Director and Deputy Director the opportunity to influence the next generation of cancer research by catalyzing the growth and professional development of the Scholars and promoting the cross pollination of different cancer disciplines. Candidates for Scholars will apply to a separate funding opportunity, the Career Development Award – Virtual Cancer Center Scholar Option (CDA-SO). The VCC will give the Director, Deputy Director, and Scholars opportunities to operate in a collegial, highly dynamic, and cutting-edge center to lead cancer research to a new frontier. The VCC will provide intensive mentoring, national networking, collaborations, and a peer group for junior faculty. It is the intention that through the VCC, collaborations will foster new growth in different cancers and spur an integrated cancer center to ensure research advancements across different cancers. The potential outcomes of the VCCD and CDA-SO include integration of research from different disciplines and cancers, forging a new frontier in cancer research that will lead to answers across the cancer care spectrum (Biology/Etiology, Prevention, Diagnosis/Detection, Prognosis, Treatment, and Survivorship) and building a multidisciplinary, multi-institutional research community capable of proposing convergent solutions to FY20 PRCRP Topic Areas issues. Through these award mechanisms, the FY20 PRCRP looks to fund answers that are responsive to more than one cancer, that information learned in one cancer or discipline informs other cancers and/or disciplines. Convergence in science supports innovation and answers age-old problems. With the VCCDA and the CDA-SO the PRCRP intends to grow and broaden cancer research understanding through a diverse community from many disciplines and a variety of cancers. | Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA | March 23, 2020 | August 20, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81XWH-20-PRCRP-VCCDA |
| DoD Peer Reviewed Cancer Research, Career Development Award | W81XWH-20-PRCRP-CDA | The PRCRP is seeking to advance cancer research through development of early career investigators. Dependent on the accomplishments of candidates, the PRCRP will offer two distinct early career development options: the Fellow Option (CDA-FO) and the Virtual Cancer Center Scholar Option (CDA-SO). Under this award mechanism, the early-career investigator is considered the Principal Investigator (PI), and the application should focus on the PI’s research and career development. Preliminary data are not required. However, logical reasoning and a sound scientific rationale for the proposed research must be demonstrated. This award supports impactful research projects with an emphasis on discovery. · Fellow Option: Supports independent, early-career investigators (referred to as Fellows) to conduct impactful research with the guidance of an experienced cancer researcher (i.e., Career Guide). Presents an opportunity for Fellows to obtain the funding, guidance, and experience necessary for productive, independent careers at the forefront of cancer research. Fellows will not be formally part of the Virtual Cancer Center. For more information, refer to the FY20 Virtual Cancer Center Director Funding Opportunity (W81XWH-20- PRCRP-VCCDA). · Virtual Cancer Center Scholar Option: Supports independent, highly accomplished early career investigators (referred to as Scholars) to conduct impactful research under the guidance of an experienced cancer researcher (i.e. Career Guide). Presents an opportunity for Scholars to participate in the unique, interactive Virtual Cancer Center (VCC) focused on fostering the next generation of cancer researchers. This award provides intensive mentoring, national networking, and a peer group for junior faculty. Scholars are required to interact with the VCC Director, Deputy Director, and fellow Scholars in addition to their Career Guide. For more information on the Virtual Cancer Center refer to the FY20 Virtual Cancer Center Funding Opportunity. It is the responsibility of the PI to select the option that best aligns with their current career stage. The option should be selected based on the eligibility defined in the Program Announcement, and not on the amount of the budget. It is incumbent upon the early career investigator to select the suitable option. A Congressionally mandated Metastatic Cancer Task Force was formed with the purpose of identifying ways to help accelerate clinical and translational research aimed at extending the lives of advanced state and recurrent patients. As a member of the Metastatic Cancer Task Force, CDMRP encourages applicants to review the recommendations (https://health.mil/Reference-Center/Congressional-Testimonies/2018/05/03/Metastatic-Cancer- Research) and submit research ideas to address these recommendations provided they are within the limitations of this funding opportunity and fit within the FY20 PRCRP priorities. | Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA | March 23, 2020 | August 20, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81XWH-20-PRCRP-CDA |
| Institute of Education Sciences (IES): Education Research CFDA Number 84.305A | ED-GRANTS-050420-001 | Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information. For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on February 13, 2019 (84 FR 3768),or at www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-02-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf. Purpose of Program: In awarding these grants, the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) intends to provide national leadership in expanding knowledge and understanding of (1) developmental and school readiness outcomes for infants and toddlers with or at risk for a disability, (2) education outcomes for all learners from early childhood education through postsecondary and adult education, and (3) employment and wage outcomes when relevant (such as for those engaged in career and technical, postsecondary, or adult education). The IES research grant programs are designed to provide interested individuals and the general public with reliable and valid information about education practices that support learning and improve academic achievement and access to education opportunities for all learners. These interested individuals include parents, educators, learners, researchers, and policymakers. In carrying out its grant programs, IES provides support for programs of research in areas of demonstrated national need. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 84.305A | Department of Education | May 4, 2020 | August 20, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=ED-GRANTS-050420-001 |
| Institute of Education Sciences (IES): Research Training Programs in the Education Sciences CFDA Number 84.305B | ED-GRANTS-050420-002 | Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis ofinformation in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements,application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information. For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on February 13, 2019 (84 FR 3768),or at www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-02-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf. Purpose of Program: In awarding these grants, the Institute of Education Sciences (Institute) intends to provide national leadership in expanding knowledge and understanding of (1) developmental and school readiness outcomes for infants and toddlers with or at risk for a disability, (2) education outcomes for all learners from early childhood education through postsecondary and adult education, and (3) employment and wage outcomes when relevant (such as for those engaged in career and technical, postsecondary, or adult education). The Institute’s research grant programs are designed to provide interested individuals and the general public with reliable and valid information about education practices that support learning and improve academic achievement and access to education opportunities for all learners. These interested individuals include parents, educators, learners, researchers, and policymakers. In carrying out its grant programs, the Institute provides support for programs of research in areas of demonstrated national need. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 84.305B. | Department of Education | May 4, 2020 | August 20, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=ED-GRANTS-050420-002 |
