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Use the Links at the Right to navigate amongst the various sections of this archived Funding Alert newsletter. Download Issue: The Japan Foundation invites applications for the following programs:
Deadline: Dec. 1. WEB LINK. COS Funding Alert, Literature Fellowships: Translation Projects The National Endowment for Arts seeks applications for Literature Fellowships: Translation Projects. Through fellowships to exceptionally talented, published translators, the Arts Endowment supports projects for the specific translation of prose, poetry, or drama from other languages into English. We encourage translations of writers and of work which are not well represented in English translation. All proposed projects must be for creative translations of published literary material into English. The work to be translated should be of interest for its literary excellence and value. Priority will be given to projects that involve work that has not yet been translated into English. Deadline: Fund for Performance Art and the Future of the Present Franklin Furnace Archive, Inc. works to present, preserve, interpret, proselytize, and advocate on behalf of avant-garde art, especially forms that may be vulnerable due to institutional neglect, their ephemeral nature, or politically unpopular content. Franklin Furnace is currently accepting applications for the following programs:
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The Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (CGP) invites applications for Education Program Grants in Southern States. CGP's Education Program provides support for educational outreach activities that foster understanding and awareness of WEB LINK. The
The National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) and Olympus America, Inc. have reopened the Olympus Innovation Award competition to NCIIA member institutions. The awards program seeks out and recognizes top educational innovators from colleges and universities in the NCIIA network. Three categories are available for nomination. INQUIRIES: Phil Weilerstein, NCIIA., info@nciia.org; WEB. National Resource Centers Program for Foreign Language and Area Studies or Foreign Language and International Studies Program and Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships Program The Department of Education (ED) seeks applications for the National Resource Centers (NRC) Program for Foreign Language and Area Studies or Foreign Language and International Studies Program and Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships Program. The NRC program makes awards to institutions of higher education or consortia of these institutions for establishing or strengthening nationally recognized foreign language and area or international studies centers or programs. NRC awards are used to support undergraduate centers or comprehensive centers, which include undergraduate, graduate and professional school components. The FLAS program provides allocations of fellowships to institutions of higher education or consortia of these institutions to assist meritorious students undergoing graduate training in modern foreign languages and related area or international studies. The estimated average size of awards is $241,251/yr for the NRC program and $234,915/yr for the FLAS program. ED anticipates 120 NRC awards and 124 FLAS awards. Deadline: Nov. 14. WEB LINK. FedGrants, October 14, 2005. The Department of Education invites applications to the Language Resource Centers Program. The program provides assistance to establish, strengthen and operate centers that serve as resources for improving the nation's capacity for teaching and learning foreign languages effectively. The estimated average size of awards is $351,786. Fourteen awards are expected. Deadline: Nov. 16 (general); Dec. 1 (extended for Katrina affected researchers). WEB LINK. FedGrants, October 18, 2005. NSF Research in Disabilities Education Grant The National Science Foundation (NSF) seeks applications for Research in Disabilities Education (RDE). The RDE program supports efforts to increase the participation and achievement of persons with disabilities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and careers. Meritorious projects from a diversity of institutions are supported via the RDE Demonstration, Enrichment, and Information Dissemination (RDE-DEI) program track. RDE-DEI awards will be standard grants of up to $100 K and up to one year's duration. Six to seven such awards are anticipated in FY 2006. Promising research efforts are also developed further via awards under the Focused-Research Initiatives (RDE-FRI) program track. RDE-FRI awards