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18/4/2016 Bulletin

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Notices from April 12, 2016 to April 14, 2016

This publication synopsizes funding opportunities, rules and regulations, comment requests,and meetings information from Grants.gov, Federal Register, and Federal BusinessOpportunities for colleges and universities that are eligible to be lead applicants or serve aspartners.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTS / HUMANITIES / INTERNATIONAL2016 Conventional Weapons Destruction (CWD) Project Baghlan Province2016 Conventional Weapons Destruction (CWD) Project Kabul Province2016 Conventional Weapons Destruction (CWD) Project Kapisa Province2016 Conventional Weapons Destruction (CWD) Project Laghman Province2016 Conventional Weapons Destruction (CWD) Project Parwan ProvinceCAFTA-DR: Public Participation in the Enforcement of Wildlife LawsFY 2016 Arts Envoy ProgramFY 2016 Pan Africa Youth Leadership ProgramFY 2016 Youth Leadership Program with BurmaHavana Large Grants OpportunityHavana Small Grants OpportunityModel United Nations Conference in KabulOJJDP FY 16 National Mentoring Resource CenterTelevision Variety Show to Support English Language EducationThe Partnership on Women's Entrepreneurship in Renewables (wPOWER)The USAID Global Health Challenge BAAYouth Debate Training and Competition

EDUCATION / ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTBuilding Civilian Criminal Justice Capacity to Address TerrorismCrop Protection and Pest ManagementEnvironmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee Public MeetingFood Safety Outreach ProgramGlobal Change, Ultraviolet Radiation Monitoring and Research ProgramOတတce of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Advanced Placement Test Fee(APTF) Program CFDA Number 84.330BOJJDP FY 2016 Juvenile Justice Emergency Planning Demonstration Program

HEALTHEgg Safety Regulatory Program Standards Development (U18)Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development;

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Notice of MeetingFood Protection Task Force (FPTF) and Integrated Food Safety System (IFSS) ProjectGrant Program (R18)Improved Technologies and Ligands for Non-invasive Brain Imaging (R41/R42)Improved Technologies and Ligands for Non-invasive Brain Imaging (R43/R44)Limited Competition: Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network (RDCRN) ProjectSupplements for Clinical Trials to Repurpose Drugs in Collaboration with E-RareAwardees (Admin Supp)Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Alliance (U18)Mechanisms, Models, Measurement, and Management in Pain Research (R01)Mechanisms, Models, Measurement, and Management in Pain Research (R21)Mine Safety and Health Research Advisory CommitteeNational Institute on Drug Abuse; Notice of MeetingPaul Calabresi Career Development Award for Clinical Oncology (K12)Products to Support Applied Research Towards Zero Suicide Healthcare Systems(R43/R44)Public Meeting of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical IssuesQuality Improvement Center for Workforce DevelopmentStrategies for the Improvement of HIV Envelope Protein Expression and Yield (R41/R42)Strategies for the Improvement of HIV Envelope Protein Expression and Yield (R43/R44)

SCIENCE / TECHNOLOGY / ENGINEERING / MATHFY2016 Methane HydratesHistorically Black College and University (HBCU)/Minority-Serving Institution (MI)Partnered Research Initiative (PRI)Methane Emissions Mitigation and Quantiဠ†cation from Natural Gas InfrastructureMultidisciplinary Research Program of the University Research InitiativeMultidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI)Next Generation Energy Technologies for Connected and Auotmated On-Road Vehicles(NEXTCAR)NOAA Atlas 14 Volume for TexasNOAA Science Collaboration ProgramRhizosphere Observations Optimizing Terrestrial Sequestration (ROOTS)ROSES 2016: ExobiologyROSES 2016: Heliophysics Data Environment EnhancementsROSES 2016: Heliophysics Technology and Instrument Development for ScienceTheoretical Research in Magnetic Fusion Energy Science

ARTS / HUMANITIES / INTERNATIONAL

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: 2016 Conventional Weapons Destruction (CWD) Project Baghlan Province

FON: PM-PMWRA-16-032

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AGENCY: Department of State (State) , Bureau of Political-Military Aတတairs; Oတတce of Weapons Removal andAbatement (PM/WRA)

ITEM: Notice seeking applications for humanitarian demining, explosive ordnance disposal, and victimassistance programs in Afghanistan, ဠ†scal year 2016/2017.

ACTION: Applications are due May 31, 2016. Approximately $1.79 million is available.

LINKS: Solicitation (https://www.grantsolutions.gov/gs/preaward/previewPublicAnnouncement.do?id=56140), Grants.gov (http://www.grants.gov/view-opportunity.html?oppId=282995)

CONTACT: Thomas Kodiak, Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: 2016 Conventional Weapons Destruction (CWD) Project Kabul Province




ACTION: Applications are due May 31, 2016. Approximately up to $2.52 million is available.


CONTACT: Chris Murguia, Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: 2016 Conventional Weapons Destruction (CWD) Project Kapisa Province


AGENCY: Department of State (State)

https://www.grantsolutions.gov/gs/preaward/previewPublicAnnouncement.do?id=56140

http://www.grants.gov/view-opportunity.html?oppId=282995

mailto:[email protected]




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ITEM: Notice seeking applications for humanitarian demining, explosive ordnance disposal, and victimassistance programs inAfghanistan, ဠ†scal year 2016/2017.




FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: 2016 Conventional Weapons Destruction (CWD) Project Laghman Province







FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: 2016 Conventional Weapons Destruction (CWD) Project Parwan Province


AGENCY: Department of State (State) , Bureau of Political-Military Aတတairs, Oတတce of Weapons Removal








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FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: CAFTA-DR: Public Participation in the Enforcement of Wildlife Laws

FON: OES-OTE-16-004

AGENCY: Department of State (State) , Ocean and International Environmental Scientiဠ†c

ITEM: Notice seeking applications to increase civil society engagement inenvironmental protection,resulting in increased compliance with and enforcement of wildlife laws and reduction of illegaltrade of wildlife in countries that, with the United States, are parties to the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR): Costa Rica, the DominicanRepublic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua.

ACTION: Applications are due June 1, 2016. Approximately $250,000 is available to support one award.


CONTACT: Olimar Maisonet-Guzman, Email: [email protected](mailto:[email protected])

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: FY 2016 Arts Envoy Program

FON: ECA-ECAPEC-16-029

AGENCY: Bureau of Educational and Cultural Aတတairs (ECA), Department of State (State)

ITEM: Notice seeking applications to support 200 American artists and cultural experts (known as ArtsEnvoys) to travel abroad for individual programs or as part of an ensemble or group to engage







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and consult with key foreign audiences through performances, workshops, meetings, seminars,and appearances in foreign media. By addressing topics identiဠ†ed and developed by U.S.Missions (generally U.S. Embassies and Consulates) worldwide in cooperation with ECA, theprogram promotes an understanding of U.S. policies and institutions, and the political,economic, social, and cultural context from which they arise.

ACTION: Applications are due May 27, 2016. Approximately $1.3 million is available to support oneaward.

LINKS: Solicitation (http://eca.state.gov/organizational-funding/open-grant-solicitations), Grants.gov(http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=283013)

CONTACT: Bob Keith, 202/632-6356. Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: FY 2016 Pan Africa Youth Leadership Program



ITEM: Notice seeking applications to support secondary school youth (ages 15-18) and a smallnumber of adult educators from countries in Sub-Saharan Africa the opportunity to engage inintensive, thematic exchanges in the United States focused on civic education, communityservice, and youth leadership development.

ACTION: Applications are due May 23, 2016. Approximately $1.6 million is available to support oneaward.


CONTACT: Tenimba Morgan, 202/632-6079. Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: FY 2016 Youth Leadership Program with Burma


http://eca.state.gov/organizational-funding/open-grant-solicitations

http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=283013





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ITEM: Notice seeking applications to nurture the participants’ leadership development and equipthem with the knowledge, skills, and conဠ†dence to become citizen advocates. Successfulapplicants will present a plan to engage the participants in issues of concern in their schoolsand communities upon their return home. The Youth Leadership Program with Burma willfocus primarily on civic education, youth leadership, and community service.

ACTION: Applications are due May 31, 2016. Approximately $590,000 is available to support one award.


CONTACT: Greg Marcus, 202/632-6363. Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Havana Large Grants Opportunity

FON: DOS2016HAVANA2


ITEM: Notice seeking applications to support activities that promote U.S.-Cuba bilateral relations inthe following three priority areas: Increase entrepreneurship and economic opportunities,especially among youth and underserved communities; Institutional linkages betweenacademic or nonproဠ†t organizations to enhance bilateral partnerships through the promotionof education, the access and use of technology, sports, and partnerships across the Americas;and Promote cultural exchange and enhance understanding of our shared history, traditions,and values through innovative means.

ACTION: Applications are due on a rolling basis until August 15, 2016. Approximately up to $100,000 perawards is available.

LINKS: Solicitation (http://havana.usembassy.gov/large-grants-program.html), Grants.gov(http://www.grants.gov/view-opportunity.html?oppId=282982)

CONTACT: Bruce Kleiner, Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])




http://havana.usembassy.gov/large-grants-program.html



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FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Havana Small Grants Opportunity

FON: DOS2016HAVANA


ITEM: Notice seeking applications to support activities that promote U.S.-Cuba bilateral relations inthe following four priority areas: Increase entrepreneurship and economic opportunities,especially among youth and underserved communities; Enhance bilateral partnerships throughthe promotion of education, the access and use of technology, sports, and partnerships acrossthe Americas; and Promote cultural exchange and enhance understanding of our sharedhistory, traditions, and values through innovative means.

ACTION: Applications are due on a rolling basis up until August 15, 2016. Approximately up to $15,000per award is available.

LINKS: Solicitation (http://havana.usembassy.gov/small-grants-program.html), Grants.gov(http://www.grants.gov/view-opportunity.html?oppId=282981)

CONTACT: Bruce Kleiner, Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Model United Nations Conference in Kabul

FON: SCAKAB-16-CA-009-SCA-04122016


ITEM: Notice seeking applications to support a Model United Nations (UN) Conference in Kabul,Afghanistan with delegations drawn from four to ဠ†ve provinces. This award will createopportunities for between 120 and 150 university students (ages 18 to 30) from four to ဠ†veprovinces across Afghanistan to develop important skills including public speaking, criticalthinking, and in-depth research as they prepare the delegations. Through the process ofpreparing for and participating in the Model UN conference in Kabul, delegates will learn howthe international community acts on its concerns about topics such as peace and security,human rights, the environment, food and hunger, economic development, and globalization.


http://havana.usembassy.gov/small-grants-program.html



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LINKS: Grants.gov (http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=282944)

CONTACT: Jason Brenden, Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: OJJDP FY 16 National Mentoring Resource Center

FON: OJJDP-2016-9000

AGENCY: Department of Justice (Justice) , Oတတce of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)

ITEM: Notice seeking applications to continue to develop and expand the OJJDP National MentoringResource Center (NMRC), which will provide comprehensive mentoring resource, reference,and training materials and advance the implementation of evidence- and research-basedmentoring practices. The goal of NMRC is to enhance the capacity of mentoring organizationsto develop, implement, and expand eတတective mentoring practices.