| Institute of Education Sciences (IES): Research Grants Focused on Systematic Replication CFDA Number 84.324R | ED-GRANTS-050420-008 | Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information. For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on February 13, 2019 (84 FR 3768),or at www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-02-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf. Purpose of Program: In awarding these grants, the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) intends to provide national leadership in expanding knowledge and understanding of (1) developmental and school readiness outcomes for infants and toddlers with or at risk for a disability, (2) education outcomes for all learners from early childhood education through postsecondary and adult education, and (3) employment and wage outcomes when relevant (such as for those engaged in career and technical, postsecondary, or adult education). The IES research grant programs are designed to provide interested individuals and the general public with reliable and valid information about education practices that support learning and improve academic achievement and access to education opportunities for all learners. These interested individuals include parents, educators, learners, researchers, and policymakers. In carrying out its grant programs, IES provides support for programs of research in areas of demonstrated national need. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 84.324R | Department of Education | May 4, 2020 | August 20, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=ED-GRANTS-050420-008 |
| Institute of Education Sciences (IES): Education Research and Development Centers CFDA Number 84.305C | ED-GRANTS-050420-003 | Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information. For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on February 13, 2019 (84 FR 3768),or at www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-02-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf. Purpose of Program: In awarding these grants, the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) intends to provide national leadership in expanding knowledge and understanding of (1) developmental and school readiness outcomes for infants and toddlers with or at risk for a disability, (2) education outcomes for all learners from early childhood education through postsecondary and adult education, and (3) employment and wage outcomes when relevant (such as for those engaged in career and technical, postsecondary, or adult education). The IES research grant programs are designed to provide interested individuals and the general public with reliable and valid information about education practices that support learning and improve academic achievement and access to education opportunities for all learners. These interested individuals include parents, educators, learners, researchers, and policymakers. In carrying out its grant programs, IES provides support for programs of research in areas of demonstrated national need. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 84.305C | Department of Education | May 4, 2020 | August 20, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=ED-GRANTS-050420-003 |
| Institute of Education Sciences (IES):Research Grants Focused on NAEP Process Data for Learners with Disabilities CFDA 84.324P | ED-GRANTS-050420-007 | Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information. For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on February 13, 2019 (84 FR 3768),or at www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-02-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf. Purpose of Program: In awarding these grants, the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) intends to provide national leadership in expanding knowledge and understanding of (1) developmental and school readiness outcomes for infants and toddlers with or at risk for a disability, (2) education outcomes for all learners from early childhood education through postsecondary and adult education, and (3) employment and wage outcomes when relevant (such as for those engaged in career and technical, postsecondary, or adult education). The IES research grant programs are designed to provide interested individuals and the general public with reliable and valid information about education practices that support learning and improve academic achievement and access to education opportunities for all learners. These interested individuals include parents, educators, learners, researchers, and policymakers. In carrying out its grant programs, IES provides support for programs of research in areas of demonstrated national need. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 84.324P | Department of Education | May 4, 2020 | August 20, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=ED-GRANTS-050420-007 |
| nstitute of Education Sciences (IES): Research Grants Focused on Systematic Replication CFDA Number 84.305R | ED-GRANTS-050420-004 | Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information. For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on February 13, 2019 (84 FR 3768),or at www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-02-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf. Purpose of Program: In awarding these grants, the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) intends to provide national leadership in expanding knowledge and understanding of (1) developmental and school readiness outcomes for infants and toddlers with or at risk for a disability, (2) education outcomes for all learners from early childhood education through postsecondary and adult education, and (3) employment and wage outcomes when relevant (such as for those engaged in career and technical, postsecondary, or adult education). The IES research grant programs are designed to provide interested individuals and the general public with reliable and valid information about education practices that support learning and improve academic achievement and access to education opportunities for all learners. These interested individuals include parents, educators, learners, researchers, and policymakers. In carrying out its grant programs, IES provides support for programs of research in areas of demonstrated national need. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 84.305R | Department of Education | May 4, 2020 | August 20, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=ED-GRANTS-050420-004 |
| nstitute of Education Sciences (IES): Special Education Research CFDA Number 84.324A | ED-GRANTS-050420-005 | Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information. For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on February 13, 2019 (84 FR 3768),or at www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-02-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf. Purpose of Program: In awarding these grants, the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) intends to provide national leadership in expanding knowledge and understanding of (1) developmental and school readiness outcomes for infants and toddlers with or at risk for a disability, (2) education outcomes for all learners from early childhood education through postsecondary and adult education, and (3) employment and wage outcomes when relevant (such as for those engaged in career and technical, postsecondary, or adult education). The IES research grant programs are designed to provide interested individuals and the general public with reliable and valid information about education practices that support learning and improve academic achievement and access to education opportunities for all learners. These interested individuals include parents, educators, learners, researchers, and policymakers. In carrying out its grant programs, IES provides support for programs of research in areas of demonstrated national need. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 84.324A | Department of Education | May 4, 2020 | August 20, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=ED-GRANTS-050420-005 |
