Arts, Humanities and International

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Preservation and Access Education and Training Grants
2. Native American Basic Grants and Basic Grants with Education/Assessment Option

 

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TITLE:
Preservation and Access Education and Training Grants

FON:
20130501-PE

AGENCY:
National Endowment for the Humanities; Division of Preservation and Access

ITEM:
Notice seeking proposals that provide knowledge transfer and skills development for large and small cultural institutions that serve as stewards of humanities collections. This grant program also supports educational programs that prepare the next generation of conservators and preservation professionals, as well as projects that introduce the staff of cultural institutions to new information and advances in preservation and access practices.

ACTION:
Proposals are due May 1, 2013. Awards are for up to $100,000 for two up to two years. Prior to submitting a proposal, applicants are encouraged to contact program officers who can offer advice about preparing the proposal and read draft proposals. Draft proposals should be submitted at least six weeks before the deadline.

LINKS:
Solicitation: Click here; (PDF)
Grants.gov notice: Click here

CONTACT:
Preservation and Access Education and Training Division, 202/606-8570. Email: preservation@neh.gov.

 

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TITLE:
Native American Basic Grants and Basic Grants with Education/Assessment Option

FON:
NAG-BASIC-FY13

AGENCY:
Institute of Museum and Library Services

ITEM:
Notice seeking proposals to support existing library operations and to maintain core library services by providing funding for library staff to attend continuing education courses and training workshops on-or off-site; to give presentations at conferences related to library services; and to hire a consultant for an on-site professional library assessment.

ACTION:
Proposals are due on March 1, 2013. Up to $7,000 is available per award. Thirty-five awards are expected. Eligibility is limited to Indian tribes, Alaska native villages, regional corporations, and village corporations, but opportunities may exist for colleges and universities to partner.

LINKS:
Solicitation: Click here;
Grants.gov notice: Click here

CONTACT:
Alison Freese, 202/653-4665. Email: afreese@imls.gov.

Education, Economic and Community Development

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Office of Indian Education (OIE): Demonstration Grants for Indian Children CFDA Number 84.299A
2. Proposed Priorities, Requirements, Definitions, and Selection Criteria--Investing in Innovation Fund (i3)

 

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TITLE:
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Office of Indian Education (OIE): Demonstration Grants for Indian Children CFDA Number 84.299A

FON:
ED-GRANTS-122012-001

AGENCY:
U.S. Department of Education; Office of Elementary and Secondary Education

ITEM:
Notice seeking projects that develop, test, and demonstrate the effectiveness of services and programs to improve the educational opportunities and achievement of preschool, elementary, and secondary Indian students. Priorities are 1) school readiness projects that provide age-appropriate educational programs and language skills to three - and four-year-old Indian students to prepare them for successful entry into school at the kindergarten school level’ and 2) college preparatory programs for secondary school students designed to increase competency and skills in challenging subject matters, including math and science, to enable Indian students to transition successfully to postsecondary education.

ACTION:
Proposals are due February 19, 2013. Approximately $2.8 million will be available for eight awards. Colleges and universities are eligible to partner with Indian educational institutions.

LINKS:
Federal Register notice (PDF): Click here
Grants.gov notice: Click here

CONTACT:
Lana Shaughnessy, 202/205-2528. Email: Lana.Shaughnessy@ed.gov.

 

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TITLE:
Proposed Priorities, Requirements, Definitions, and Selection
Criteria--Investing in Innovation Fund (i3)

FON:
N/A

AGENCY:
U.S. Department of Education; Office of Innovation and Improvement

ITEM:
Notice seeking public comment on proposed priorities, requirements, definitions, and selection criteria to maintain the overall purpose and structure of the i3 program.

ACTION:
Public comments must be received by January 14, 2013.

LINKS:
Federal Register notice: Click here

CONTACT:
Carol Lyons, 202/453-7122. Email: i3@ed.gov.