ACTION: Applications are due May 31, 2016 . Approximately $1.5 milllion is available to support oneaward.


CONTACT: Response Center, 800/851-3420. Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Television Variety Show to Support English Language Education


AGENCY: Department of State (State) , U.S. Mission to Afghanistan

ITEM: Notice seeking applications to provide English language programs to better prepare youth towork in a global economy. The program will also instill elements of civic education with anemphasis on creating a strong sense of national identity, youth solidarity, and individualresponsibility. To meet these goals, PAS will fund a minimum of 12 episodes of a 44 minutevariety show with a targeted demographic of youth 15-25 years of age. We are commissioning aseries where young contestants would compete in various language/ English word-buildingactivities for a chance at prizes. The show would combine in-studio/live-audience content with





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on-the-street games and interviews. True to its variety show roots, the show should include theperformance of English language songs. Sixty-second cutaways will provide short languagelessons on subjects such as building contractions or reading a menu.

ACTION: Applications are due June 12, 2016. Approximately $1 million is available to support one award.



FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: The Partnership on Women's Entrepreneurship in Renewables (wPOWER)

FON: OES-OCC-16-005

AGENCY: Department of State (State) , Ocean and International Environmental Scientiဠ†c

ITEM: Notice seeking applications to empower women clean energy entrepreneurs and expand cleanenergy access for poorand rural communities. Working at the grassroots level in Kenya,Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Nigeria, and India, wPOWER promotes entrepreneurship of small-scale clean technologies such as solar products and clean cookstoves to drive green growthand directly integrate women into the energy access value chain.

ACTION: Applications are due June 10, 2016. Approximately $1.5 million is available to support twoawards.


CONTACT: Meredith Ryder-Rude, 202/485-1541. Email: [email protected](mailto:[email protected])

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: The USAID Global Health Challenge BAA

FON: BAA-GLOBAL-HEALTH-2016

AGENCY: United States Agency for International Development (USAID)






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ITEM: Notice seeking applications for opportunities to co-create, co-design, co-invest, and collaboratein the research, development, piloting, testing, and scaling of innovative, practical and cost-eတတective interventions to address the most pressing problems in global health.

ACTION: Expressions of interest are due May 13, 2016. Number and amount of awards vary.

LINKS: Grants.gov (http://www.grants.gov/view-opportunity.html?oppId=282988)

CONTACT: Charlie Brown, Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Youth Debate Training and Competition


AGENCY: Department of State (State) , U.S. Mission to Afghanistan

ITEM: Notice seeking applications to support ebate training and a series of debate competitionsthroughout Afghanistan, culminating in a ဠ†nal round of competition in Kabul, Afghanistan. Thisyouth debate program will create opportunities for women and men between the ages of 18and 30 from provinces across Afghanistan to develop important skills for successful civicengagement, including public speaking, critical thinking, team-building, and in-depth research.Through the process of preparing for and participating in co-educational debate training andcompetitions to be conducted in English, participants will learn a widely recognized debateformat while gaining in-depth knowledge of debate themes from multiple perspectives.Participants will also learn to support arguments with evidence and anticipate objections.




EDUCATION / ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Building Civilian Criminal Justice Capacity to Address Terrorism

FON: CTP-CTAQM-16-004





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AGENCY: Department of State (State) , Bureau of Counterterrorism

ITEM: Notice seeking applications for projects to strengthen the capacity of civilian criminal justiceinstitutions and actors engaged in counterterrorism and countering violent extremism (CVE)eတတorts.

ACTION: Applications are due June 12, 2016. Approximately up to $1.5 million is available to support 16awards.


CONTACT: See Solicitation for contact.

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Crop Protection and Pest Management

FON: USDA-NIFA-CPPM-005796

AGENCY: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) , National Institute of Food and Agriculture

ITEM: Notice seeking applications to ensure food security and eတတectively respond to major pestmanagement challenges. The CPPM program supports projects that address these challengeswith integrated pest management (IPM) approaches developed by coordinated state, regional,and national research and extension eတတorts.

ACTION: Applications are due June 8, 2016. Approximately $4 million is available to support multipleawards.


CONTACT: Herbert Bolton, 202/401-4201. Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

MEETING: Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee Public Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Commerce (Commerce) , International Trade Administration





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ITEM: Notice announcing a meeting of the Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee.The purpose of the meeting is to advise the U.S. government on environmental trade policiesand programs, and to help it to focus its resources on increasing the exports of the U.S.environmental industry.

ACTION: The meeting will be held via teleconference. The teleconference meeting is scheduled forTuesday, May 3, 2016, at 3:00 pm ET. Please register by 5:00 pm ET on Friday, April 29, 2016 tolisten in on the teleconference meeting.

LINKS: Federal Register (https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2016/04/13/2016-08408/environmental-technologies-trade-advisory-committee-public-meeting)

CONTACT: Maureen Hinman, 202/482-0627. Email: [email protected](mailto:[email protected])

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Food Safety Outreach Program

FON: USDA-NIFA-FSMA-005777

AGENCY: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) , National Institute of Food and Agriculture

ITEM: Notice seeking applications to develop and implement food safety training, education,extension, outreach and technical assistance projects that address the needs of owners andoperators of small to mid-sized farms, beginning farmers, socially-disadvantaged farmers, smallprocessors, or small fresh fruit and vegetable merchant wholesalers.