| Institute of Education Sciences (IES): Research Training Programs in Special Education CFDA Number 84.324B | ED-GRANTS-050420-006 | Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information. For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on February 13, 2019 (84 FR 3768),or at www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-02-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf. Purpose of Program: In awarding these grants, the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) intends to provide national leadership in expanding knowledge and understanding of (1) developmental and school readiness outcomes for infants and toddlers with or at risk for a disability, (2) education outcomes for all learners from early childhood education through postsecondary and adult education, and (3) employment and wage outcomes when relevant (such as for those engaged in career and technical, postsecondary, or adult education). The IES research grant programs are designed to provide interested individuals and the general public with reliable and valid information about education practices that support learning and improve academic achievement and access to education opportunities for all learners. These interested individuals include parents, educators, learners, researchers, and policymakers. In carrying out its grant programs, IES provides support for programs of research in areas of demonstrated national need. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 84.324B | Department of Education | May 4, 2020 | August 20, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=ED-GRANTS-050420-006 |
| FY20 Tribal Transportation Program Safety Fund (TTPSF) | FHWA-TTPSF-2020 | A Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for Tribal Transportation Program Safety Funds (TTPSF) has been published. This notice announces the availability of approximately $9.2 million for projects in three categories: safety plans; data assessment, improvement, and analysis activities; and infrastructure improvement and other eligible activities as listed in 23 U.S.C.148(a)(4). For complete instructions on preparing and submitting an application for TTPSF, please download the application, application information, and NOFO at https://highways.dot.gov/federal-lands/programs-tribal/safety/funds. Applications will NOT be submitted on Grants.gov. Instead, please use the "apply now" button on the program web page. | DOT Federal Highway Administration | May 7, 2020 | August 20, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=FHWA-TTPSF-2020 |
| Advancing Exceptional Research on HIV/AIDS and Substance Abuse (R01, Clinical Trial Optional) | RFA-DA-18-022 | This FOA supports highly innovative R01 applications on HIV/AIDS and drug abuse and complements the Avant-Garde Award Program for HIV/AIDS and Drug Use Research and the Avenir Award Program for Research on Substance Abuse and HIV/AIDS. The Avant-Garde award supports individuals who conduct high-risk, high-reward research and does not require a detailed research plan. The Avenir award is similar to the Avant-Garde award but focuses on support for early stage investigators. Applications submitted under this FOA are required to have a detailed research plan and preliminary data. This FOA focuses on innovative research projects that have the potential to open new areas of HIV/AIDS research and/or lead to new avenues for prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS among substance abusers. The nexus with drug abuse should be clearly described. This FOA is open to both individual researchers and research teams and is not limited to any one area of research on HIV and substance use, but all studies must focus on NIH HIV/AIDS Research Priorities https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-15-137.html. | National Institutes of Health | March 14, 2018 | August 21, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-DA-18-022 |
| NIH Directors New Innovator Award Program (DP2 Clinical Trial Optional) | RFA-RM-20-012 | The NIH Directors New Innovator Award Program supports early stage investigators of exceptional creativity who propose highly innovative research projects with the potential to produce a major impact on broad, important problems relevant to the mission of NIH. For the program to support the best possible researchers and research, applications are sought which reflect the full diversity of the research workforce. Individuals from diverse backgrounds and from the full spectrum of eligible institutions in all geographic locations are strongly encouraged to apply to this Funding Opportunity Announcement. In addition, applications in all topics relevant to the broad mission of NIH are welcome, including, but not limited to, topics in the behavioral, social, biomedical, applied, and formal sciences and topics that may involve basic, translational, or clinical research. The NIH Director's New Innovator Award Program complements ongoing efforts by NIH and its Institutes and Centers to fund early stage investigators through R01 grants, which continue to be the major sources of NIH support for early stage investigators. The NIH Directors New Innovator Award Program is a component of the High-Risk, High-Reward Research Program of the NIH Common Fund. | National Institutes of Health | May 19, 2020 | August 21, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-RM-20-012 |
| Annual Program Statement for Public Affairs Cultural and Educational Programs | STATE-BISHKEK-PAS-20-0002 | The Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S.Embassy Bishkek is pleased to announce funding is available as specified belowthrough the Embassy’s Public Diplomacy Grants program. Applications may be submitted at any time forconsideration on a rolling basis upuntil the deadline of August 23, 2020. Awards will be made pending the availabilityof funds. Applicants should pay close attention to thePublic Affairs Section’s goals, priorities, and target audiences whendeveloping their proposals. Due to the volume of applicants and inquiries, PASdoes not accept letters of intent, concept papers, or requests for meetings priorto application. | U.S. Mission to Kyrgyzstan | November 7, 2019 | August 23, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=STATE-BISHKEK-PAS-20-0002 |
| FY 2020 Competitive Funding Opportunity: Public Transportation on Indian Reservations Program | FTA-2020-007-TR | The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announces the availability of approximately $5 million in funding provided by the Public Transportation on Indian Reservations Program (Tribal Transit Program (TTP)), as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 5311(c)(1)(A), as amended by the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST), Public Law 114-94 (December 4, 2015). This is a national solicitation for project proposals and includes the selection criteria and program eligibility information for Fiscal Year 2020 projects. The primary purpose of these competitively selected grants is to support planning, capital, and, in limited circumstances, operating assistance for tribal public transit services. Funds distributed to Indian tribes under the TTP should not replace or reduce funds that Indian tribes receive from states through FTA’s Section 5311 program. | DOT/Federal Transit Administration | May 26, 2020 | August 24, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=FTA-2020-007-TR |
| Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program | 17-541 | The National Science Foundation Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program seeks to encourage talented science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors and professionals to become K-12 mathematics and science (including engineering and computer science) teachers. The program invites creative and innovative proposals that address the critical need for recruiting and preparing highly effective elementary and secondary science and mathematics teachers in high-need local educational agencies. The program offers four tracks: Track 1: The Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarships and Stipends Track, Track 2: The NSF Teaching Fellowships Track, Track 3: The NSF Master Teaching Fellowships Track, and Track 4: Noyce Research Track. In addition, Capacity Building proposals are accepted from proposers intending to develop a future Track 1, 2, or 3 proposal. | National Science Foundation | February 10, 2017 | August 25, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=17-541 |
| Implementing and Sustaining Evidence-Based Mental Health Practices in Low-Resource Settings to Achieve Equity in Outcomes (R34 Clinical Trial Required ) | RFA-MH-20-401 | This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) supports pilot work for subsequent studies testing the effectiveness of strategies to deliver evidence-based mental health services, treatment interventions, and/or preventive interventions (EBPs) in low-resource mental health specialty and non-specialty settings within the United States. The FOA targets settings where EBPs are not currently delivered or delivered with fidelity, such that there are disparities in mental health and related functional outcomes (e.g., employment, educational attainment, stable housing, integration in the community, treatment of comorbid substance use disorders, etc.) for the population(s) served. Implementation strategies should identify and use innovative approaches to remediate barriers to provision, receipt, and/or benefit from EBPs and generate new information about factors integral to achieving equity in mental health outcomes for underserved populations. | National Institutes of Health | November 27, 2019 | August 25, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-MH-20-401 |
