FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ARTS, HUMANITIES AND INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION and ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HEALTH and MENTAL HEALTH SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, and MATHEMATICS ARTS, HUMANITIES AND INTERNATIONAL TITLE: Global Biosecurity Engagement Activities FON: ISN-ISNCTR-15-001 AGENCY: U.S. Department of State (DOS); Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN); Office of Cooperative Threat Reduction (ISN/CTR) ITEM: Notice seeking applications to support global biosecurity in three focus areas: increasing biosafety and biosecurity through technical consultations, risk assessments, and training courses; strengthening the capacity for public and veterinary health systems to detect, report, and control disease outbreaks; and joint scientific collaborations designed to help prevent, detect, and respond to biological threats. The highest priority countries for engagement are Iraq and Yemen. The second highest priority countries are Afghanistan, Algeria, Libya, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, and Somalia. The program will also consider project proposals for other countries in the Middle East and North Africa, Ukraine, sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America. ACTION: Applications are due February 13, 2015. Approximately $25 million is available for awards to support projects lasting up to 12 months. ISN/CTR prefers projects that cost less than $500,000, though awards may involve multiple projects that cumulatively exceed $500,000. LINKS: Grants.gov CONTACT: Samantha Arnett, 20/736-7449. Email: [email protected] ____________________________________________ TITLE: Global Chemical Security Engagement Activities FON: ISN-ISNCTR-15-002 AGENCY: U.S. Department of State (DOS); Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN); Office of Cooperative Threat Reduction (ISN/CTR) ITEM: Notice seeking applications to support global chemical security in three focus areas: preventing, detecting, and disrupting chemical attacks; securing weaponizable chemicals, expertise, and infrastructure; and developing and strengthening chemical security standards. ACTION: Applications are due February 13, 2015. Approximately $16.6 million is available for awards to support projects lasting up to 12 months. ISN/CTR prefers projects that cost less than $250,000, though awards may involve multiple projects that cumulatively exceed $500,000. LINKS: Grants.gov CONTACT: Mark Ballantyne, 202/647-0181. Email: [email protected] ____________________________________________ TITLE: Global Nuclear Security Engagement Activities FON: ISN-ISNCTR-15-003 AGENCY: U.S. Department of State (DOS); Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN); Office of Cooperative Threat Reduction (ISN/CTR) ITEM: Notice seeking applications to promote technical cooperation and enhance nuclear security best practices in three focus areas: insider threat mitigation; applied nuclear security culture; and nuclear security train-the-trainers initiatives. ACTION: Applications are due February 13, 2015. Approximately $7 million is available for awards to support projects lasting up to 12 months. ISN/CTR prefers projects that cost less than $250,000, though awards may involve multiple projects that cumulatively exceed $250,000. LINKS: Grants.gov CONTACT: Ryan Taugher, 202/647-1362. Email: [email protected] ____________________________________________ TITLE: DRL Request for Proposals for Programs in Cambodia, Laos, and Papua New Guinea FON: DRLA-DRLAQM-15-017 AGENCY: U.S. Department of State (DOS); Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) ITEM: Notice seeking proposals to support civil society and political reform in Cambodia, and Laos, and Papua New Guinea in three project areas: 1) enhancing strategy, communication, and tactics for issue-based activism in Cambodia; 2) support for the expansion and greater independence of civil society in Laos; 3) building cross-country networks and action for women’s rights in Papua New Guinea. ACTION: Proposals due January 16, 2015. Approximately $346,500 is available for one Cambodia project. Approximately $396,000 is available for one Laos project. Approximately $297,000 is available for one Papua New Guinea project. Organizations may form consortia and submit a combined proposal. However, one organization should be designated as the lead applicant. LINKS: Grants.gov CONTACT: Laos and Cambodia: Linnea Beatty, 202/632-2065. Email: [email protected] Papua New Guinea: Christina Li, 202/261-8018. Email: [email protected] ____________________________________________ TITLE: DRL Programs in Support of Land Rights in Cambodia and Vietnam FON: DRLA-DRLAQM-15-018 AGENCY: U.S. Department of State (DOS); Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) ITEM: Notice seeking statements of interest (SOI) that will support community mobilization, documentation and advocacy skills in marginalized populations in order to promote accountability and address land tenure issues and forcible displacement in Cambodia and Vietnam. ACTION: SOIs are due December 22, 2014. Selected organizations will be invited to submit a full proposal at a later date. Up to $495,000 is available for one award. LINKS: Grants.gov CONTACT: Riva Kantowitz 202/632-2063. Email: [email protected] EDUCATION and ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TITLE: National Non-Profit Organization Grant Program FON: DHS-USCG-2015-001 