Health and Mental Health

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. R40 MCH Autism Intervention Research
2. Superfund Research Program Occupational and Safety Training Education Programs on Emerging Technologies (R25)
3. Estimating the Costs of Supporting Primary Care Practice Transformation (R03)
4. NIDCD Small Grant Program (R03)
5. Prevalence and Incidence of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
6. Drug Discovery for Nervous System Disorders
7. Technological Improvements to Data Collection in NIDDK Clinical Studies
8. Improved Biomaterials for Urinary and Dialysis Catheters
9. Integrating Newborn Screening: Long-term Follow-up into Primary Care Practices
10. Pain in Aging
11. NIDCD Clinical Research Center Grant (P50)
12. Interdisciplinary Complementary and Integrative Health Clinical Research Training Award (T90/R90)
13. Building healthcare practitioner capacity around HPV Vaccine Communication
14. Research Resource for Human Organs and Tissues (U42)
15. Research in latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in the setting of HIV Co-Infection (R01)

 

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TITLE:
R40 MCH Autism Intervention Research

FON:
HRSA-13-195

AGENCY:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Health Resources and Services Administration

ITEM:
Notice seeking research on evidence-based practices for interventions to improve the health and well-being of children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and other developmental disabilities.  Applicants are encouraged to propose research studies that address the unique and very important needs of underserved populations, including low-income, racial/ethnic minorities, immigrants, and individuals who are not already readily included in current research on children and adolescents with ASD and other developmental disabilities. 

ACTION:
Applications are due by February 19, 2013. Approximately $900,000 is available for 10 awards. 

LINKS:
Solicitation: Click here; 
Grants.gov notice: Click here

CONTACT:
Robin Harwood, 301/ 443-2207. Email: rharwood@hrsa.gov.

 

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TITLE
Superfund Research Program Occupational and Safety Training Education Programs on Emerging Technologies (R25)

FON:
RFA-ES-13-004

AGENCY:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health;National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

ITEM:
Notice seeking applications to develop continuing education and academic curricula on the occupational health and safety management practices in the areas of emerging technologies (e.g., emerging hazardous waste products, green chemistry, and sustainable remediation) to industrial hygienists and graduate students involved in the evaluation, management, and handling of hazardous substances.

ACTION:
Optional letters of intent are due on January 25, 2013. Applications are due on February 26, 2013.
  
LINKS:
Solicitation: Click here;
Grants.gov notice: Click here

CONTACT:
Danielle Carlin, 919/541-1409. Email: danielle.carlin@nih.gov.

 

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TITLE:
Estimating the Costs of Supporting Primary Care Practice Transformation (R03)

FON:
RFA-HS-13-003

AGENCY:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

ITEM:
Notice seeking applications that propose to analyze and describe the costs associated with successful efforts to transform primary care practice. 

ACTION:
Letters of intent are requested by January 28, 2013. Applications are due by February 28, 2013. Approximately $1.2 million is available to make 12 awards. 

LINKS:
Solicitation: Click here;
Grants.gov notice: Click here

CONTACT:
David Meyers, 301/427-1500. Email: David.Meyers@ahrq.hhs.gov.

 

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TITLE:
NIDCD Small Grant Program (R03)

FON:
PAR-13-057

AGENCY:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health;National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

ITEM:
Notice seeking applications for research focused on one or more of the areas within the biomedical and behavioral scientific mission of the NIDCD: hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech, or language. Supports different types of projects, including secondary analysis of existing data; small, self-contained research projects; development of research methodology; translational research; outcomes research; and development of new research technology. The intent is to obtain sufficient preliminary data for a subsequent R01 application.

ACTION:
Applications are due by February 26, June 26, and October 18, 2013; February 26, June 26, and October 28, 2014; and February 26, June 26, and October 28, 2015.

LINKS:
Solicitation: Click here;
Grants.gov notice: Click here

CONTACT:
Bracie Watson, Jr., 301/402-3458. Email: watsonb@nidcd.nih.gov.

 

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TITLE:
Prevalence and Incidence of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

FON:
RFA-DP-13-001

AGENCY:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

ITEM:
Notice seeking applications to conduct an epidemiological research study to obtain estimates of the prevalence and incidence of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) in populations and to define the demographic and clinicalcharacteristics of IBD and its impact on the health of affected persons.