ACTION: Applications are due June 2, 2016. Approximately $4.7 million is available.

LINKS: Solicitation (https://nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/food-safety-outreach-program),Grants.gov (http://www.grants.gov/view-opportunity.html?oppId=282966)

CONTACT: Jodi Williams, 202/720-6145. Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Global Change, Ultraviolet Radiation Monitoring and Research Program

FON: USDA-NIFA-SRGP-005797

https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2016/04/13/2016-08408/environmental-technologies-trade-advisory-committee-public-meeting


https://nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/food-safety-outreach-program



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AGENCY: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) , National Institute of Food and Agriculture(NIFA)

ITEM: Notice seeking applications to support research and research infrastructure which: generatesan uninterrupted stream of climatology data; determines mechanisms and symptoms of plantand animal response; and applies tightly integrated models to assess regional and nationalimpacts (both biological and economic) of multiple plant stressors.


LINKS: Solicitation (https://nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/global-change-ultraviolet-radiation-monitoring-and-research-program), Grants.gov (http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=283018)

CONTACT: Daniel Schmoldt, 202/720-4807. Email: [email protected](mailto:[email protected])

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Oတတce of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Advanced Placement Test Fee (APTF)Program CFDA Number 84.330B

FON: ED-GRANTS-041216-001

AGENCY: Department of Education (Education)

ITEM: Notice seeking applications from eligible State educational agencies (SEAs) to enable them topay all or a portion of advanced placement test fees on behalf of eligible low-income studentswho are enrolled in an advanced placement course and plan to take an advanced placementtest. The program is designed to increase the number of low-income students who takeadvanced placement tests and receive scores for which college academic credit is awarded.

ACTION: Applications are due May 12, 2016. Approximatelty $28.48 million is available to support up to41 awards.

LINKS: Solicitation (http://www2.ed.gov/programs/apfee/index.html), Grants.gov(http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=282929)

CONTACT: Francisco Ramirez, 202/260-1541. Email: [email protected](mailto:[email protected])

https://nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/global-change-ultraviolet-radiation-monitoring-and-research-program



http://www2.ed.gov/programs/apfee/index.html



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FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: OJJDP FY 2016 Juvenile Justice Emergency Planning Demonstration Program

FON: OJJDP-2016-9720

AGENCY: Department of Justice (Justice) , Oတတce of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)

ITEM: Notice seeking applications to develop, strengthen and implement emergency preparednessplans for juvenile justice facilities. These plans should be based upon the principles outlined inEmergency Planning for Juvenile Justice Residential Facilities, and should address the speciဠ†cneeds of children, youth, and families involved in the justice system, during an emergency.

ACTION: Applications are due May 31, 2016. Approximately $350,000 is available to support up to sixawards.


CONTACT: Response Center, 800/851-3420. Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

HEALTH

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Egg Safety Regulatory Program Standards Development (U18)

FON: RFA-FD-16-040

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

ITEM: Notice seeking applications to improve the national egg safety programs through conductingan egg regulatory program self-assessment including a review of State egg laws and regulationsin comparison to the current federal egg safety laws and regulations; developing andimplementing an agreement and protocol for sharing egg regulatory inspections andinformation between States and the FDA; and identifying gaps and areas of improvementbetween Federal and State egg programs and providing recommendations for national eggregulatory program standards for States.

ACTION: Letters of intent are requestedd and due May 20, 2016. Applications are due July 1, 2016.Approximately $750,000 is available to support up to ဠ†ve awards.



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LINKS: Solicitation (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-ဠ†les/RFA-FD-16-040.html), Grants.gov(http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=283027)

CONTACT: Meiying Li, 301/796-5903. Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

MEETING: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; Notice ofMeeting

AGENCY: National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

ITEM: Notice announcing open meeting of the National Advisory Board on Medical RehabilitationResearch to discuss common data elements in rehabilitation research, review ofoperationalizing NIH rehabilitation research plan.

ACTION: The meeting will be held on May 2, 2016 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm ET and on May 3, 2016from 8:30 am to 12:00 pm ET at Bethesda Marriott Suites, 6711 Democracy Boulevard,Bethesda, MD.

LINKS: Federal Register (https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2016/04/12/2016-08294/eunice-kennedy-shriver-national-institute-of-child-health-and-human-development-notice-of-meeting)

CONTACT: Ralph Nitkin, 301/402-4206. Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Food Protection Task Force (FPTF) and Integrated Food Safety System (IFSS) Project GrantProgram (R18)

FON: RFA-FD-16-039


ITEM: Notice seeking applications to develop, test, and evaluate food safety and food defense healthservice activities and to foster the application of existing knowledge for the control ofcategorical and food related diseases and illnesses.

ACTION: Letters of intent are requested by May 20, 2016 for the July 1, 2016 application due date andMarch 27, 2017 for the May 15, 2017 application due date . Approximately $200,000 is available

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-FD-16-040.html



https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2016/04/12/2016-08294/eunice-kennedy-shriver-national-institute-of-child-health-and-human-development-notice-of-meeting


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to support up to 20 awards.