will be standard or continuing grants of up to $300 K and up to three years' duration. Three to four such awards are anticipated in FY 2006. In the third program track, broadly applicable methods and products are disseminated for widespread use, commercialization, or inclusion in the activities of program-sponsored Regional Alliances for persons with disabilities in STEM education (RDE-RAD). RDE-RAD awards will be cooperative agreements of up to $3 M and up to five years' duration. One such award is anticipated in FY 2006. An institution or organization may be included in only one RDE proposal, either as a lead institution or as a partner organization, but not both. This limitation applies regardless of track --e.g., if Duke were to submit an RDE-DEI proposal, it could not also submit an RDE-RAD proposal; and if Duke were to be included as a partner on an RDE-RAD proposal, it could not also submit an RDE-FRI proposal. Because of this limitation, it is essential that any proposal submitted to NSF in response to this program announcement first be vetted by the University administration. By the Nov. 3 internal deadline, anyone interested in making such a submission should first email the following materials to Ken Macdonald (kwmac@duke.edu, 681-5998), who is coordinating the internal review process:
Deadline: Nov. 3 (internal). National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators The National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) invites NCIIA Grants application from its member institutions to support and strengthen invention, innovation, and entrepreneurship education through curricular development and the work of Advanced E-Teams. NCIIA award grants in two major categories:
The NCIIA provides also resource grants for new initiatives that will develop into useful resources for E-Teams. The NCIIA provide dissemination grants to faculty to present NCIIA-related papers at professional meetings, and conference sponsorship grants to organizations that share similar objectives. These grants are provided on a case-by-case basis, by written request. Deadlines: Dec. 2; May 12, 2006. Notice of Intent to Publish a Request for Applications for Institutional Grants for Research Training in Biomedical Informatics The National Library of Medicine plans to issue a Request for Applications in a single competition for support of pre-doctoral and post-doctoral institutional training in biomedical informatics. This RFA will be released and published in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts early in January of 2006. Funding decisions will be made by September or October of 2006 to enable funded sites to begin recruiting trainees for the 2007-2008 academic year. Grants will be awarded WEB LINK. NIH Guide, October 14, 2005. Also see this listing:
Fiscal Year 2006 National Research Initiative (NRI) Competitive Grants Program The Department of Agriculture seeks applications for Fiscal Year 2006 National Research Initiative (NRI) Competitive Grants Program. The purpose of the NRI Program is to support research, extension, and education grants that address key problems of national, regional, and multistate importance in sustaining all components of agriculture (farming, ranching, forestry including urban and agroforestry, aquaculture, rural communities, human nutrition, processing, etc.). Providing this support requires that NRI advance fundamental sciences in support of agriculture and coordinate opportunities to build on these discoveries. Building on these discoveries will necessitate new efforts in education and extension that deliver science-based knowledge to people, allowing them to make informed practical decisions. In FY 2006, the NRI Program will accept applications for fundamental research, mission-linked research, and integrated research, extension, and education projects. Application due dates vary by program. See the list of due dates at the end of the FY 2006 NRI Request for Applications (RFA). Deadline: Vary. WEB LINK. FedGrants, 2006 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration requests research proposals for fishing year 2006 (March 1, 2006 - February 28, 2007) to utilize portions of the total allowable catch (TAC) and Days-at-Sea (DAS) allowance in the Atlantic sea scallop fishery that have been set aside by the New England Fishery Management Council (Council) for sea scallop research endeavors under a research set-aside (RSA) program. The program provides a mechanism to fund research and compensate vessel owners through the sale of fish harvested under the research quota. Vessels participating in an approved research project may be authorized by the Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS (Regional Administrator), to harvest and land species in excess of any imposed trip limit or to harvest and land during fishery closures. Landings from such trips would be sold to generate funds that would help defray the costs associated with research projects. Deadline: Nov. 18. WEB LINK. Federal Register, Pesticide Misuse Initiative Grant Program The Environmental Protection Agency Region III is soliciting proposals to help implement the Pesticide Misuse Initiative and to support the proper use and storage of pesticides in residential and agricultural settings. The program supports innovative efforts that enable homeowners and farmers to be better educated and trained on the use of consumer and agricultural pesticide products. Projects up to $75,000 will be considered for funding for two years. Deadline: Nov. 30. WEB LINK. FedGrants, Indoor Environments: Reducing Public Exposure to Indoor Pollutants The Environmental protection Agency seeks applications for Indoor Environments: Reducing Public Exposure to Indoor Pollutants. The goal of this Request for Applications (RFA) is to support demonstration, training, outreach and/or education projects that are aligned with EPA's strategic objective to increase the number of people breathing healthier indoor air as well as our indoor air pollutant priority air objectives and the agency's annual measures and long-term measures detailed in I.C.1. The total estimated funding for this competitive opportunity is approximately $3-4 million. EPA anticipates award of 20-25 cooperative agreements resulting from this announcement, subject to availability of funds and the quality of applications received. Deadline: Dec. 18. WEB LINK. FedGrants, Planetary Biodiversity Inventories The National Science Foundation seeks applications for Planetary Biodiversity Inventories (PBI). Proposals are invited from teams of investigators to conduct a worldwide, species-level systematic inventory of a major group of organisms. Each project will be expected to conduct fieldwork necessary to fill gaps in existing collections; produce descriptions, revisions, web pages, and interactive keys (or other automated identification tools) for all new and known species in the targeted group; analyze their phylogenetic relationships; and establish predictive classifications for the group. Proposals may target any particular group of organisms, from terrestrial, fresh-water, or marine habitats, at any feasible level in the taxonomic hierarchy, but must be global in scope. Three to five awards are anticipated with individual awards not to exceed $3,000,000 over 5-year duration. Deadlines: WEB LINK. FedGrants, Fiscal Year 2006 ONR Young Investigator Program The WEB LINK. FedGrants, October 78, 2005. NOAA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program The Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (DOC/NOAA) plans to seek proposals from small business firms for participation in Phase 1 of the Fiscal Year 2006 NOAA, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The purpose of Phase 1 of the SBIR program is for these firms to conduct research and development which will allow the Government to determine the scientific or technical merit/feasibility of concepts/ideas and quality of performance as a prerequisite for further DOC/NOAA support which may follow in the Phase 2 of the program. Any organizations/individuals receiving awards under the Phase 1 would be eligible to compete for the Phase 2 awards. The topics available for NOAA Phase 1 research and development topics are Ecosystems, Climate, Weather and Water, and Commerce and Transportation. The SBIR solicitation will be issued on or about WEB LINK. FedBizOpps, Earth Sciences Research at the National Science Foundation -- EarthScope The National Science Foundation seeks applications for Earth Sciences Research at the National Science Foundation - EarthScope. The EarthScope facility is a multi-purpose array of instruments and observatories that greatly expands the observational capabilities of the Earth Sciences and permit us to advance our understanding of the structure, evolution and dynamics of the North American continent. This is made possible by theoretical, computational, and technological advances in geophysics, satellite geodesy, information technology, drilling technology and downhole instrumentation. The EarthScope observational facility, consisting of the Plate Boundary Observatory, the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth, and the USArray, provides a framework for broad, integrated studies across the Earth sciences, including research on fault properties and the earthquake process, crustal strain transfer, magmatic and hydrous fluids in the crust and mantle, plate boundary processes, large-scale continental deformation, continental structure and evolution, and composition and structure of the deep-Earth. The EarthScope program calls for single or collaborative proposals to conduct scientific research associated with EarthScope. An estimated 500 to 600 awards will be made with an anticipated funding level of $150 million. Deadline: WEB LINK. COS Funding Alert, Technologies for Supply Reduction of Illicit Drugs The Space and