ACTION:
Letters of intent are requested by January 20, 2013. Applications are due by February 20, 2013. Approximately $12.25 million is available for one award. 

LINKS:
Grants.gov notice: Click here

CONTACT:
Natalie Darling, 770/488-5740. Email: ndarling@cdc.gov.

 

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TITLE:
Drug Discovery for Nervous System Disorders

FON:
PAR-13-048 - R01
PAR-13-049 - R21

AGENCY:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health; Multiple Institutes

ITEM:
Notice seeking applications directed toward the discovery and preclinical testing of novel compounds for the prevention and treatment of nervous system disorders.    

ACTION:
R01 deadlines are February 5, June 5 and October 5 annually through January 8, 2016. R21 deadlines are February 16, June 16 and October 16 annually through January 8, 2016.

LINKS:
R01:
Solicitation: Click here;
Grants.gov notice: Click here

R21:
Solicitation: Click here;
Grants.gov notice: Click here

CONTACT:
See notice for appropriate contact.

 

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TITLE:
Technological Improvements to Data Collection in NIDDK Clinical Studies

FON:
PA-13-052 - SBIR (R43/R44)
PA-13-053 - STTR (R41/R42)

AGENCY:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health;National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.

ITEM:
Notice seeking applications to support research and development of devices, software, or technology that will optimize data collection for NIDDK clinical studies.     

ACTION:
Annual deadlines for both SBIR and STTR applications are April 5, August 5, and December 5 through January 8, 2016. Eligibility is limited to small business concerns, but opportunities possibilities exist for colleges and universities to collaborate.

LINKS:
SBIR:
Solicitation: Click here;
Grants.gov notice: Click here

STTR:
Solicitation: Click here;
Grants.gov notice: Click here

CONTACT:
Michael Flessner, 301/594-7717. Email: flessnermf@niddk.nih.gov.

 

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TITLE:
Improved Biomaterials for Urinary and Dialysis Catheters

FON:
PA-13-050  - SBIR (R43/R44)
PA-13-051  - STTR (R41/R42)

AGENCY:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health;National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

ITEM:
Notice seeking applications to support research and development of biomaterials that reduce or eliminate the adherence of cells and micro-organisms and the systemic and local inflammatory response to indwelling catheters used for dialysis or urinary drainage (e.g., intravenous, intraperitoneal, or intravesicular).

ACTION:
Annual deadlines for both SBIR and STTR applications are April 5, August 5, and December 5 through January 8, 2016. Eligibility is limited to small business concerns, but opportunities possibilities exist for colleges and universities to collaborate.

LINKS:
SBIR:
Solicitation: Click here;
Grants.gov notice: Click here

STTR:
Solicitation: Click here;
Grants.gov notice: Click here

CONTACT:
Michael Flessner, 301/594-7717. Email: flessnermf@niddk.nih.gov.

 

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TITLE:
Integrating Newborn Screening: Long-term Follow-up into Primary Care Practices

FON:
HRSA-13-213

AGENCY:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Health Resources Service Administration

ITEM:
Notice seeking applications to investigate the feasibility of implementing the long-term follow-up responsibilities outlined in the 2011 report, “What Questions Should Newborn Screening Long-term Follow-up Be Able to Answer? Applications should address how to utilize grantee networks to contribute to the long-term follow-up information collection on patients identified by newborn screening.

ACTION:
Applications are due on February 19, 2013. Approximately $330,000 is available for three awards over a three year period. 

LINKS:
Solicitation: Click here;
Grants.gov notice: Click here

CONTACT:
Christina Turgel, 301/443-5599. Email: cturgel@hrsa.gov.

 

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TITLE:
Pain in Aging 

FON:
PA-13-058 - R01
PA-13-059 - R21
PA-13-060 - R03

AGENCY:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health; Multiple Institutes

ITEM:
Notice seeking applications that propose to study pain from an aging perspective, including studies of older populations, studies of age differences and age-related changes in pain processes and experiences, and studies of pain treatment and management in older adults.