LINKS: Solicitation (http://https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-ဠ†les/RFA-FD-16-039.html#_Section_IV._Application_1), Grants.gov (http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=283029)

CONTACT: Graham Giesen, 214/790-4986. Email: [email protected](mailto:[email protected])

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Improved Technologies and Ligands for Non-invasive Brain Imaging (R41/R42)

FON: RFA-DA-17-010

AGENCY: National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , NationalInstitute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

ITEM: Notice seeking to support STTR applications in the service of improved ligands and imagingtechnologies for investigating brain function and enhancing disease diagnosis and treatment ofSUD and HIV/AIDS. Applications targeting these topics, with an emphasis on technology that willenhance non-invasive brain imaging in human participants, are strongly encouraged.

ACTION: Letters of intent are requested 30 days prior to the application due date. Applications aredue August 17, 2016.

LINKS: Solicitation (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-ဠ†les/RFA-DA-17-010.html), Grants.gov(http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=282953)

CONTACT: Vani Pariyadath, 301/443-3209. Email: [email protected](mailto:[email protected])

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Improved Technologies and Ligands for Non-invasive Brain Imaging (R43/R44)

FON: RFA-DA-17-011

AGENCY: National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , NationalInstitute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

http://https//grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-FD-16-039.html#_Section_IV._Application_1



http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DA-17-010.html



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ITEM: Notice seeking applications to support SBIR applications in the service of improved ligands andimaging technologies for investigating brain function and enhancing disease diagnosis andtreatment of SUD and HIV/AIDS. Applications targeting these topics, with an emphasis ontechnology that will enhance non-invasive brain imaging in human participants, are stronglyencouraged.

ACTION: Letters of intent are requested due 30 days prior to the application due date. Applications aredue August 17, 2016.

LINKS: Solicitation (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-ဠ†les/RFA-DA-17-011.html), Grants.gov(http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=282933)

CONTACT: Vani Pariyadath, 301/443-3209. Email: [email protected](mailto:[email protected])

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Limited Competition: Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network (RDCRN) Project Supplementsfor Clinical Trials to Repurpose Drugs in Collaboration with E-Rare Awardees (Admin Supp)

FON: PA-16-183

AGENCY: National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , NationalCenter for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)

ITEM: Notice seeking applications to provide support through an administrative supplement toexisting Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network (RDCRN) awardees whose projects encompassthe implementation of clinical trials. Through this supplement, NCATS intends to providesupport for phase 1 and/or 2 clinical trial sites that will test the potential use of an existingmolecule for the treatment of a rare disease as part of a multi-site international E-Rare-3 trial.

ACTION: Applications are due July 18, 2016. Approximately $3 million is available to support up tosix awards.

Limited Submission: Only one application per parent award is allowed.

LINKS: Solicitation (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-ဠ†les/PA-16-183.html), Grants.gov(http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=282952)

CONTACT: Applicants are to contact the Program Oတတcer listed in the NoA of the parent award.

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DA-17-011.html



http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-16-183.html


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FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Alliance (U18)

FON: RFA-FD-16-017


ITEM: Notice seeking applications to facilitate long-term improvements to the national food safetysystem by strengthening interagency collaboration, improving States' regulatory andsurveillance protection programs for manufactured foods, conducting research, and promotionof the Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards (MFRPS). This will be accomplishedthrough the provision of funding and will require extensive cooperation and coordination withFDA program oတတces. Eတတective leveraging of resources and harmonization of eတတorts will requirecollaboration with relevant initiatives, including those of federal partners, national initiativesand associations, state, and local partners.

ACTION: Letters of intent are requested by May 20, 2016. Applications are due July 1, 2016.Approximately $2.9 million is available to support one award.

LINKS: Solicitation (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-ဠ†les/RFA-FD-16-017.html), Grants.gov(http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=028)

CONTACT: Wendy Campbell, 615/310-0483. Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Mechanisms, Models, Measurement, and Management in Pain Research (R01)

FON: PA-16-188


ITEM: Notice seeking applications to inform the scientiဠ†c community of the pain research interests ofthe various Institutes and Centers (ICs) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and tostimulate and foster a wide range of basic, clinical, and translational studies on pain as theyrelate to the missions of these ICs. New advances are needed in every area of pain research,from the micro perspective of molecular sciences to the macro perspective of behavioral andsocial sciences. Although great strides have been made in some areas, such as theidentiဠ†cation of neural pathways of pain, the experience of pain and the challenge of treatment

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have remained uniquely individual and unsolved. Furthermore, our understanding of how andwhy individuals transition to a chronic pain state after an acute injury is limited. Research toaddress these issues conducted by interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research teams isstrongly encouraged, as is research from underrepresented, minority, disabled, or womeninvestigators.

ACTION: Applications are due June 5; October 5; February 5 annually.


CONTACT: Martha Matocha, 301/594-2775. Email: [email protected](mailto:[email protected])

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Mechanisms, Models, Measurement, and Management in Pain Research (R21)

FON: PA-16-187


ITEM: Notice seeking applications to inform the scientiဠ†c community of the pain research interests ofthe various Institutes and Centers (ICs) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and tostimulate and foster a wide range of basic, clinical, and translational studies on pain as theyrelate to the missions of these ICs. New advances are needed in every area of pain research,from the micro perspective of molecular sciences to the macro perspective of behavioral andsocial sciences. Although great strides have been made in some areas, such as theidentiဠ†cation of neural pathways of pain, the experience of pain and the challenge of treatmenthave remained uniquely individual and unsolved. Furthermore, our understanding of how andwhy individuals transition to a chronic pain state after an acute injury is limited. Research toaddress these issues conducted by interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research teams isstrongly encouraged, as is research from underrepresented, minority, disabled, or womeninvestigators.