| Effectiveness of Implementing Sustainable Evidence-Based Mental Health Practices in Low-Resource Settings to Achieve Mental Health Equity for Traditionally Underserved Populations (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) | RFA-MH-20-400 | This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages studies that develop and test the effectiveness of strategies for implementation and sustainable delivery of evidence-based mental health treatments and services to improve mental health outcomes for underserved populations in under-resourced settings in the United States. Studies should identify and use innovative approaches to remediate barriers to provision, receipt, and/or benefit from evidence-based practices (EBPs) and generate new information about factors integral to achieving equity in mental health outcomes for underserved populations. Research generating new information about factors causing/reducing disparities are strongly encouraged, including due consideration of the needs of individuals across the life span. | National Institutes of Health | November 27, 2019 | August 25, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=RFA-MH-20-400 |
| DoD Spinal Cord Injury, Translational Research Award | W81XWH-20-SCIRP-TRA | The SCIRP TRA is intended to support translational research that will accelerate the movement of promising ideas in SCI research into clinical applications. Although not all-inclusive, some examples include demonstration studies of pharmaceuticals and medical devices in preclinical systems and/or clinical research on therapeutics, devices, or practice using human tissues or resources. The ultimate goal of translational research is to move an observation forward into clinical application and accelerate the clinical introduction of healthcare products, technologies, or practice guidelines. Observations that drive a research idea may be derived from a laboratory discovery, population-based studies, or a clinician’s first-hand knowledge of patients and anecdotal data. However, applicants should not view translational research as a one-way continuum from bench to bedside. The research plan is encouraged to involve a reciprocal flow of ideas and information between basic and clinical science. | Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA | March 19, 2020 | August 25, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81XWH-20-SCIRP-TRA |
| DoD Spinal Cord Injury, Investigator- Initiated Research Award | W81XWH-20-SCIRP-IIRA | The SCIRP IIRA is intended to support studies that have the potential to make an important contribution to SCI research, patient care, and/or quality of life. Important aspects of this award mechanism include: • Impact: Applications should articulate both the short- and long-term impact of the proposed research. Projects must address one or more of the FY20 SCIRP IIRA Focus Areas. • Relevance to Military Health: Projects should be relevant to spinal cord-injured military Service members, Veterans, and/or their family members and care partners. Collaboration with military and VA researchers and clinicians is encouraged. • Preliminary Data: Observations that drive a research idea may be derived from laboratory discovery, population-based studies, a clinician’s first-hand knowledge of patients, or anecdotal data. Applications must include preliminary and/or published data that are relevant to the mission of the SCIRP and support the proposed research project | Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA | March 19, 2020 | August 25, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81XWH-20-SCIRP-IIRA |
| DoD Spinal Cord Injury, Clinical Trial Award | W81XWH-20-SCIRP-CTA | The SCIRP CTA supports the rapid implementation of clinical trials with the potential to have a significant impact on the treatment or management of SCI. Clinical trials may be designed to evaluate promising new products, pharmacologic agents (drugs or biologics), devices, clinical guidance, and/or emerging approaches and technologies. Proposed projects may range from small proof-of-concept trials (e.g., pilot, first in human, Phase 0), to demonstrate feasibility or inform the design of more advanced trials, through large-scale trials to determine efficacy in relevant populations. | Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA | March 19, 2020 | August 25, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81XWH-20-SCIRP-CTA |
| Research Experiences for Undergraduates | 19-582 | The Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program supports active research participation by undergraduate students in any of the areas of research funded by the National Science Foundation. REU projects involve students in meaningful ways in ongoing research programs or in research projects specifically designed for the REU program. This solicitation features two mechanisms for support of student research: (1) REU Sites are based on independent proposals to initiate and conduct projects that engage a number of students in research. REU Sites may be based in a single discipline or academic department or may offer interdisciplinary or multi-department research opportunities with a coherent intellectual theme. Proposals with an international dimension are welcome. (2) REU Supplements may be included as a component of proposals for new or renewal NSF grants or cooperative agreements or may be requested for ongoing NSF-funded research projects. Undergraduate student participants in either REU Sites or REU Supplements must be U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals,or permanent residents of the United States. Students do not apply to NSF to participate in REU activities. Students apply directly to REU Sites or to NSF-funded investigators who receive REU Supplements. To identify appropriate REU Sites, students should consult the directory of active REU Sites on the Web at https://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/reu_search.cfm. | National Science Foundation | May 17, 2019 | August 26, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=19-582 |
| ROSES 2020: Heliophysics Technology and Instrument Development for Science | NNH20ZDA001N-HTIDS | The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (SMD) released its annual omnibus Research Announcement (NRA), Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) – 2020 (OMB Approval Number 2700-0092, CFDA Number 43.001) on February 14, 2020. In this case "omnibus" means that this NRA has many individual program elements, each with its own due dates and topics. All together these cover the wide range of basic and applied supporting research and technology in space and Earth sciences supported by SMD. Awards will be made as grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and inter- or intra-agency transfers, depending on the nature of the work proposed, the proposing organization, and/or program requirements. However, most extramural research awards deriving from ROSES will be grants, and many program elements of ROSES specifically exclude contracts, because contracts would not be appropriate for the nature of the work solicited. The typical period of performance for an award is three years, but some programs may allow up to five years and others specify shorter periods. In most cases, organizations of every type, Government and private, for profit and not-for-profit, domestic and foreign (with some caveats), may submit proposals without restriction on teaming arrangements. Tables listing the program elements and due dates, the full text of the ROSES-2020 solicitation, and the "Summary of Solicitation" as a stand-alone document, may all be found NSPIRES at http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020. This synopsis is associated with one of the individual program elements within ROSES, but this is a generic summary that is posted for all ROSES elements. For specific information on this particular program element download and read the PDF of the text of this program