ACTION:
R01 applications are due annually on February 5, June 5, and October 5 through January 8, 2016. R21 applications are due annually on February 16, June 16, and October 16 through January 8, 2016. R03 applications are due annually February 16, June 16, October 16 through January 8, 2016

LINKS:
R01:
Solicitation: Click here;
Grants.gov notice: Click here

R21:
Solicitation: Click here;
Grants.gov notice: Click here

R03:
Solicitation: Click here;
Grants.gov notice: Click here

CONTACT:
See notices for appropriate contact.

 

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TITLE:
NIDCD Clinical Research Center Grant (P50)

FON:
PAR-13-062

AGENCY:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health; National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

ITEM:
Notice seeking applications to study the prevention, pathogenesis, pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment, management or epidemiology of a disease or disorder of hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech, or language.

ACTION:
Optional letters of intent are due January 22, 2013; April 30, 2013; September 1, 2013; December 30, 2013; May 2, 2014; September 1, 2014; January 2, 2015; May 1, 2015; and September 1, 2015. Applications are due February, 22, 2013; May 30, 2013; October 1, 2013; January 30, 2014; June 2, 2014; October 1, 2014; February 2, 2015; June 6, 2015; and October, 1, 2015. Budgets for new applications are limited to $1.5 million per year. 

LINKS:
Solicitation: Click here;
Grants.gov notice: Click here

CONTACT:
Lana Shekim, 301/496-5061. Email: shekiml@nidcd.nih.gov.

 

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TITLE:
Interdisciplinary Complementary and Integrative Health Clinical Research Training Award (T90/R90)

FON:
PAR-13-065

AGENCY:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health; National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

ITEM:
Notice seeking applications to fund coherent and unified partnerships between institutions with research intensive environments; and institutions with curricula focused on clinical training of practitioners in complementary modalities and disciplines that also have faculty with a substantial interest in rigorous clinical research. The program will support mentored research training and hands-on experiences in clinical research, as well as trainee-focused developmental efforts including didactic activities in clinical research methodology, integrative health, and trainee-initiated pilot clinical research projects.

ACTION:
Optional letters of intent are due on February 4, 2013, December 28, 2014, and December 28, 2015. Applications are due on March 4, 2013, January 28, 2014, and January 28, 2015.

LIMITED SUBMISSION:
Only one application per partnership is allowed

LINKS:
Solicitation: Click here;
Grants.gov notice: Click here

CONTACT:
Alberto Rivera-Rentas, 301/443-8372. Email: riverara@mail.nih.gov.

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TITLE:
Building healthcare practitioner capacity around HPV Vaccine Communication

FON:
RFA-IP-13-001

AGENCY:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health; National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

ITEM:
Notice seeking applications to build on prior research concerning communication around vaccines recommended for adolescents in general, and HPV vaccine in particular, in order to identify and test interventions that demonstrate effectiveness in improving provider-level communication and recommendation of these vaccines.

ACTION:
Applications are due February 25, 2013. A conference call to discuss the announcement will be held on January 7, 2013 from 1:00-2:00 pm (ET). Call in number: 1-866-662-8986, Participant Passcode: 8378091. Approximately $300,000 is available for one to two awards over a three year period.

LINKS:
Grants.gov notice: Click here

CONTACT:
Deborah Loveys, 404-718-8834. Email: hft6@cdc.gov.

 

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TITLE:
Research Resource for Human Organs and Tissues (U42)

FON:
RFA-OD-13-002

AGENCY:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health Multiple Institutes

ITEM:
Notice seeking applications for the continued support and advancement of human organ and tissue research resource. The overarching purpose is to reduce the burden on the society of morbidity and mortality of diverse conditions and diseases and understand normal human tissue and organ function. The resource described by this FOA focuses on access and providing a resource for biomedical research. The research resource for human organs and tissues provide a wide variety of human tissues and organs, both diseased and normal, to researchers for laboratory studies. Such samples include tissues from the nervous system, pulmonary system, cardiovascular system, endocrine system, eyes, skin, bone, and cartilage.

ACTION:
Applications are due February 21, 2013. Approximately $1.5 million is available for one award.