ACTION: Applications are due June 16; October 16; February 16 annually.


CONTACT: Martha Matocha, 301/594-2775. Email: [email protected]







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(mailto:[email protected])

MEETING: Mine Safety and Health Research Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services(HHS) , National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

ITEM: Notice announcing a meeting of the Mine Safety and Health Research Advisory Committee. Thepurpose of the meeting is to focus on mining safety and health research projects andoutcomes, including dynamic ground failure, the internet of things, ergo app, dieselnanotechnology, updates on the rock dust and refuge alternatives partnerships, an update onthe capacity building program, an update on the National Occupational Research Agenda—Assessing BNI, and a discussion on the mining program research portfolio.

ACTION: The meeting will be held 9:00 am - 5:30 pm, ET, May 10, 2016 at the Hilton Garden InnPittsburgh/Southpointe, 1000 Corporate Drive, Canonsburg, PA. Teleconference access is alsoavailable. If you wish to attend by phone, please contact Marie Chovanec by email [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) or by phone at 412/386-5302 at least 3 daysin advance.

LINKS: Federal Register (https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2016/04/13/2016-08519/mine-safety-and-health-research-advisory-committee-national-institute-for-occupational-safety-and)

CONTACT: Jeတတrey Welsh, 412/386-4040.

MEETING: National Institute on Drug Abuse; Notice of Meeting


ITEM: Notice announcing open meeting of the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse todiscuss announcements and reports of administrative, legislative, and program developmentsin the drug abuse ဠ†eld.

ACTION: The meeting will be held on May 4, 2016 from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm ET at the National Institutesof Health, Neuroscience Center, 6001 Executive Boulevard, Rockville, MD .



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LINKS: Federal Register (https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2016/04/14/2016-08523/national-institute-on-drug-abuse-notice-of-meeting)

CONTACT: Susan R.B. Weiss, 301/443-6487. Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Paul Calabresi Career Development Award for Clinical Oncology (K12)

FON: PAR-16-189

AGENCY: National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , NationalCancer Institute (NCI)

ITEM: Notice seeking applications to promote the training and career development of clinical trialsresearchers. It is intended to increase the number of clinicians (M.D.s, D.O.s, Pharm.D.s, nurseswith Ph.D.s or equivalent) and non-clinician postdoctoral researchers trained to design and testclinical therapeutic research protocols in clinical trial settings (pilot/Phase I, Phase II, and PhaseIII clinical trials).

ACTION: Applications are due June 15, 2016; June 15, 2017; June 15, 2018.

LINKS: Solicitation (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-ဠ†les/PAR-16-189.html), Grants.gov(http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=282999)

CONTACT: Mark Damico, 240/276-5630. Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Products to Support Applied Research Towards Zero Suicide Healthcare Systems (R43/R44)

FON: PAR-16-185

AGENCY: National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , NationalInstitute of Mental Health (NIMH)

ITEM: Notice seeking applications to to support Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants thatdevelop novel technologies for the purpose of advancing the National Action Alliance forSuicide Prevention's “Zero Suicide” goal of preventing suicide events (attempts, deaths) amongindividuals receiving treatment within health care systems. Zero Suicide is a commitment to the

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prevention of suicide among individuals served by health care systems and is also a speciဠ†c setof health care strategies and tools intended to eliminate suicide events. Research is stillneeded, however, to implement these goals eတတectively, and the incorporation of healthinformation technology (health IT) products into this care program is critical.

ACTION: Letters of intent are requested 30 days prior to the application due date. Applications are dueSeptember 5; January 5; April 5 annually.

LINKS: Solicitation (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-ဠ†les/PAR-16-185.html), Grants.gov(http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=282946)

CONTACT: Adam Haim, 301/435-3593. Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

MEETING: Public Meeting of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues

AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

ITEM: Notice announcing a public meeting of the Presidential Commission for the Study of BioethicalIssues. The purpose of the meeting is to reတ倀ect upon the role of national bioethics advisorybodies, both in the US and abroad, in the past, present, and future.

ACTION: The meeting will take place May 3, 2016, from 9 am to approximately 5 pm at the Grand HyattWashington Hotel, 1000 H St. NW., Washington, DC.

LINKS: Federal Register (https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2016/04/13/2016-08504/public-meeting-of-the-presidential-commission-for-the-study-of-bioethical-issues)

CONTACT: Lisa Lee, 202/233-3960. Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Quality Improvement Center for Workforce Development

FON: HHS-2016-ACF-ACYF-CT-1178

AGENCY: Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Department of Health and Human Services(HHS)

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ITEM: Notice seeking applications to establish by cooperative agreement one Quality ImprovementCenter (QIC). The QIC will conduct a multi-site demonstration project to address pervasive childwelfare workforce challenges. The QIC will demonstrate whether speciဠ†c strategies improvestaတတ recruitment and retention in state and tribal systems and will assess the eတတect on system-involved children and families.

ACTION: Applications are due June 13, 2016. Approximately $1 million is available to support one award.

LINKS: Solicitation (http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/view/HHS-2016-ACF-ACYF-CT-1178),Grants.gov (http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=283003)

CONTACT: Rebecca Huတတman, 888/203-6161. Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Strategies for the Improvement of HIV Envelope Protein Expression and Yield (R41/R42)

FON: PA-16-182

AGENCY: National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , NationalInstitute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

ITEM: Notice seeking applications to encourage Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grantapplications from Small Business Concerns (SBCs) and non-proဠ†t research institutions that willfocus on innovative technologies and strategies to improve HIV envelope protein expression,yield and rapid universal puriဠ†cation platforms that would meet the requirements of regulatoryagencies for clinical research use. Such technologies should have commercial potential.