element by going to Tables 2 or 3 of this NRA at http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020table2 and http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020table3, respectively, click the title of the program element of interest, a hypertext link will take you to a page for that particular program element. On that page, on the right side under "Announcement Documents" the link on the bottom will be to the PDF of the text of the call for proposals. For example, if one were interested in The Lunar Data Analysis Program (NNH20ZDA001N-LDAP) one would follow the link to the NSPIRES page for that program element and then to read the text of the call one would click on “C.8 Lunar Data Analysis (.PDF)” to download the text of the call. If one wanted to set it into the context of the goals, objectives and know the default rules for all elements within Appendix C, the planetary science division, one might download and read “C.1 Planetary Science Research Program Overview (.PDF)” from that same page. While the letters and numbers are different for each element within ROSES (A.12, B.7, etc.) the basic configuration is always the same, e.g., the letter indicates the Science Division (A is Earth Science, B is Heliophysics etc.) and whatever the letter, #1 is always the overview. Frequently asked questions for ROSES are posted at http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/faqs. Questions concerning general ROSES-2020 policies and procedures may be directed to Max Bernstein, Lead for Research, Science Mission Directorate, at sara@nasa.gov, but technical questions concerning specific program elements should be directed to the point(s) of contact for that particular element, who may be found either at the end of the individual program element in the summary table of key information or on the web list of topics and points of contact at: http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/program-officers-list. Not all program elements are known at the time of the release of ROSES. To be informed of new program elements or amendments to this NRA, proposers may subscribe to: (1) The SMD mailing lists (by logging in at http://nspires.nasaprs.comand checking the appropriate boxes under "Account Management" and "Email Subscriptions"), (2) The ROSES-2020 RSS feed for amendments, clarifications, and corrections to at http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/grant-solicitations/ROSES-2020, and (3) The ROSES-2020 due date Google calendar. Instructions are at https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/library-and-useful-links (link from the words due date calendar). | NASA Headquarters | February 14, 2020 | August 26, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=NNH20ZDA001N-HTIDS |
| ROSES 2020: Heliophysics Low Cost Access to Space | NNH20ZDA001N-HLCAS | The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (SMD) released its annual omnibus Research Announcement (NRA), Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) – 2020 (OMB Approval Number 2700-0092, CFDA Number 43.001) on February 14, 2020. In this case "omnibus" means that this NRA has many individual program elements, each with its own due dates and topics. All together these cover the wide range of basic and applied supporting research and technology in space and Earth sciences supported by SMD. Awards will be made as grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and inter- or intra-agency transfers, depending on the nature of the work proposed, the proposing organization, and/or program requirements. However, most extramural research awards deriving from ROSES will be grants, and many program elements of ROSES specifically exclude contracts, because contracts would not be appropriate for the nature of the work solicited. The typical period of performance for an award is three years, but some programs may allow up to five years and others specify shorter periods. In most cases, organizations of every type, Government and private, for profit and not-for-profit, domestic and foreign (with some caveats), may submit proposals without restriction on teaming arrangements. Tables listing the program elements and due dates, the full text of the ROSES-2020 solicitation, and the "Summary of Solicitation" as a stand-alone document, may all be found NSPIRES at http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020. This synopsis is associated with one of the individual program elements within ROSES, but this is a generic summary that is posted for all ROSES elements. For specific information on this particular program element download and read the PDF of the text of this program element by going to Tables 2 or 3 of this NRA at http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020table2 and http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020table3, respectively, click the title of the program element of interest, a hypertext link will take you to a page for that particular program element. On that page, on the right side under "Announcement Documents" the link on the bottom will be to the PDF of the text of the call for proposals. For example, if one were interested in The Lunar Data Analysis Program (NNH20ZDA001N-LDAP) one would follow the link to the NSPIRES page for that program element and then to read the text of the call one would click on “C.8 Lunar Data Analysis (.PDF)” to download the text of the call. If one wanted to set it into the context of the goals, objectives and know the default rules for all elements within Appendix C, the planetary science division, one might download and read “C.1 Planetary Science Research Program Overview (.PDF)” from that same page. While the letters and numbers are different for each element within ROSES (A.12, B.7, etc.) the basic configuration is always the same, e.g., the letter indicates the Science Division (A is Earth Science, B is Heliophysics etc.) and whatever the letter, #1 is always the overview. Frequently asked questions for ROSES are posted at http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/faqs. Questions concerning general ROSES-2020 policies and procedures may be directed to Max Bernstein, Lead for Research, Science Mission Directorate, at sara@nasa.gov, but technical questions concerning specific program elements should be directed to the point(s) of contact for that particular element, who may be found either at the end of the individual program element in the summary table of key information or on the web list of topics and points of contact at: http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/program-officers-list. Not all program elements are known at the time of the release of ROSES. To be informed of new program elements or amendments to this NRA, proposers may subscribe to: (1) The SMD mailing lists (by logging in at http://nspires.nasaprs.comand checking the appropriate boxes under "Account Management" and "Email Subscriptions"), (2) The ROSES-2020 RSS feed for amendments, clarifications, and corrections to at http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/grant-solicitations/ROSES-2020, and (3) The ROSES-2020 due date Google calendar. Instructions are at https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/library-and-useful-links (link from the words due date calendar). | NASA Headquarters | February 14, 2020 | August 26, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=NNH20ZDA001N-HLCAS |