LINKS:
Solicitation: Click here;
Grants.gov notice: Click here

CONTACT:
Michael Chang, 301/435-0744. Email: changmic@mail.nih.gov.

 

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TITLE:
Research in latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in the setting of HIV Co-Infection (R01) 

FON:
PAR-13-061

AGENCY:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health; National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

ITEM:
Notice seeking applications that propose research to increase understanding of the microbiologic adaptive mechanisms, host immunologic factors, and their interactions involved in the development, maintenance, and activation of latent tuberculosis infections with a focus on HIV co-infection.

ACTION:
Applications are due by July 25, 2013, July 25, 2014, and July 24, 2015.

LINKS:
Solicitation: Click here;
Grants.gov notice: Click here

CONTACT:
Sudha Srinivasan, 301/402-5765. Email:  sudha.srinivasan@nih.gov.

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program
2. Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) NIST Gaithersburg Programs
3. AFRL Research Collaboration Program
4. Hazard Mitigation and Structural Engineering
5. EPA/NSF Networks for Sustainable Molecular Design and Synthesis
6. EPA/NSF Networks for Characterizing Chemical Life Cycle
7. Software Infrastructure for Sustained Innovation - SSE & SSI
8. Vetting Commodity IT Software and Firmware
9. Support of Advanced Coal Research at U.S. Colleges and Universities
10. Biotechnology Risk Assessment Grants Program
11. University Transportation Centers Open Competition 2013
12. Compact High Power Microwave Sources and Antennas

 

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TITLE:
Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program

FON:
13-526

AGENCY:
National Science Foundation; Directorate for Education & Human Resources; Division of Undergraduate Education

ITEM:
Notice seeking proposals to encourage talented science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors and professionals to become K-12 mathematics and science teachers. The Noyce Scholarship Track provides funds to institutions of higher education to support scholarships, stipends, and academic programs for undergraduate STEM majors and post-baccalaureate students holding STEM degrees who earn a teaching credential and commit to teaching in high-need K-12 school districts. The NSF Teaching Fellowship/Master Teaching Fellowship Track provides funding to support STEM professionals who enroll as NSF Teaching Fellows in master's degree programs leading to teacher certification by providing academic courses, professional development, and salary supplements while they are fulfilling a four-year teaching commitment in a high-need school district.

ACTION:
Optional letters of intent are due February 20, 2013. Full proposals are due March 20, 2013. The Principal Investigator, or at least one Co-Principal Investigator, must be a STEM faculty member in a mathematics, science, engineering or computer science department. Approximately $53 million is available for up to 56 awards.

LINKS:
Solicitation: Click here;
Grants.gov notice: Click here

CONTACT:
Joan Prival, 703/292-4635. Email: jprival@nsf.gov.

 

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TITLE:
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) NIST Gaithersburg Programs

FON:
2013-NIST-SURF-G-01

AGENCY:
U.S. Department of Commerce; National Institute of Standards and Technology

ITEM:
Notice seeking nominations of undergraduate students to participate in the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) NIST Gaithersburg Programs. The SURF NIST Gaithersburg Programs will provide research opportunities for undergraduate students to work with internationally known NIST scientists, to expose them to cutting-edge research, and to promote the pursuit of graduate degrees in science and engineering.

ACTION:
Applications are due February 15, 2013. Approximately $820,000 will be available to support 90 undergraduate students. The total number of awards will depend upon the number of undergraduate students selected per institution to attend the SURF NIST Gaithersburg Program.

LINKS:
Solicitation (PDF): Click here;
Grants.gov notice: Click here

CONTACT:
Anita Sweigert, 301/975-4201. Email: anita.sweigert@nist.gov.

 

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TITLE:
AFRL Research Collaboration Program

FON:
BAA-RQKM-2013-0005

AGENCY:
U.S. Department of Defense; Air Force Research Laboratory; Materials and Manufacturing Directorate

ITEM:
Notice seeking white papers to enable collaborative research partnerships between AFRL and academia and industry to provide a broad range of highly unique evolutionary and revolutionary technology advances in nine competency areas: Structural Materials and Applications; Functional Materials and Applications; Support for Operations; Manufacturing Technology; Radio Frequency (RF) Sensing; Electro-Optical Sensing; Spectrum Warfare; Layered Sensing Exploitation; and Enabling Sensor Devices/Components.