ACTION: Applications are due September 5; January 5; April 5 annually.


CONTACT: Jeတတrey Pullen, 240/292-6112. Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Strategies for the Improvement of HIV Envelope Protein Expression and Yield (R43/R44)

FON: PA-16-184

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AGENCY: National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , NationalInstitute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

ITEM: Notice seeking applications to encourage Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grantapplications from Small Business Concerns (SBCs) and academic partners that will focus oninnovative technologies and strategies to improve HIV envelope protein expression, yield andrapid universal puriဠ†cation platforms that would meet the requirements of regulatory agenciesfor clinical research use. Such technologies should have commercial potential.

ACTION: Applications are due September 5; January 5; April 5 annually.


CONTACT: Jeတတrey Pullen, 240/292-6112. Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

SCIENCE / TECHNOLOGY / ENGINEERING / MATH

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: FY2016 Methane Hydrates

FON: DE-FOA-0001536

AGENCY: Department of Energy (Energy) , National Energy Technology Laboratory

ITEM: Notice seeking applications that focus on fundamental research assessing the scale,development, and nature of hydrate-bearing geological systems, the role of these systems inthe natural environment (including geohazards and potential feedbacks to changing globalclimate), the potential of these systems for commercial recovery of methane, and the potentialenvironmental implications of methane hydrate resource recovery.

ACTION: Applications are due May 27, 2016. Approximately $4.5 million is available to support 3 to 10awards.


CONTACT: Bethan Young, Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])






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NOTICE: Historically Black College and University (HBCU)/Minority-Serving Institution (MI) PartneredResearch Initiative (PRI)

AGENCY: Army (Army), Department of Defense (Defense)

ITEM: Notice announcing call for HBCUs/MIs to submit whitepapers expressing their interest inparticipating in highly collaborative research opportunities with major ARL collaborativeresearch Programs under the HBCU/MI PRI. Under the ARL HBCU/MI PRI, funding will beprovided for HBCU/MIs to participate in highly collaborative research opportunities with majorARL collaborative research Programs.

ACTION: Responses are due June 8, 2016.

LINKS: FBO (https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=0aa7d8a49a8c1066873c80e054fd3774&tab=core&_cview=1)

CONTACT: Kia McCormick, 919/549-4281. Email: [email protected](mailto:[email protected])

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Methane Emissions Mitigation and Quantiဠ†cation from Natural Gas Infrastructure

FON: DE-FOA-0001538

AGENCY: Department of Energy (Energy) , National Energy Technology Laboratory

ITEM: Notice seeking applications to support the development for a suite of natural gas leakmitigation technologies that will enable companies to eတတectively mitigate leaks. The objective ofthe methane emission quantiဠ†cation-focused portion of the Program is to better quantifymethane emissions from the natural gas value chain.

ACTION: Applications are due June 13, 2016. Approximately $19 million is available to support up to 24awards.


CONTACT: John Hatဠ†eld, Email: John.Hatဠ†[email protected] (mailto:John.Hatဠ†[email protected])

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FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Multidisciplinary Research Program of the University Research Initiative

FON: N00014-16-R-FO05

AGENCY: Department of Defense (Defense), Navy (Navy) , Oတတce of Naval Research

ITEM: Notice seeking applications to support basic research in science and engineering at U.S.institutions of higher education that is of potential interest to DoD. The program is focused onmultidisciplinary research eတတorts where more than one traditional discipline interacts toprovide rapid advances in scientiဠ†c areas of interest to the DoD.

ACTION: White papers are due August 1, 2016. Full proposals are due November 15, 2016.

LINKS: Grants.gov (http://http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=)

CONTACT: Ellen Livingston, Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI)

FON: N00014-16-R-FO05

AGENCY: Army (Army), Department of Defense (Defense)

ITEM: Broad agency announcement seeking white papers to support multidisciplinary researcheတတorts where more than one traditional discipline interacts to provide rapid advances inscientiဠ†c areas of interest to the DoD.

ACTION: White Papers are required by August 1, 2016. Full proposals are due November 15, 2016.


CONTACT: Ellen Livingston, Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Next Generation Energy Technologies for Connected and Auotmated On-Road Vehicles(NEXTCAR)

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FON: DE-FOA-0001564

AGENCY: Department of Energy (Energy) , Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy

ITEM: Notice seeking applications to support the development of new and emerging vehicle dynamicand powertrain (VD&PT) control technologies that can reduce the energy consumption offuture vehicles through the use of connectivity and vehicle automation. Potential vehicle energyimprovement technologies may include, but are not limited to, advanced technologies andconcepts relating to full vehicle dynamic control, powertrain control, improved vehicle andpowertrain operation through the automation of vehicle dynamics control functions, andimproved control and optimization facilitated by connectivity.

ACTION: Concept papers are due May 24, 2016. Approximately $30 million is available to support up to10 awards.