| DoD Kidney Cancer, Translational Research Partnership Award | W81XWH-20-KCRP-TRPA | The FY20 KCRP Translational Research Partnership Award supports partnerships between clinicians and research scientists that will accelerate the movement of promising ideas in kidney cancer toward clinical applications. This award supports the development of translational research collaborations between two independent, faculty level (or equivalent) investigators to address a central problem or question in kidney cancer in a manner that would be less readily achievable through separate efforts. One partner in the collaboration must be a research scientist and the other must be a clinician. It should be clear that both have had equal intellectual input in the design of the research project. Multi-institutional partnerships are encouraged. At least one member of the partnership must have experience either in kidney cancer research or kidney cancer patient care. Inclusion of experts from outside the kidney cancer field is encouraged. A proposed project in which the clinical partner merely supplies tissue samples or access to patients will not meet the intent of this award mechanism.Preliminary data to support the feasibility of the research hypothesis and research approaches are required; however, these data do not necessarily need to be derived from studies of kidney cancer.Observations that drive a research idea may be derived from a laboratory discovery, population-based studies, or a clinician’s firsthand knowledge of patients and anecdotal data. The ultimate goal of translational research is to move a concept or observation forward into clinical application that is relevant to active duty Service members, Veterans, other military beneficiaries, and the American public. However, members of the partnership should not view translational research as a one-way continuum from bench to bedside. The research plan must involve a reciprocal flow of ideas and information between basic and clinical science. There should be an intellectual synergistic partnership between the clinic and the laboratory.The success of the project must be supported by the unique skills and contributions of each partner. The proposed study must include clearly stated plans for interactions between the Principal Investigators (PIs) and institutions involved. The plans must include communication, coordination of research progress and results, and data transfer. Additionally, multi-institutional applications must provide an intellectual property plan to resolve potential intellectual and material property issues and to remove institutional barriers that might interfere with achieving high levels of cooperation to ensure the successful completion of this award.The Translational Research Partnership Award requires more than one PI. One PI will be identified as the Initiating PI and will be responsible for the majority of the administrative tasks associated with application submission. The other PI will be identified as a Partnering PI. Both PIs should contribute significantly to the development of the proposed research project, including the Project Narrative, Statement of Work (SOW), and other required components. If recommended for funding, each PI will be named to an individual award within the recipient organization. For individual submission requirements for the Initiating and Partnering PI, refer to Section II.D.2, Content and Form of the Application Submission. It is the responsibility of the PIs to describe how their combined expertise will better address the research question and explain why the work should be done together rather than through separate efforts.A Congressionally mandated Metastatic Cancer Task Force was formed with the purpose of identifying ways to help accelerate clinical and translational research aimed at extending the lives of advanced state and recurrent patients. As a member of the Metastatic Cancer Task Force, CDMRP encourages applicants to review the recommendations (https://health.mil/Reference-Center/Congressional-Testimonies/2018/05/03/Metastatic-Cancer-Research) and submit research ideas to address these recommendations provided they are within the limitations of this funding opportunity and fit within the FY20 KCRP priorities.The proposed research must be relevant to active duty Service members, Veterans, military beneficiaries, and/or the American public.The following are significant features of this award mechanism:• Partnership: The success of the project should depend on the unique skills and contributions of each partner.• Translation: The application should provide evidence for the reciprocal transfer of information between basic and clinical science or vice versa in developing and implementing the research plan. Translational research may include correlative studies and/or development of or use of annotated biorepositories. The application should demonstrate how the study will leverage clinical information to address knowledge gaps in resulting outcomes, validate key research findings, expand upon potentially transformative results, and/or investigate novel findings.• Impact: The proposed research should indicate the potential to have a significant impact on kidney cancer research and/or patient care and have the potential to accelerate the movement of promising ideas (in prevention, diagnosis, detection, prognosis, treatment, and/or survivorship) into clinical applications. Clinical trials are not allowed.• Feasibility: The application should demonstrate that the investigators have access to the necessary specimens, data, and/or intervention, as applicable.• Preliminary Data: Unpublished results from the laboratory of the PIs or collaborators named on the application and/or data from the published literature that are relevant to kidney cancer and the proposed research project, are required.Projects including correlative studies: The FY20 KCRP Translational Research Partnership Award may support correlative studies that are associated with an ongoing or completed clinical trial. The application should demonstrate access to the necessary specimens and/or data of the proposed cohort. Appropriate access must be confirmed at the time of application submission. See Attachment 10, Letter(s) Confirming Access to Specimens and/or Data.The types of awards made under the Program Announcement will be assistance agreements. An assistance agreement is appropriate when the Federal Government transfers a “thing of value” to a “state, local government,” or “other recipient” to carry out a public purpose of support or stimulation authorized by a law of the United States instead of acquiring property or service for the direct benefit and use of the U.S. Government. An assistance agreement can take the form of a grant or cooperative agreement. The level of involvement on the part of the Department of Defense (DoD) during project performance is the key factor in determining whether to award a grant or cooperative agreement. If “no substantial involvement” on the part of the funding agency is anticipated, a grant award will be made (31 USC 6304). Conversely, if substantial involvement on the part of the funding agency is anticipated, a cooperative agreement will be made (31 USC 6305), and the award will identify the specific substantial involvement.Substantial involvement may include, but is not limited to, collaboration, participation, or intervention in the research to be performed under the award. The award type, along with theill be determined during the negotiation process.The anticipated direct costs budgeted for the entire period of performance for an FY20 KCRPTranslational Research Partnership Award will not exceed $750,000. Refer to Section II.D.5, Funding Restrictions, for detailed funding information.Awards will be made no later than September 30, 2021. For additional information refer to Section II.F.1, Federal Award Notices.The CDMRP expects to allot approximately $3.6M to fund approximately three Translational Research Partnership Award applications. Funding of applications received is contingent upon the availability of Federal funds for this program as well as the number of applications received, the quality and merit of the applications as evaluated by scientific and programmatic review, and the requirements of the Government. Funds to be obligated on any award resulting from this funding opportunity will be available for use for a limited time period based on the fiscal year of the funds. It is anticipated that awards made from this FY20 funding opportunity will be funded with FY20 funds, which will expire for use onSeptember 30, 2026. | Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA | May 12, 2020 | August 26, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81XWH-20-KCRP-TRPA |