ACTION:
White papers may be submitted anytime until December 20, 2017. Approximately $49.5 million is available for 40 awards. Individual awards may range from $100,000 and $750,000 per award for 12 to 60 months.  

LINKS:
Grants.gov notice: Click here

CONTACT:
Angela Campbell, 937/656-7736. Email: Angela.Campbell@wpafb.af.mil.

 

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TITLE:
Hazard Mitigation and Structural Engineering

FON:
PD-13-1637

AGENCY:
National Science Foundation; Directorate for Engineering; Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation

ITEM:
Notice seeking proposals for fundamental research to mitigate impacts of natural and anthropogenic hazards on civil infrastructure and to advance the reliability, resiliency, and sustainability of buildings and other structures. Hazards considered within the program include earthquake, tsunami, hurricane, tornado and other loads, as well as explosive and impact loading.

ACTION:
Proposals are due February 15, 2013, and February 15 annually thereafter, and October 1, 2013 and October 1, annually thereafter.  

LINKS:
Solicitation: Click here;
Grants.gov notice: Click here

CONTACT: 
Kishor Mehta, 703/292-7081. Email: kimehta@nsf.gov.

 

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TITLE:
EPA/NSF Networks for Sustainable Molecular Design and Synthesis

FON:
13-523

AGENCY:
National Science Foundation; Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences; Division of Chemistry
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Office of Research and Development; National Center for Environmental Research

ITEM:
Notice of a joint solicitation between NSF and EPA to encourage synergistic research activities, and to enhance cooperation among the chemical sciences, materials research, geosciences, engineering, and biomedical and public health communities. The agencies jointly issue the solicitation, but will separately fund awards.

ACTION:
The full proposal deadline is March 18, 2013. Up to $20 million will be available to make four to six awards. Each award is limited to a maximum of $1.25 million per year for four years. 

LIMITED SUBMISSION
One proposal per institution

LINKS:
Solicitation: Click here;
Grants.gov notice: Click here

CONTACT:
NSF: Tingyu Li, 703/292-4949. Email: tli@nsf.gov.
EPA: Nora Savage, 703/347-8104. Email: savage.nora@epa.gov.

 

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TITLE:
EPA/NSF Networks for Characterizing Chemical Life Cycle

FON:
13-524

AGENCY:
National Science Foundation; Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences; Division of Chemistry
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Office of Research and Development; National Center for Environmental Research

ITEM:
Notice of a joint solicitation between NSF and EPA to encourage synergy and enhance cooperation in examining the life cycles of synthetic chemicals and materials as they relate to their manufacture, use, transport, and disposal or recycle. The program will promote development of trans-disciplinary, systems - and molecular-level understanding of the life cycle of important (relevant) synthetic chemicals and materials (including nanomaterials) as these distribute and are potentially altered through use in society and interaction with the built and natural environments. The agencies jointly issue the solicitation, but will separately fund awards.

ACTION:
The full proposal deadline is March 18, 2013. Up to $12 million will be available to make two to four awards. Each award is limited to a maximum of $1.25 million per year for four years. 

LIMITED SUBMISSION
One proposal per institution

LINKS:
Solicitation: Click here;
Grants.gov notice: Click here

CONTACT:
NSF: Tyrone Mitchell, 703/292-4947. Email: tmitchel@nsf.gov.
EPA: Nora Savage, 703/347-8104. Email: savage.nora@epa.gov.

 

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TITLE:
Software Infrastructure for Sustained Innovation - SSE & SSI

FON:
13-525

AGENCY:
National Science Foundation; Multiple Directorates

ITEM:
Notice soliciting proposals focused on catalyzing new thinking, paradigms, and practices in developing and using software to understand natural, human, and engineered systems. SI2's intent is to foster a pervasive cyberinfrastructure to help researchers address problems of unprecedented scale, complexity, resolution, and accuracy by integrating computation, data, networking, observations and experiments in novel ways.