LINKS: Solicitation (https://arpa-e-foa.energy.gov/#FoaId739efe2c-f3ec-4b2f-98b5-95f9aec9af02),Grants.gov (http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=282945)

CONTACT: ARPA-E Contracting Oတတcer, Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: NOAA Atlas 14 Volume for Texas

FON: W9126G-16-2-RFP-0750

AGENCY: Department of Defense (Defense)

ITEM: Notice seeking applications to determine annual exceedance probabilities (AEP) and averagerecurrence intervals (ARI) for precipitation durations ranging from 5 minutes to 60 days and forARIs from 1 to 1,000 years. After researching historical precipitation data, point estimates ofAEPs and ARIs will be developed and spatially interpolated to a spatial resolution ofapproximately 4km x 4 km. The study results will be published as a volume of NOAA Atlas 14, awholly web based publication available online through NOAA.

ACTION: Applications are due April 22, 2016. Approximately $400,000 is available to support one award.


CONTACT:

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Angela Zahid, 409/766-3849. Email: [email protected](mailto:[email protected])

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: NOAA Science Collaboration Program

FON: NOAA-NWS-NWSPO-2017-2004858

AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce(Commerce)

ITEM: Notice seeking applications to support complementary earth-systems modeling eတတorts in areassuch as hydrology and coastal dynamics which can serve as a catalyst for collaborationsbetween NOAA professionals and scientists supported through this program. NOAA willsupport social science research that evaluates the impact of NOAA-related science to societyand seeks to ဠ†nd ways to determine how environmental and related sciences can becommunicated and utilized more eတတectively to protect life and property, assist decision makers,and enhance economic development.

ACTION: Applications are due June 13, 2016. Approximately $75 million is available to support oneaward.


CONTACT: Sam Contorno, 205/347-1313. Email: [email protected](mailto:[email protected])

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Rhizosphere Observations Optimizing Terrestrial Sequestration (ROOTS)

FON: DE-FOA-0001565

AGENCY: Department of Energy (Energy) , Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy

ITEM: Notice seeking applications to increase the precision and throughput of crop breeding forimproved root-soil biogeochemical function. ROOTS seeks to develop novel, non-destructive,ဠ†eld deployable technologies to: measure root functional properties; measure soil functionalproperties; and advance predictive and extensible models that accelerate cultivar selection anddevelopment. These technologies—especially integrated systems—could greatly increase the




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speed and eတတcacy of discovery, ဠ†eld translation, and deployment of improved crops andproduction systems that signiဠ†cantly improve soil carbon accumulation and storage, decreaseN2O emissions, and improve water eတတciency. The aspiration of the ROOTS program is todevelop crops that enable a 50% increase in carbon deposition depth and accumulation, a 50%decrease in fertilizer N2O emissions, and a 25% increase in water productivity.

ACTION: Concept papers are required and due May 26, 2016. Approximately $30 million is available tosupport up to 12 awards.

LINKS: Solicitation (https://arpa-e-foa.energy.gov/#FoaId063b5038-d272-4caf-91d0-d104bb80569b),Grants.gov (http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=282948)

CONTACT: ARPA-E Contracting Oတတcer, Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: ROSES 2016: Exobiology

FON: NNH16ZDA001N-EXO

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

ITEM: Notice seeking applications to understand the origin, evolution, distribution, and future of lifein the Universe. Research is centered on the origin and early evolution of life, the potential oflife to adapt to diတတerent environments, and the implications for life elsewhere. This research isconducted in the context of NASA’s ongoing exploration of our stellar neighborhood and theidentiဠ†cation of biosignatures for in situ and remote sensing applications.

ACTION: Step-1 applications are due May 20, 2016. Step-2 applications are due. Approximately $3 millionis available to support up to 20 awards.

LINKS: Solicitation (https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary.do?method=init&solId=1B8767BC-0475-9B47-5F81-37839044497F&path=init), Grants.gov(http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=283000)

CONTACT: Michael New, 202/358-1766. Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: ROSES 2016: Heliophysics Data Environment Enhancements

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FON: NNH16ZDA001N-HDEE


ITEM: Notice seeking applications to enable breakthrough research in Heliophysics by providing botha state of the art data environment necessary to maximize the scientiဠ†c return of the NASAmissions.

ACTION: Step- 1 applications are due May 20, 2016. Step-2 applications are due July 22, 2016.Approximately $1 million is available to support one award.

LINKS: Solicitation (https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary.do?method=init&solId=ACD6AED2-8029-1CE7-A8EA-438DF26413EA&path=open), Grants.gov(http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=283002)

CONTACT: Jeတတrey Hayes, 202/358-0353. Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: ROSES 2016: Heliophysics Technology and Instrument Development for Science

FON: NNH16ZDA001N-HTIDS


ITEM: Notice seeking applications to understand the Sun and its interactions with Earth and the solarsystem, including space weather .

ACTION: Step-1 applications are due June 10, 2016. Step-2 applications are due July 21, 2016.Approximately $5 million is available to support up to 12 awards.

LINKS: Solicitation (https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary.do?method=init&solId=6AE54444-3CA8-E9CB-3322-F25C5CCCAD31&path=open), Grants.gov(http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=283001)

CONTACT: Dan Moses, 202/358-0558. Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

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FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Theoretical Research in Magnetic Fusion Energy Science

FON: DE-FOA-0001560

AGENCY: Department of Energy (Energy) , Oတတce of Science; Oတတce of Fusion Energy Sciences

ITEM: Notice seeking applications to focus on advancing the scientiဠ†c understanding of thefundamental physical processes governing the behavior of magnetically conဠ†ned plasmas.

ACTION: Letters of intent are required by May 13, 2016. Applications are due June 17, 2016. Approximately $6 million is available.


CONTACT: John Mandrekas, 301/903-0552. Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

This information was compiled and edited by Ken McDonald with assistance from the GRC Staတတ.



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