| DoD Kidney Cancer, Academy of Kidney Cancer Investigators – Early-Career Investigator Award | W81XWH-20-KCRP-AKCIECIA | The KCRP Academy of Kidney Cancer Investigators Awards support a unique, interactivevirtual academy providing intensive mentoring, national networking, collaborations, and a peer group for junior faculty emerging as potential leaders of kidney cancer research. The overarching goal of the Academy of Kidney Cancer Investigators (AKCI) is to develop successful, highly productive kidney cancer researchers in a collaborative research and careerdevelopment environment.The AKCI is a virtual career development and research training platform that consists of Early-Career Investigator (ECI)/Designated Mentor pairs from different institutions, and an Academy Dean. The KCRP AKCIECIA is not a traditional career development award; the ECI is expected to participate in monthly webinars and annual workshops and to communicate and collaborate with other members of the Academy (other ECIs, Mentors, Dean) as well as with the kidney cancer advocacy community.The Academy Dean, selected in FY19, serves as a resource for the ECIs and Mentors, assessing the progress of the ECIs, and facilitating communication and collaboration among all of the ECIs and Mentors, as well as with research and advocacy communities. In addition to fostering ECI scientific development, the AKCI, through its leadership by the Academy Dean, provides professional and leadership development of the ECIs to include skills and competencies needed to fund and manage a productive laboratory or research team.This FY20 Program Announcement is soliciting ECIs and Designated Mentors to join the newly established Academy. This award mechanism enables the ECI (the investigator named as the Principal Investigator [PI] on the application) to pursue a kidney cancer project that may be basic, translational, and/or clinical research. The Designated Mentor is not required to be at the same institution as the ECI.The KCRP encourages applications from ECIs whose ability to commit to conducting kidney cancer research is limited by minimal resources or a lack of resources, such as a qualified Designated Mentor at their institution, access to kidney cancer research tools, opportunities for establishing collaborations, or other obstacles, which should be identified in the application.Preliminary data to support the feasibility of the research applications and approaches are required; however, this data does not necessarily need to be derived from the kidney cancer research field.The ECI must be in the early-career stage. This award provides the ECI with funding, networking, and collaborative opportunities, and research experience necessary to develop and sustain a successful, independent career at the forefront of kidney cancer research. This award also provides support and protected time for the ECI for 4 years of intensive research under the guidance of a Designated Mentor experienced in kidney cancer research. Although the AKCI will serve as a conduit to share knowledge and research experience among all Academy members, the ECI and Designated Mentor will be responsible for developing the ECI’s career development plans and for designing and executing the proposed research. The ECI must clearly articulate their commitment to a career as a kidney cancer researcher and to participating in and contributing to the growth of the AKCI.The Designated Mentor must have a strong record of mentoring and training early-career investigators. With the goal to expand and enrich mentorship capacity within the Academy, a Designated Mentor must agree to also serve as a Secondary Mentor to another ECI in the Academy. The Designated Mentor will be limited to one Primary (applicant ECI-Mentor pair) and one Secondary mentorship. The Dean of the Academy cannot be listed as a DesignatedMentor.The ECI and Designated Mentor are required to attend a biennial multi-day Department ofDefense (DoD) KCRP AKCI Workshop and, in alternate years, a 1-day DoD KCRP AKCI Workshop.The types of awards made under the Program Announcement will be assistance agreements. An assistance agreement is appropriate when the Federal Government transfers a “thing of value” to a “state, local government,” or “other recipient” to carry out a public purpose of support or stimulation authorized by a law of the United States instead of acquiring property or service for the direct benefit and use of the U.S. Government. An assistance agreement can take the form of a grant or cooperative agreement. The level of involvement on the part of the DoD during project performance is the key factor in determining whether to award a grant or cooperative agreement. If “no substantial involvement” on the part of the funding agency is anticipated, a grant award will be made (31 USC 6304). Conversely, if substantial involvement on the part of the funding agency is anticipated, a cooperative agreement will be made (31 USC 6305), and the award will identify the specific substantial involvement. Substantial involvement may include, but is not limited to, collaboration, participation, or intervention in the research to be performed under the award. The award type, along with the start date, will be determined during the negotiation process.The proposed research must be relevant to active duty Service members, Veterans, military beneficiaries, and/or the American public.The anticipated direct costs budgeted for the entire period of performance for an FY20 AKCIECIA will not exceed $725,000. Refer to Section II.D.5, Funding Restrictions, for detailed funding information.Awards will be made no later than September 30, 2021. For additional information refer to Section II.F.1, Federal Award Notices.The CDMRP expects to allot approximately $4.64M to fund approximately four AKCIECIA applications. Funding of applications received is contingent upon the availability of Federal funds for this program as well as the number of applications received, the quality and merit of the applications as evaluated by scientific and programmatic review, and the requirements of the Government. Funds to be obligated on any award resulting from this funding opportunity will be available for use for a limited time period based on the fiscal year of the funds. It is anticipated that awards made from this FY20 funding opportunity will be funded with FY20funds, which will expire for use on September 30, 2026. | Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA | May 12, 2020 | August 26, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W81XWH-20-KCRP-AKCIECIA |
| FY20 Advanced Manufacturing Office Multi-Topic FOA | DE-FOA-0002252 | AMO supports innovative, advanced-manufacturing applied research and development (R&D) projects that focus on specific, high-impact manufacturing technology and process challenges. AMO invests in foundational, energy-related, advanced-manufacturing processes (where energy costs are a determinant of competitive manufacturing) and broadly applicable platform technologies (the enabling base upon which other systems and applications can be developed). The competitively selected projects from this FOA will focus on developing next-generation manufacturing material, information, and process technologies that improve energy efficiency in energy-intensive and energy-dependent processes, and facilitate the transition of emerging, cost-competitive energy technologies to domestic production. AMO’s vision and mission, as well as the strategic goals, targets, and metrics for key technology focus areas, are described in the Draft AMO Multi-Year Program Plan (MYPP) available at: https://www.energy.gov/eere/amo/downloads/advanced-manufacturing-office-amo-multi-year-program-plan-fiscal-years-2017. AMO’s strategic goals supported by this FOA are to: · Improve the productivity and energy efficiency of U.S. manufacturing · Reduce lifecycle energy and resource impacts of manufactured goods · Leverage diverse domestic energy resources in U.S. manufacturing, while strengthening environmental stewardship · Transition DOE supported innovative technologies and practices into U.S. manufacturing capabilities · Strengthen and advance the U.S. manufacturing workforce This FOA integrates identified research opportunities across AMO into a single funding opportunity. AMO intends to fund high-impact, early- to mid-stage applied research through this FOA. Topics are organized in 3 main topic areas, as described below, with subtopics in each area. Topic 1: Efficiency Improvements in Advanced Manufacturing Processes Subtopic 1.1: Innovative Iron and Steelmaking Processes Subtopic 1.2: Enhanced Efficiency of Drying Processes Subtopic 1.3: Machine Learning to Increase Efficiencies in the Manufacturing of Large-Scale, High-Rate Aerostructures Subtopic 1.4: Integrated Additive Manufacturing Processes for Advanced Wind Blade Production Subtopic 1.5: Reducing Cost of Production of Ceramic Matrix Composites Used in High Temperature Applications Topic 2: Efficiency Improvements in Chemical Manufacturing Subtopic 2.1: Advanced Chemical Manufacturing R&D Subtopic 2.2: Dynamic Catalyst Science with Data Analytics Topic 3: Connected, Flexible, and Efficient Manufacturing Facilities, Products, and Energy Systems Subtopic 3.1: Integrating Carbon Capture and Utilization into Industrial Processes Subtopic 3.2: Flexible CHP Demonstration in a District Energy System Integrated with a Renewably-Fueled Municipal Generating Station For questions and answers pertaining to this FOA, please reference the DE-FOA-0002252 AMO 2020 FAQ Log at https://eere-exchange.energy.gov. EERE Exchange