ACTION:
The full proposal deadline is March 19, 2013, February 3, 2014, and the first Monday in February annually after that. Up to $22.5 million is available for 20-25 awards.

LINKS:
Solicitation: Click here;
Grants.gov notice: Click here

CONTACT:
See notice for appropriate contact.

 

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TITLE:
Vetting Commodity IT Software and Firmware

FON:
DARPA-BAA-13-11

AGENCY:
U.S. Department of Defense; Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

ITEM:
Notice soliciting proposals concerning techniques and tools for demonstrating the absence of backdoors and other hidden malicious functionality in the software and firmware shipped on commodity Information Technology (IT) devices.

ACTION:
Proposals are due by February 12, 2013. Up to $22.5 million is available for 20-25 awards.

LINKS:
FBO notice: Click here;
Grants.gov notice: Click here

CONTACT:
Timothy Frasher. Email: VET@darpa.mil.

 

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TITLE:
Support of Advanced Coal Research at U.S. Colleges and Universities

FON:
DE-FOA-0000774

AGENCY:
U.S. Department of Energy; National Energy Technology Laboratory

ITEM:
Notice soliciting proposals supporting long-term, high-risk meritorious fundamental research that advances the science of coal technologies.  The program has maintained three objectives, to be achieved simultaneously, which are: (1) sustain a national university program of research in energy and environmental science and engineering related to coal through innovative and fundamental investigations pertinent to coal conversion and utilization; (2) to maintain and upgrade the coal research capabilities and facilities of U.S. colleges and universities; and (3) to support the education & training of our next generation of scientists and engineers.

ACTION:
Proposals are due by February 6, 2013. Only colleges and universities are eligible to apply.

LINKS:
Solicitation: Click here;
Grants.gov notice: Click here

CONTACT:
Mary Beth Pearse, Email: pearse@netl.doe.gov.

 

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TITLE:
Biotechnology Risk Assessment Grants Program

FON:
USDA-NIFA-BRAP-004069

AGENCY:
U.S. Department of Agriculture; National Institute of Food and Agriculture   

ITEM:
Notice seeking applications to support the generation of new information that will assist federal regulatory agencies in making science-based decisions about the effects of introducing into the environment organisms genetically engineered by recombinant and/or synthetic nucleic acid techniques. 

ACTION:
Letters of intent are strongly encouraged, but not required, and are due on January 22, 2013. Applications are due on March 21, 2013. Approximately $4 million is available in 2013.

LINKS:
Grants.gov notice: Click here

CONTACT:
Shing Kwok 202/401-6060. Email: skwok@nifa.usda.gov.

 

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TITLE:
University Transportation Centers Open Competition 2013

FON:
UTCOPENCOMP2013

AGENCY:
U.S. Department of Transportation; Research and Innovative Technology Administration

ITEM:
Notice seeking applications to operate National, Regional and Tier 1 University Transportation Centers (UTCs or Centers). The purpose of these centers is to advance U.S. technology and expertise in the many modes and disciplines comprising transportation through the mechanisms of research, education, and technology transfer; to provide a critical transportation knowledge base outside the agency; and to address vital workforce needs for the next generation of transportation leaders.

ACTION:
Required letters of intent are due by January 25, 2013. Invited proposals are due March 19, 2013. Approximately $60 million will be available for 35 national and regional awards in 2013. A one-to-one match is required.

LINKS:
Grants.gov notice: Click here

CONTACT:
Amy Stearns, 202/366-4957.  Email: amy.stearns@dot.gov.

 

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TITLE:
Compact High Power Microwave Sources and Antennas

FON:
13-SN-0006

AGENCY:
U.S. Department of Defense; Office of Naval Research

ITEM:
Notice soliciting white papers to identify and develop novel microwave sources and their related key components that significantly improve upon existing state-of-the-art performance, size, weight and power.

ACTION:
Required white papers are due by January 11, 2013. Eligibility is unrestricted.

LINKS:
Grants.gov notice: Click here

CONTACT:
Lee Mastroianni, Email: lee.mastroianni@navy.mil.