Deadline: Oct. 17, 2006. WEB LINK. FedBizOpps, Also see these listings:
BAA 05-10 Rapid Technology Application Program The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has delayed the release of the BAA 05-10 Rapid Technology Application Program. The Government intends to issue the BAA soliciting the private sector to provide 26 research and development prototypes in the areas of explosives detection, chemical and biological countermeasures protection, law enforcement, threat assessment and vulnerability testing, critical infrastructure protection, borders and transportation security, emergency preparedness and response, and cyber security. WEB LINK. FedBizOpps, October 14, 2005. NASA Exploration Systems The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will present to industry an overview of upcoming acquisition activities related to the implementation of the Vision for Space Exploration Program. The session will be conducted on Nov. 1, in WEB LINK. FedBizOpps, October 18, 2005. 2006 Alan T. Waterman Award The National Science Foundation (NSF) invites nominations for the Alan T. Waterman Award, the highest honor awarded by the National Science Foundation. Since 1975 when Congress established the Award to honor the first NSF director, the annual Award has been bestowed upon individuals who have demonstrated exceptional individual achievement in scientific or engineering research of sufficient quality to place them at the forefront of their peers. The purpose of the award is to recognize outstanding young researchers in any field of science or engineering supported by the Foundation. The Awardee receives a $500,000 nonrestrictive grant over a 3-year period for continued research. Deadline: Nov. 30 (nominations); Dec. 31 (reference letters). National Medal of Science -- Call for Nominations 2006 The National Science Board (NSB) invites nominations for the National Medal of Science. The President of the Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) to Submit Grant Applications through Grants.gov The National Institutes of Health (NIH), Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Food and Drug Administration (FDA) invite eligible WEB LINK. FedGrants, October 18, 2005. Small Business Technology Transfer Program (STTR) to Submit Grant Applications through Grants.gov The National Institutes of Health (NIH) invites eligible WEB LINK. FedGrants, October 18, 2005. 2006 Vannevar Bush Award The National Science Board (NSB) invites nominations for the 2006 Vannevar Bush Award. Established in 1980, the award is presented by the NSB to an individual who, through outstanding public service activities in science and technology, has made an outstanding "contribution toward the welfare of mankind and the nation." The recipient of the award is honored at an awards dinner in May and will receive a bronze medal struck in the memory of Dr. Bush. Deadline: Dec. 15. NSB Public Service Award The National Science Board (NSB) invites nominations for the NSB Public Service Award. Established by the NSB in November 1996, the award is presented annually in May to recognize increased public understanding of science or engineering. The awards are given to an individual and a group (company, corporation, or organization). Accomplishments in science and engineering are helpful but not a primary consideration. Deadline: Dec. 15. Computer Systems Research The National Science Foundation (NSF) announces a change in due date for the Computer Systems Research program. The original due date of Nov. 11 is changed to Jan. 11, 2006. WEB LINK. FedGrants, October, 18, 2005.
Understanding, Mitigating, and Preventing HIV Transmission and Infection The American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) welcomes requests for targeted support for research projects in biomedical science relevant to Understanding, Mitigating and Preventing HIV Transmission and Infection. Funding will be available for Research Grants ($75,000 direct costs plus up to 20% for indirect costs for one year) and Fellowships ($35,000 salary support and $10,000 for supplies, plus up to 10% for indirect costs for each of two years. Deadline: Nov. 8 (letter of intent).