AGENCY: U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS); United States Coast Guard (USCG) ITEM: Notice seeking applications to develop education programs to reduce the number of accidents, injuries and deaths on America’s waterways and provide a safe enjoyable experience for the boating public. ACTION: Applications are due February 13, 2015. Approximately $5.3 million is available for multiple awards. Colleges and universities are not eligible to apply but may collaborate with other nonprofit, non-governmental organizations. LINKS: Grants.gov CONTACT: Carlin Hertz, 202/372-1060. Email: [email protected] ____________________________________________ MEETING: National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship Meeting FON: N/A AGENCY: U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC); Economic Development Administration (EDA) ITEM: Notice announcing a meeting of the National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the Council's planned work initiatives in three focus areas: Workforce/talent, entrepreneurship, and innovation. The final agenda will be posted on the NACIE Web site at http://www.eda.gov/oie/nacie/ prior to the meeting. ACTION: The meeting will be held December 5, 2014; 8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. EST at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Room 4830, Washington, DC. LINKS: Federal Register notice CONTACT: Julie Lenzer Kirk, 202/482-8001. Email: [email protected] HEALTH and MENTAL HEALTH TITLE: BRAIN Initiative: Development and Validation of Novel Tools to Analyze CellSpecific and Circuit Specific Processes in the Brain (U01) FON: RFA-MH-15-225 AGENCY: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); National Institutes of Health (NIH); Multiple Institutes ITEM: Notice seeking applications that will develop and validate novel tools to facilitate the detailed analysis of complex circuits and provide insights into cellular interactions that underlie brain function. ACTION: Letters of intent are requested by February 18, 2015. Applications are due March 18, 2015. Approximately $5 million is available to support 7 to 10 awards. LINKS: Solicitation Grants.gov CONTACT: Michelle Freund, 301/443-1815. Email: [email protected] ____________________________________________ TITLE: Investigator Initiated Extended Clinical Trial (R01) FON: PAR-15-040 AGENCY: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); National Institutes of Health (NIH); National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) ITEM: Notice seeking applications for implementation of investigator-initiated clinical trials requiring an extended project period of 6 or 7 years. ACTION: Letters of intent are requested 30 days prior to the application due date. Applications are due March 6, 2015 and December 4, 2015. LINKS: Solicitation Grants.gov CONTACT: Anna Ramsey-Ewing, 240/669-2932. Email: [email protected] ____________________________________________ TITLE: Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease in Older Adults FON: PA-15-037 (R01) PA-15-038 (R21) PA-15-039 (R03) AGENCY: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); National Institutes of Health (NIH); National Institute on Aging (NIA) ITEM: Notice seeking applications that propose basic, clinical, and epidemiological outcomes research on the impact of age on the development of, diagnosis, and management of diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD) complications in older persons or animal models. ACTION: R03 and R21 applications are due February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. R01 applications are due February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. LINKS: R03 Solicitation Grants.gov R21 Solicitation Grants.gov R01 Solicitation Grants.gov CONTACT: Susan Zieman, 301/496-6761. Email: [email protected] _________________________________ TITLE: Research Aimed at Novel Behavioral Targets to Improve Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention Interventions FON: PA-15-035 (R34) PA-15-036 (R01) AGENCY: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); National Institutes of Health (NIH); National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA); National Cancer Institute (NCI); National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) ITEM: Notice seeking applications to inform the generation and refinement of novel targets for substance abuse treatment and prevention interventions, modules or adjuncts to existing treatments and prevention interventions that seek to target and modulate behavioral or neurobehavioral processes (e.g., impulsivity, risk-taking propensity, sensation and novelty seeking, distress tolerance, delay discounting, self-regulation, stress reactivity) in adolescents. ACTION: R34 applications are due February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. R01 applications are due February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. LINKS: R34 Solicitation Grants.gov R01 Solicitation Grants.gov CONTACT: Will Aklin, 301/443-3207. Email: [email protected] ____________________________________________ TITLE: Family and Interpersonal Relationships in an Aging Context (R01) FON: PA-15-042 AGENCY: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); National Institutes of Health (NIH); National Institute on Aging (NIA) ITEM: Notice seeking applications for innovative, hypothesis-driven R01 research grant applications that can expand understanding of the role and impact of families and interpersonal