is designed to enforce the deadlines specified in this FOA. The “Apply” and “Submit” buttons will automatically disable at the defined submission deadlines. Should applicants experience problems with EERE Exchange, the following information may be helpful. Applicants that experience issues with submission PRIOR to the FOA deadline: In the event that an applicant experiences technical difficulties with a submission, the applicant should contact the EERE Exchange helpdesk for assistance (EERE-ExchangeSupport@hq.doe.gov . The EERE Exchange helpdesk and/or the EERE Exchange system administrators will assist applicants in resolving issues. Applicants that experience issues with submissions that result in late submissions: In the event that an applicant experiences technical difficulties so severe that they are unable to submit their application by the deadline, the applicant should contact the EERE Exchange helpdesk for assistance (EERE-ExchangeSupport@hq.doe.gov). The EERE Exchange helpdesk and/or the EERE Exchange system administrators will assist the applicant in resolving all issues (including finalizing submission on behalf of and with the applicant’s concurrence). Please note, network traffic is at its heaviest during the final hours and minutes prior to submittal deadline. Applicants who experience this during the final hours or minutes and are unsuccessful in uploading documents will not be able to use this process. | Golden Field Office | May 21, 2020 | August 26, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=DE-FOA-0002252 |
| NINDS Research Education Opportunities (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | PAR-18-782 | The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH. The over-arching goal of this NINDS R25 program is to support educational activities that complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nations biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs. | National Institutes of Health | May 11, 2018 | August 27, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=PAR-18-782 |
| Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics | 19-575 | The Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics (MMS) Program is an interdisciplinary program in the Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences that supports the development of innovative analytical and statistical methods and models for those sciences. MMS seeks proposals that are methodologically innovative, grounded in theory, and have potential utility for multiple fields within the social, behavioral, and economicsciences. As part of its larger portfolio, the MMS Program partners with a consortium of federal statistical agencies to support research proposals that further the production and use of official statistics. The MMS Program provides support through a number of different funding mechanisms. The following mechanisms are addressed in this solicitation: Regular Research Awards Awards for conferences and community-development activities Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement (DDRI) Grants Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Supplements MMS also supports Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) awards. Please see the CAREER Program Web Site for more informationabout this activity. | National Science Foundation | April 10, 2019 | August 27, 2020 | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=19-575 |
| DoD Tick-Borne Disease, Career Development Award | W81XWH-20-TBDRP-CDA | The FY20 TBDRP Career Development Award supports independent, early-career investigators in their efforts to conduct impactful research with the mentorship of an experienced tick-borne diseases researcher (i.e., the Mentor), thus providing an opportunity to obtain the funding, guidance, and experience necessary for productive, independent careers at the forefront of tick-borne diseases research. This award supports impactful research projects with an emphasis on discovery that may be translational in nature, but are not clinical trials. Under this award mechanism, the early-career investigator is considered the Principal Investigator (PI), and the application should focus on the PI’s research and career development. It should be clear that the proposed research is intellectually designed by the PI and not a product of the Mentor. Preliminary data are not required; however, the research proposal should outline strong hypothesis-driven research supported by a robust scientific rationale. Through careful review of the literature, the PI and mentor should ensure that the proposed study is novel and non-duplicative in nature.Research involving human subjects and human anatomical substances is permitted; however, clinical trials are not allowed under this Program Announcement. A clinical trial is defined as a research study in which one or more human subjects are prospectively assigned to one or more interventions (which may include placebo or other control) to evaluate the effects of the interventions on biomedical or behavioral health-related outcomes.The following are key aspects of the FY20 TBDRP Career Development Award: Principal Investigator: The PI must be an early-career research scientist, physician scientist, or other qualified clinical scientist, within 10 years of completion of their terminal degree (excluding time spent in residency or on family medical leave). The PI’s record of accomplishments and the proposed research will be evaluated regarding their potential for contributing to the field of tick-borne diseases research. Because career development is the focus of this award, the PI’s institution must demonstrate a commitment to the PI through a minimum of 75% protected research time for all tick-borne diseases research projects by the PI, although more protected time is highly desirable. Mentorship: The Mentor must be an experienced tick-borne diseases researcher as demonstrated by a recent (last 5 years) history of funding and publications in tick-borne diseases research. Collectively, the PI and Mentor should have demonstrated experience in the field (pathogen and associated methods) of the proposed studies. The Mentor must hold a position at or above the level of Associate Professor (or equivalent). In addition, the Mentor must demonstrate a commitment to developing the PI’s career in tick-borne diseases research. The Mentor and PI may be at different organizations. Career Development Plan: A career development plan is required and should be prepared by the PI with appropriate guidance from the Mentor. The plan should outline how the PI will gain experience in tick-borne diseases research and engage with the tick-borne diseases scientific and advocacy communities (as applicable). A clearly articulated strategy for acquiring the necessary skills, competence, and expertise to establish a career at the forefront of tick-borne diseases research should be included.To leverage existing resources and maximize statistical power, the use of validated specimens from Lyme and other tick-borne disease biorepositories and databases is encouraged, but not required. Investigators are strongly encouraged to incorporate the following components into their study design where appropriate: authentication of proposed cell lines; statistical rigor of in vitro cellular studies and preclinical animal experiments; and validation in well-pedigreed cohorts of uniformly documented patients. Studies utilizing data derived from large patient studies that include long-term health records, biospecimen repositories, and pre-existing research, and/or studies that apply state-of-the art genomic and/or proteomic analysis, bioinformatics, and/or mathematical models to such data are also encouraged. The criteria defining the inclusion/exclusion of curated biospecimens or data in biorepositories or databases must be described to demonstrate the validity of their use in the proposed studies.The types of awards made under the Program Announcement will be assistance agreements. An assistance agreement is appropriate when the Federal Government transfers a “thing of value” to a “state, local government,” or “other recipient” to carry out a public purpose of support or stimulation authorized by a law of the United States instead of acquiring property or service for the direct benefit and use of the U.S. Government. An assistance agreement can take the form of a grant or cooperative agreement. The level of involvement on the part of the Department of Defense (DoD) during project performance is the key factor in determining whether to award a grant or cooperative agreement. If |