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Understanding, Mitigating, and Preventing HIV Transmission and Infection The American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) solicits proposals for targeted support for research projects in biomedical science relevant to Understanding, Mitigating and Preventing HIV Transmission and Infection. Funding will be available for Research Grants ($75,000 direct costs plus up to 20% for indirect costs for one year) and Fellowships ($35,000 salary support and $10,000 for supplies, plus up to 10% for indirect costs for each of two years. Deadline: Nov. 8 (letter of intent). National Project Management of the HRSA Health Disparities Collaborative The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) seeks applications for the National Project Management of the HRSA Health Disparities Collaborative. The purpose of this funding opportunity is to provide national leadership in training and technical assistance activities to health centers and other community based providers with similar missions in the specific area of integrating scientific knowledge related to disease- specific, prevention and other collaboratives into a primary health care model for quality system change (i.e., sharing best practices consistent with an evidence- based approach). The activities of this project will include the development and management of Health Disparities Collaborative (HDC) clinical and improvement activities and functioning as expert consultants to health centers around the HDC. The national leadership capacity includes: 1) clinical content and process experts to provide learning and communication resources for HDC health centers at national and local meetings and virtually through list-serves and virtual offices; 2) project management of a registry tool of clinical and operational measures to assist health center teams in their improvement work; and 3) project management and development of the healthdisparities.net website (a central knowledge management portal facilitating distribution of knowledge gained and assisting communities with access to resources and tools useful in providing primary care services). The entity funded under this opportunity will help to facilitate and coordinate HRSA relationships with locally supported HDC Cluster Leads and organizations that represent State, community and national interests. Deadline: Nov. 14. WEB LINK. FedGrants, Cluster Leadership of the HRSA Health Disparities Collaborative The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) seeks applications for the Cluster Leadership of the HRSA Health Disparities Collaborative. The purpose of this funding opportunity is to provide cluster-level leadership for Health Disparities Collaborative (HDC) training and technical assistance to health centers and to other community-based providers partnering with health centers in the HDC. Up to five awards are anticipated with an estimated average award size of $1,317,800. Deadline: Nov. 15. WEB LINK. FedGrants, NIJ FY06 Forensic DNA Research and Development The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) seeks proposals for research and development to enhance the forensic uses of DNA technology. This solicitation focuses on technologies that result in faster, more robust, more informative, less costly, or less labor-intensive identification, collection, preservation, and/or analysis of DNA evidence collected from crime scenes. Priority will be given to proposals focusing on the following:
Deadline: Nov. 17. WEB LINK. FedGrants, NIJ FY06 Forensic Toxicology Research and Development The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) seeks concept papers for research and development to enhance qualitatively and/or quantitatively the analytical tools, technologies and techniques employed by crime laboratories in forensic toxicological analyses. This solicitation focuses on:
Deadline: Nov. 23. WEB LINK. FedGrants, Effect of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination/Bias on Health Care Delivery The National Institutes of Health seek applications for the Effect of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination/Bias on Health Care Delivery program. The purpose of the program is to improve the measurement of racial/ethnic discrimination in health care delivery systems through improved instrumentation, data collection and statistical/analytical techniques; to enhance understanding of the influence of racial/ethnic discrimination in health care delivery and its association with disparities in disease incidence, treatment and outcomes among disadvantaged racial/ethnic minority groups; and to reduce the prevalence of racial/ethnic health disparities through the development of interventions to reduce the influence of racial/ethnic discrimination on health care delivery systems in the United States. Deadline: Feb. 1, Jun. 1, Oct. 1. WEB LINK. COS Funding Alert, NIDDK Career Transition Award (K22) in Patient-Oriented Research The National Institute for Health seeks applications for NIDDK Career Transition Award (K22) in Patient-Oriented Research. The NIDDK Career Transition Award, which uses the K22 mechanism, is a five-year mentored career development award whose goal is to attract outstanding physician-scientists to a clinical research training program that will endow them with the fundamental skills and investigational tools necessary for successful careers in patient-oriented research, and to facilitate their successful