relationships on health and well-being in midlife and older age. ACTION: Applications are due February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. LINKS: Solicitation Grants.gov CONTACT: Melissa Gerald, 301/402-4156. Email: [email protected] ____________________________________________ TITLE: Administrative Supplements for Tobacco Regulatory Research on the Public Display of Harmful and Potentially Harmful Constituents (HPHC) Information (Admin Supp) FON: PA-15-046 AGENCY: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); National Institutes of Health (NIH); Multiple Institutes ITEM: Notice seeking applications to generate data to support the implementation of public displays of HPHC information. ACTION: Applications are due January 12, 2015. Approximately $2 million is available to support up to five awards. LINKS: Solicitation Grants.gov CONTACT: Rachel Grana, 301/451-5943. Email: [email protected] ____________________________________________ MEETING: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Notice of Meeting FON: N/A AGENCY: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); National Institutes of Health (NIH); National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) ITEM: Notice announcing a meeting to discuss program polices and issues, including the Asthma Guidelines Needs Assessment Report. This report can be found at http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/resources/lung/nhlbac-asthma-report.htm ACTION: The open portion of the meeting will be held February 10, 2015, from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm, ET, at National Institutes of Health, Building 31, 6th Floor, CWing, 31 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD. Comments may be submitted to [email protected] by January 5, 2015. LINKS: Federal Register notice CONTACT: Stephen Mockrin, 301/435-0260. Email: [email protected] ____________________________________________ MEETING: Meeting of the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee (CFSAC) FON: N/A AGENCY: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health; Office of the Secretary ITEM: Notice announcing a meeting to discuss issues related to myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Topics could include factors affecting access and care for persons with ME/CFS; the science of ME/CFS; and broader public health, clinical, research and educational issues related to ME/CFS. ACTION: The CFSAC webinar will be held Wednesday, December 3, 2014, from 12:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (ET) and Thursday, December 4, 2014, from 12:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (ET). The agenda for this meeting and instructions to access the webinar will be posted on the CFSAC website, www.hhs.gov/advcomcfs/. LINKS: Federal Register notice CONTACT: Barbara James, 202/690-7650. Email: [email protected] SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, and MATHEMATICS TITLE: National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure FON: 15-519 AGENCY: National Science Foundation (NSF); Multiple Directorates ITEM: Notice seeking proposals to establish a competition for individual university user facility sites positioned across the nation. A Coordinating Office will then be selected competitively at a later stage from among the selected sites to enhance their impact as a national infrastructure of user facility sites. ACTION: Letters of intent are required by February 2, 2015. Proposals are due April 3, 2015. Approximately up to $2 million is available to support 10 to 15 awards. LINKS: Solicitation Grants.gov CONTACT: Lawrence Goldberg, 703/292-5373. Email: [email protected] ______________________________________ TITLE: NSF/Intel Partnership on Visual and Experiential Computing FON: 15-518 AGENCY: National Science Foundation (NSF); Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering Intel Labs University Collaboration Office ITEM: Notice seeking proposals to foster novel, transformative, multidisciplinary approaches that promote research in VEC technologies, taking into consideration the various challenges present in this field. This solicitation aims to foster a research community committed to advancing research and education at the confluence of VEC technologies, and to transitioning its findings into practice. ACTION: Proposals are due February 20, 2015. Approximately $6 million is available to support six awards. LINKS: Solicitation Grants.gov CONTACT: Jie Yang, 703/292-4768. Email: [email protected] ____________________________________ TITLE: Amplitude Interferometer Research for Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) Space Situational Awareness (SSA) FON: FOA-RVKV-2014-0001 AGENCY: U.S. Department of Defense (DOD); U.S. Air Force (USAF); Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) ITEM: Notice seeking proposals to investigate whether a multi-telescope, optical, amplitude interferometer array provides an effective means to image GEO satellites. AFRL seeks to understand what effective optical resolutions can be achieved for GEO objects as a function of object brightness, object extent and structure, array configuration, and number of telescopes. AFRL is also interested in the extent to which the amplitude interferometer products can be sufficiently accurate and timely to support spacecraft operator decisions. ACTION: Proposals are due January 6, 2015. One award of $5 million is anticipated in FY 14. Four years of additional effort may be supported. A briefing for industry will be held via teleconference December 2, 2014, from 9:00 am to 9:45 am, MT. To take part, register by November 26 with Kevin Price, 505/846-7601; Email: [email protected]. LINKS: Grants.gov FBO notice CONTACT: Timothy Shuck, 505/853-4513. Email: [email protected] ______________________________________ TITLE: BAA-RWK-2014-0001-CALL002; High Definition Infrared Light Emitting Diode (HD-ILED) Array: FON: BAA-RWK-2014-0001-CALL002 AGENCY: U.S. Department of Defense (DOD); U.S. Air Force (USAF); Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) ITEM: Notice seeking proposals to develop and demonstrate a mid-wave infrared (MWIR, 3-5 microns) scene projector suitable for hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL) testing of guided weapon seekers. This requires the appropriate spatial resolution, temporal frame rate, and in-band radiance values to accurately project simulated targets embedded in complex backgrounds. The project will develop over the course of four phases starting with preliminary design and ending in prototype demonstration and characterization. ACTION: Proposals are due January 12, 2015. Two awards of up to $4.75 million each are anticipated. LINKS: FBO notice CONTACT: Ronald Rapp, 850/882-3390. Email: [email protected]. Correspondence should reference BAA-RWK-2014-0001 and call #002 in the subject line. ____________________________________ TITLE: Genealogy of Life FON: 15-520 AGENCY: National Science Foundation (NSF); Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO); Directorate for Geosciences (GEO) ITEM: Notice seeking proposals to resolve the phylogenetic history of all life’s diverse forms and to integrate this genealogical architecture with underlying organismal and environmental data. ACTION: Proposals are due March 25, 2015 and the Fourth Wednesday in March, annually thereafter. Approximately $10 million is available to support four to six awards LINKS: Solicitation Grants.gov CONTACT: Maureen Kearney, 703/292-8480. Email: [email protected] ______________________________________ TITLE: Research on the Science and Technology Enterprise: Statistics and Surveys R&D, U.S. S&T Competitiveness, STEM Education, S&T Workforce FON: 15-521 AGENCY: National Science Foundation (NSF); Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE); National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics ITEM: Notice seeking proposals to enhance its efforts to support analytic and methodological research in support of its surveys, and to engage in the education and training of researchers in the use of large-scale nationally representative datasets. ACTION: Proposals are due February 18, 2015, January 15, 2016, and January 15, annually thereafter. Approximately $750,000 is available to support 7 to 12 awards. LINKS: Solicitation Grants.gov CONTACT: Nirmala Kannankutty, 703/292-7797. Email: [email protected] ____________________________________ TITLE: Select Topics in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology FON: ONR-15-SN-0002 AGENCY: U.S. Department of Defense (DOD); Office of Naval Research (ONR) ITEM: Notice seeking proposals to encourage research and innovation in these selected topic areas and foster technology transition that benefit future war-fighters and meet Navy needs. ACTION: White papers are encouraged, except for Topic 3, by December 11, 2014. Proposals are due February 26, 2015 LINKS: Solicitation Grants.gov CONTACT: Contacts vary by topic. ____________________________________ MEETING: NASA Advisory Council Meeting FON: N/A AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) ITEM: Notice announcing a meeting of the NASA Advisory Council. ACTION: The meeting will be held Monday, December 8, 2014, 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.; Tuesday, December 9, 2014, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Local Time at NASA Stennis Space Center, Roy S. Estess Building, Building 1100, Room 321, Stennis Space Center, MS. LINKS: Federal Register notice CONTACT: Marla King, 202/358-1148. ____________________________________________ MEETING: NASA International Space Station Advisory Committee FON: N/A AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) ITEM: Notice announcing a meeting of the NASA International Space Station (ISS) Advisory Committee. The purpose of the meeting is to review all aspects related to the safety and operational readiness of the ISS, and to assess the possibilities for using the ISS for future space exploration. ACTION: The meeting will be held Thursday, December 11, 2014, 2:00-3:00 p.m., Local Time at NASA Headquarters, Room 5H42-A, 300 E Street SW., Washington, DC. LINKS: Federal Register notice CONTACT: Greg Mann, 202/358-5140. ________________________________________________________ TITLE: Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions (HBCU/MI). The Department of Defense (DoD) announces the availability of the FY 2015 Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions (HBCU/MI). The BAA is a set-aside for HBCU/MI. The BAA aims to (a) enhance research programs and capabilities in scientific and engineering disciplines critical to the national security functions of the DoD; (b) enhance the capacity of HBCU/MI to participate in DoD research programs and activities; and (c) increase the number of graduates, including underrepresented minorities, in fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) important to the defense mission. LINKS: http://www.grants.gov/view-opportunity.html?oppId=269410