transition to an extramural environment as independent researchers. Deadline: Feb. 1, Jun. 1, Oct. 1. WEB LINK. FedGrants, Small Business Technology Transfer to Develop New Therapeutics and Monitoring Technologies for Type 1 Diabetes and its Complications (STTR) The National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Eye Institute (NEI), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) and National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) invite the small business community to apply cutting edge technology to investigate the development of new approaches to predict, prevent, treat, and cure type 1 Diabetes and its complications. The total funds available will be approximately $500,000 in FY2006. The participating institutes intend to fund 2-4 Phase I, Phase II or Fast Track STTR projects. Deadlines: Feb. 15, 2006 (letter of intent); Mar. 15, 2006 (application). WEB LINK. FedGrants, October 19, 2005. Also see these listings:
International Research and Studies Program The Department of Education invites applications for the International Research and Studies Program. The program provides grants to conduct research and studies to improve and strengthen instruction in modern foreign languages, area studies, and other international fields. Deadline: Nov. 16 (general); Dec. 1 (extended for Katrina affected researchers). WEB LINK. FedGrants, October 18, 2005. Also see these listings:
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program The National Science Foundation accepts applications for the Graduate Research Fellowship Program. The fellowship provides three years of support for graduate study leading to research-based master or doctoral degrees and is intended for students who are at the early stages of their graduate study. To ensure the vitality of the human resource base of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in the Chemical and Biological Defense Science and Technology: Sources Sought The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Chemical and Biological (CB) Defense Science and Technology (S&T) Program is seeking interested sources capable of innovative or novel capabilities in multiple disciplines including materials science, computer science, chemistry, biology, medical research and systems engineering. DTRA is seeking those organizations with the capability to identify, seek and establish relationships with non-traditional and traditional entities capable of providing required solutions or technologies to support the CB Defense and S&T Programs over the next five years. This is a request for information for planning purposes only. DTRA plans to hold an initial Industry Day on or about WEB LINK. FedBizOpps, October 17, 2005. Neuroscience Blueprint Interdisciplinary Center Core Grants The National Institutes of Health (NIH) seeks applications for Neuroscience Blueprint Interdisciplinary Center Core Grants. This RFA is an initiative of the NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research (http://neuroscienceblueprint.nih.gov), a trans-NIH partnership to accelerate neuroscience research. Fifteen Institutes and Centers are participating in the Neuroscience Blueprint. Since only one application will be reviewed from an applicant organization, an internal review process is necessary to make sure this limit is not exceeded. Anyone interested in submitting an application from Duke in response to this RFA must first email the following materials to Ken Macdonald in the Office of Research Support (kwmac@duke.edu, 681-5988):
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Physical Sciences & Engineering The US Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) has been delegated new technology transfer authorities (TTA). This TTA will allow USJFCOM to partner with the private sector and provide the means for the exchange of personnel and technical data, the assessment of technology, and collaboration on research and development efforts. The private sector is encouraged to engage directly with personnel and directorates within USJFCOM if those parties are known. In cases where private industry or academia does not know the appropriate parties within USJFCOM, contact should be made by sending an email to the Office of Research and Technology Applications (ORTA) at tech.transfer@jfcom.mil explaining the nature of the desired engagement. INQUIRIES: Office of Research and Technology Applications, tech.transfer@jfcom.mil; WEB. FedBizOpps, October 14, 2005. NIJ FY06 Sensors & Surveillance The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is seeking concept papers for research and development of sensor or surveillance technologies, or novel applications of those technologies, to address specific needs in criminal justice. NIJ is particularly interested in three areas:
Deadline: Nov. 9. WEB LINK. FedGrants, The Department of Energy (DOE), National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), solicits CRADA partners to collaborate in Testing of advanced Wind Turbine Controls Algorithms for Use on Utility Scale Wind Turbines. The DOE's goal is development of advanced controls algorithms that improve turbine performance (increase energy capture) and alleviate loads thereby reducing the overall Cost of Energy. Confidential CRADA proposal summaries, preferably one page or less, must be submitted to Mr. Neil Wikstrom. Deadline: Nov. 11. INQUIRIES: Mr. Neil Wikstrom (National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Eppley Foundation for Research -- Support for Advanced Scientific Research The Eppley Foundation for Research welcomes proposals for original research designed to increase knowledge in biological and physical sciences. Under most circumstances, the Foundation does not support DNA research, heart, HIV, cancer research, or other areas where there is considerable existent funding from conventional sources. Grants range in size from several thousand dollars to $25,000 and, occasionally, more. The average grant awarded is $15,000. Grants are seldom awarded for more than one year. The Foundation funds the work of a dozen scientists in an average year. Deadline: Feb. 1, May 1, Aug. 1, Nov. 1. INQUIRIES: Secretary of the Foundation, Huyler C Held, The Epply Foundation for Research, ManTech Full Spectrum Protection Program: Request for White Papers The Air Force Research Laboratory, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Integration & Technology Branch, is soliciting unclassified white papers and subsequent classified technical and cost proposals on the ManTech Full Spectrum Protection Program. The program aims to increase the produciblity and affordability of countermeasures in order to protect aircrews and weapon systems from a range of emerging threats. The six research topics are as follows:
Deadline: Dec. 1. WEB LINK. FedBizOpps, Advanced Sensor Technology Surveillance, Research and Development: Announcement Republished The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Rome Research Site, has republished the announcement for Advanced Sensor Technology Surveillance, Research and Development. AFRL is soliciting white papers for innovative approaches in the area of advanced radar technology that will overcome deficiencies in existing and planned radar systems to detect, track, and identify aircraft, missiles, spacecraft, space debris, ground vehicles, and subsurface complexes in clutter and countermeasure environments. Deadline: WEB LINK. FedBizOpps, BAA06-01 - Mission Adaptable Chemical Sensor (MACS) Program The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Advanced Technology Office (ATO), is soliciting BAA proposals for the Mission Adaptable Chemical Sensor (MACS) Program. The objective of the program is to successfully demonstrate a portable (< 1 cubic foot, < 30 lbs), ultra-sensitive (parts-per-trillion detection capability) chemical sensor based upon submillimeter/terahertz rotational spectroscopy. This technology takes advantage of the quantized nature of rotational motion for gas phase materials, and provides unique chemical spectra for multiple analytes in parallel, with very little interference from background atmospheric clutter. Further, rotational spectroscopy allows detection of many chemicals simultaneously, in a single sample, over a wide range of concentrations, without significant compromise in probability of detection or increase in false alarm rate. Deadline: WEB LINK. FedBizOpps, Fuel Cell Technology Broad Agency Announcement: Program Description Amendment The US Army Communication is soliciting white papers for applied research in Fuel Cell Technology. The US Army is interested in receiving proposals for basic and applied research, development, and demonstration of lightweight, robust, cost effective fuel cell power sources, associated technology and associated components for use in various mobile and portable applications ranging from less than one watt to five kilowatts. Research and development of fuel cell stack auxiliary components such as pumps, fans, valves, electronics controls, and other technologies that are associated with fuel cell technology are al so acceptable as a separate item or as part of a larger research and development proposal. Hybrid technologies utilizing energy sources such as batteries are acceptable under this topic as long as they are fuel cell based and provide enhanced capabilities. Deadline: WEB LINK. FedBizOpps, Also see these listings:
Woman's Disparity Study The Small Business Administration seeks applications for a Woman's Disparity Study. The SBA needs a contractor to research and develop data for the NAICS Code showing which women-owned small businesses (WOSBs) are underutilized and substantially underutilized in Federal Contracting. Nov. 29. WEB LINK. FedBizOpps, NIJ FY06 Evaluation of OJJDP's Sexual Exploitation of Children Demonstration Program- Atlanta/Fulton County The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) seeks proposals to conduct a formative evaluation of the Atlanta/Fulton-County pilot project supported by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) that addresses the problem of commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC). The evaluation will require collaboration between the evaluator, OJJDP, NIJ, and the Atlanta/Fulton County site to establish a data collection and performance monitoring system as well as build the site's capacity to assess program performance. NIJ anticipates that up to $500,000 may become available for an award made through this solicitation. Deadline: Nov. 29. WEB LINK. FedGrants, Trellis Fund RFP for Research and Policy Grants The Trellis Fund, a Washington DC-based private foundation, is accepting requests for proposals in support of its first round of Research and Policy Grants which would inform and advance efforts to gain full Congressional representation and autonomous, fiscally sound local government for residents of WEB LINK. The Also see these listings:
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